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Chapter 1 - Marketing in Today's Business Milieu by marketingmanagement4e
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Building Brand Loyalty: Not to Be Overlooked

In modern marketing strategy, a large focus is placed on acquiring new customers. In fact, a recent research survey showed that 72% of small businesses planned to use the majority of their marketing budget to try to attract new customers as opposed to marketing new benefits and products to their existing customers1. However, expanding a company’s customer base does not always equate to business growth. Recent studies have shown that building loyalty with existing customers is equally important, as existing customers tend to be more profitable.

Chapter 5: CRM, Big Data, and Marketing Analytics by marketingmanagement4e
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Performance Marketing: What is it, and Why does everyone need it?

As the marketing field continues to evolve, one key component has exponentially increased in value and necessity: digital marketing. More specifically, implementing data analytics in concert with digital marketing is essential for understanding and improving upon advertising and promotion strategies, campaigns, budgets, and more. An integral part of this developing world of digital marketing, performance marketing involves measuring the success of paid campaigns.

Chapter 4 - Understand Business-to-Consumer Markets by marketingmanagement4e
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The Balance Between Data and Privacy: A Fine Line for Digital Marketers 

One of the most powerful entities for a marketing department is data. For a business, having data on their customers and their prospective buying habits can impact how the business markets their products and services. Today, the constant advancements in technology have made it easier for companies to collect large amounts of data ranging from customer demographics to customer satisfaction.

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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Marketers Beware: Cryptocurrency Pitfalls

This week the SEC fined Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for illicitly touting a cryptocurrency on her Instagram. The SEC’s move sends a message to marketers and influencers that promoting cryptocurrency is not the same as promoting whitening toothpaste or a handbag. Understanding how digital assets can be marketed is still unclear to many, and Kim K’s settlement with the SEC highlights both the importance of being familiar with promotional regulations and the fluidity of the marketing field.

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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Promotion Essentials: Content & Influencer Marketing

Influencers can be an integral part of marketing strategy, particularly for firms selling consumer products, but even B2B firms have successfully used influencer marketing to appeal to customers. When firms use influencers, they often showcase relevant product or service content through concise social media posts, videos, advertisements, or blogs. One of the best ways to inform customers about and promote products and services online is through a mix of influencer marketing and content marketing.

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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The Subscription Bandwagon

The relationship between brand and customer relies on the value that brands create. And marketers are always looking for ways to prove that their products and services are valuable enough to purchase. What do customers gain from my brand, and how can I show them we are worth the investment? Subscriptions allow brands to provide customers with their products and services on a regular payment and delivery schedule. Newspaper deliveries or streaming services like Netflix might come to mind when you think of subscriptions. But really, everyone from airlines to social media platforms are giving subscriptions a try.

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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The Grande Escape

Taco Bell’s latest advertisement campaign pokes fun at market leader and competitor McDonald’s. The ad features singer Doja Cat escaping from a clown school whose ice cream machines are broken. Sound familiar? Using comparative advertising, influencer and social media marketing, and rewards program incentives, Taco Bell’s recent ad campaign not so subtly asserts their superiority over the fast-food leader plagued by broken ice cream machines.

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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When Endorsements Go Wrong

Celebrities can attract new customers, boost sales, and be iconic in advertising campaigns. With increased importance placed on social media marketing, endorsements can also come from smaller scale stars like Instagram influencers. Consumers will buy a product or service because their favorite influencer raves about it on Tik Tok or to support their favorite actress’s new product line, regardless of the celebrity’s actual involvement in product creation. [i] Despite the enormous benefits to celebrity and influencer endorsements, marketers face equally great risks to partnering their brand or product with an individual. Scandal and controversy are difficult to predict and can damage a company’s reputation and sales.

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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Time is Ticking for TikTok

For many months now, TikTok has become the darling of the American public, logging more than 315 million installs in the first quarter of 2020 – not to mention the millions of installs since the initiation of mandated lockdowns. Many companies have tried to reach large follower bases on TikTok by paying creators to use specific songs, wear branded clothing, and directly promote products in their videos, but President Trump has issued an executive order banning the app in the US unless it is bought out by an American company. So, what happens to the community now that the platform may be disappearing in just a short month?

Chapter 13 - Promotion Essentials: Digital and Social Media Marketing by marketingmanagement4e
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The Power of the Corporate Pocketbook

Companies and organizations are starting to mimic consumers in leveraging the power of the pocketbook; many are placing ethics at the forefront of their financial decision making. Recently, the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League, Color of Change, and Free Press launched a campaign titled #StopHateforProfit. The campaign centers around the spread of misinformation and hate speech on social media platforms – primarily on Facebook – and encourages companies to boycott the site.