Complex cross-media marketing campaigns require a well-organized symphony of coordination and scheduling. Formal project management techniques can greatly increase the timeliness, efficiency, and profitability of a direct marketing campaign. With so many moving parts, it makes sense to leverage traditional project management techniques to command control and guarantee speed-to-market. In nearly every aspect of our [...]
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Complex Campaigns Can Benefit From Project Management
Posted in Marketing Strategy, Marketing Technologies, tagged Campaign Management, Greg Dean, Gregory Dean, Life Cycle, Marketing Strategy, Marketography, Project Management on January 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Economic Forces Changed the Printing Industry
Posted in Marketing Technologies, tagged CTO, DIgital Printing, Economic Forces, Economics, General Environment, Greg Dean, Gregory Dean, Marketography, printing industry, Task Environment, Technological Forces on November 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The printing industry in the United States has enjoyed success in spite of many years of technology stagnation. A recent wave of innovation has fueled changes that are beginning to affect the organizational environment. Forces specific to the general environment are causing the printing industry to be reinvented, while forces within the task environment are [...]
Watch Your Language
Posted in Marketing Philosophy, Marketing Strategy, tagged advertising media, Communication, Consumer Behavior, Culture, Greg Dean, Gregory Dean, Language, Marketing, Marketing Communication, Marketing Strategy, Marketography on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Successful marketing communication requires a strong understanding of the language of the intended audience. Never assume that a whimsical or clever catch-phrase or slogan will be understood by everyone. Language is an evolution of culture, and cultures are geographically bound. Therefore, language is a unique representation of culture in a specific time and location. Language is [...]
Ethical imperatives of a marketing company
Posted in Marketing Psychology, tagged American Marketing Association, Antitrust, Bureau of Competition, Clayton Act of 1914, Code of Ethics, Ethics, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, Greg Dean, Gregory Dean, HIPAA, IBM, Marketing, Marketing Research, moral idealism, Morals, Research, Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, utilitarianism on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A marketing company armed with a code of ethics becomes the moral compass for their clients and a beacon of societal principles for the consumer.
De-commoditize and Return to Profitability
Posted in Marketing Strategy, tagged business, commoditize, commodity, de-commoditize, Greg Dean, Gregory Dean, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, profit, profitability on August 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The moment when the majority of companies within a given industry can provide the same products or produce the same services—it becomes a ‘commodity.’
An Ounce of Prevention Saves a Gallon of Gasoline
Posted in Marketing Strategy, tagged Automakers, Automobile Industry, Automobile Manufacturers, Dean, Greg Dean, Gregory Dean, Marketing Strategy, Marketography, Save Gasoline on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The automobile industry is no longer behind the curve. Manufacturers are tuned into the pulse of the consumer. This is not the result of learning from their mistakes, or even proactively anticipating the financial burden of rising fuel costs. The automobile manufacturers realized that the consumers are demanding less dependency on fossil fuels. Moreover, automobile manufacturers have grown a conscience regarding the impact of internal combustion engines to our environment. And while an ounce of prevention can save a gallon of gasoline, an ounce of forward thinking can save a planet.