April 23rd, 2008
Categories: Blog Management, Consumer Marketing, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Customer Analysis, E-Mail Marketing, Forum, Integrated Marketing, Interactive Media, Internet Advertising, Website Development
Many of us are sick of receiving junk emails that clutter up or Inbox every day, BUT sometimes there is information that we want to receive from valued sources. How do you keep your email clean but still receive the latest industry news or headlines that concern you? You sign up for RSS feeds. RSS […]
April 16th, 2008
Categories: Brand Management, Brand Strategy Development, Consumer Trends & Forecasting
It is a situation presently being addressed by many businesses, there is a recession and marketers need to make decisions to adapt. Here is a list of five things that a business who if feeling the strains of a recession should instill now to be successful when the tables turn.
Don’t Hide - Many businesses decide […]
April 4th, 2008
Categories: Brand Strategy Development, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Industry Analysis, Marketing Management, Marketing Plan Development
Taking a chance comes down to the battle between the brain and your guts. You can pull all the logic and facts together but the feeling that is in your gut could outweigh even the most convincing data. Marketing managers and the relating creative team want to base their ideas on their gut instincts but […]
March 3rd, 2008
Categories: Brand Strategy Development, Competitive Analysis, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Global Strategy Development, Marketing Plan Development
Many people try to focus on the current time as a new, ever changing business environment where innovation and technology are advancing so quickly that companies are constantly struggling to catch up. The truth is that throughout history, business has always been changing. This is not a new phenomenon.
Yes, the internet and all the […]
February 19th, 2008
Categories: Competitive Analysis, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, DVD Development, DVD Development, Uncategorized, Video Development
In the latest battle of technology and formats Sony Blue-Ray has won the battle against Toshiba HD DVD. This is just another in a long line of battles that consumers, industries and the market has had to decide between two options but room for only one winner. Just look back to the 70’s for the […]
January 14th, 2008
Categories: Brand Management, Brand Strategy Development, Budget Planning, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Internet Marketing, Website Development
If you have not already set aside a budget for digital marketing you are falling behind. Companies must now include digital media into their marketing budgets. Digital is a medium that is established and can provide the clearest results and consumer information.
Digital marketing must not be treated as a sideshow to your brand strategy, it […]
January 3rd, 2008
Categories: Brand Strategy Development, Competitive Analysis, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Global Strategy Development, Growth & Diversification Strategy
Developing technologies are not a new concept but the rate of development seems to be at an all time high. The amount of information, technology, innovation and development is changing every day. Take a look at your cell phone. First of all everyone probably has one. Then think of how old your phone is compared […]
December 14th, 2007
Categories: Brand Strategy Development, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Growth & Diversification Strategy, Interactive Media, Marketing Plan Development
Web 2.0 is intended to give users more control over what they do and what they see. Does this mean that companies loose control over what they put out? Not really. Some times things just get more attention than expected.
Take for example the situation with Mr. Splashy Pants. Not familiar? Mr. Splashy Pants is the […]
November 16th, 2007
Categories: Brand Management, Brand Strategy Development, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Growth & Diversification Strategy, Marketing Plan Development
It’s nothing new that marketers react to the latest consumer trends. The trouble as described in the Adage.com article Marketers, Seize the Opportunity to Help Heal Society’s Ills goes over the reason to take more consideration into how you react to a trend.
This continues along the lines of the reason companies must be Promise Centric […]
November 2nd, 2007
Categories: Brand Strategy Development, Consumer Trends & Forecasting, Growth & Diversification Strategy, Internet Marketing, Marketing Plan Development, Online Marketing Analysis, Web Analytics, Website Development
In a recent article on Adage.com titled Google and MySpace Combine Forces to Take on Facebook they discuss the latest partnership between two great forces on the web to take on another. As we all know the competition level on the web is among the most competitive industries around.
The article goes into detail about how […]