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Pepsi recently announced that they plan to move away from traditional marketing and toward a new strategy that involves leveraging social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to “become a catalyst in the culture” and “add value to a community”. Tom Asacker discusses this in the following post from his blog, AClearEye.com. I’ve just read …
This is a great presentation by Simon Sinek about how some organizations are able to achieve so much more than others with seemingly the same amount of resources. Why did no one buy Gateway’s flat screens or Dell’s MP3 players? The following video, which I think marketers should watch over and over, explains why. The …
Tom Asacker argues that Toyota lost its way when it shifted its focus away from an obsession with making quality cars and more towards the numbers and Wall Street. That loss in focus by the company may now result in a loss of focus in the mind of the consumer. See the following article from …
Whether you love them or hate them, Apple has been one of the greatest business success stories of our time and it can be argued that most of their success is attributed to their marketing. Here are the top 7 things marketers can learn from Apple. Create suspense around new products Apple is known for …
I am excited to be talking to Bob Gilbreath, author of The Next Evolution of Marketing which outlines a new approach to marketing called marketing with meaning. He has also worked as a brand manager for P&G where he was recognized by AdAge for his turn around of the Mr.Clean brand. He is currently Chief …
In The Next Evolution of Marketing, Bob Gilbreath describes an alternative approach to marketing called “marketing with meaning”, in which marketing becomes a product or service in of itself that people choose to engage with. Gilbreath provides a ton of examples of how marketers can create marketing that is meaningful, like Nike’s social network for …
I like the idea of marketing making selling unnecessary. If you have to do a lot of personal selling of your product or service, then perhaps your marketing is not very effective. I also like Tom Asacker’s point that marketing should deliver value to people in exchange for their time and attention. Check out Tom …
