Guest post by Prof. Steven Van Belleghem of InSites Consulting. The marketing organization of the future will be very different from the current structure and culture. The classic model, in which a marketer entrusts a single advertising agency with all communications, is outdated. Let’s examine why. Consumers will become more demanding in the future. Within a few […]
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Howard Schultz has long been know for his strident leadership positions from calling for a CEO boycott of corporate campaign donations to his ‘Create Jobs for USA’ which invited customers to contribute $5 to help entrepreneurs kick start the national economy. This week he went one step further in his support of same sex marriage. In doing […]
Read MoreOne of the constant themes of my blog posts over the last year has been the need to cop-create content for your brand with your community. One great example is You Tube sensation, ‘Epic Rap Battles’. Here’s just one example of their videos (apologies for the ad up front). The way it works is simple. […]
Read MoreRecent studies conducted by Digiday for Vizu as reported by eMarketer show that marketers are looking to increase spend. In fact 64% of respondents said they will increase paid social media ad spends. This research demonstrates modest growing importance of social media ad spend with the full spectrum of marketing budgets but it’s instructive to view this latest research with an […]
Read MoreGuest post from Gary Schwartz who keeps us up to date with the latest in the world of mobile from the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. To sum up Mobile World Congress 2013, I will borrow from Peter Marx, head of business development at Qualcomm Labs. Peter talks about an tendency for PTA or […]
Read MoreI noticed the article by Rance Crain in Forbes this week in which he questioned whether the end of purpose driven ad is nigh because “none of it worked.” While Crain lays out the case “for” and “against” I would like to add some thoughts to the debate. First, there is an implicit presumption that […]
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