An interesting article in USA Today discusses Whole Foods Market’s decision to launch its first ever national advertising campaign. The slogan for the campaign is “Values Matter” and the advertisement spots will feature images and […]
Tag: strategy
AMC’s The Walking Dead Shows how the Network’s Choice to Embrace Online Viewing has led to Better Ratings for its Live Broadcasts
An interesting article in Bloomberg Businessweek calls attention to the kind of synergy that a story driven show can receive when a thoughtful strategy is developed for its delivery both online and on broadcast television. […]
Sega’s Move to Mobile Game Development and the Evolving Array of Business Models Available for Monetizing Video Games
The video game industry used to be relatively straightforward in terms of how its products were monetized. Either consumers purchased a game and owned it outright and everything that could be done within it was […]
Walmart’s Market Research and Marketing Communications Strategy for Kids this Holiday Season: Ask the Kids what They Want and Let the Parents Know
Retailers these days are able to leverage massive amounts of data from Point of Sale systems, ecommerce websites and the analytics they use to track consumers while on those sites as well as customer loyalty […]
Connecting Technologies as a Means of Accessing New Markets: Uber’s Partnership Strategy Aims to Gain New Customers
These days there’s an app for just about anything that you can think of and with the public increasingly relying on their smartphones for different functions it’s not a bad time to be in the […]
United’s New Safety Video Highlights how Marketers are Finding Creative Ways to Engage and Promote the Brand in Unexpected Places
(A couple of the images from United’s new safety video highlight the diversity of locations that were incorporated into its scenes. Photos courtesy of http://www.usatoday.com and http://www.ausbt.com.au) An interesting post in Forbes discusses a move […]
The Pepsi Spire: PepsiCo’s Computerized Fountain Beverage Machine Provides a Lesson in the Factors that go into Product Development in a Competitive Environment
In the soda industry the first two names that will come to people’s minds are typically Coke and Pepsi. The two companies that represent these massive brands compete fiercely with each other within multiple segments […]
Aligning Content Marketing with Brand Values in a World of Social Media: GoPro’s Approach to its Online Video Marketing Has Created a Win-Win for the Brand and its Most Avid Customers
(GoPro Website, 2014) At the end of March 2014 Google published a Brand Channel Leaderboard that listed the top brand channels on YouTube for the months of January through March. At the top of this […]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup: Reflecting on a Prime Opportunity for Ambush Marketing
The FIFA World Cup has come to an end and with its conclusion comes the opportunity to reflect on one of the more interesting ways that companies were able to capitalize on the month long […]
The New Yorker’s Shifting Online Strategy: Engaging Readers and Finding Its Pricing “Sweet Spot”
(New Yorker Online Homepage, 7/14/14) A recent article in the New York Times discusses the New Yorker’s plans to alter its online strategy. The publication plans to redesign its website, both on the backend to […]
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