All too often, organizations struggle to choose a marketing strategy that best fits their overall goals and objectives. Sometimes the strategy for a given product or service will be in complete contrast to other marketing strategies within an organization. It is perfectly acceptible to use different strategies–across the product portfolio–to help springboard a particular product [...]
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Choose a Marketing Strategy
Posted in Marketing Strategy, tagged cost leader, cost-leader strategy, differentiation, differentiation strategy, focus, focus strategy, Gregory Dean, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketography, target marketing on May 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Vitamin Enhanced Water Could Make a Bigger Splash
Posted in Marketing Strategy, tagged Bottled Water, clustered water, Coca-Cola, flavored water, gatorade, Glaceau, Gregory Dean, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketography, Research, target marketing, Vitamin Water, VITAMINWATER on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There is a global opportunity for companies producing vitamin enhanced water, but do the marketing executives see it? China is the second largest market for energy drinks in the world. According to research by Zenith International (2009), the United States and Canada combined to consume 37% of the overall volume of energy drinks in 2008 (Just-Drinks.com). [...]
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 [...]
A Mediated Culture
Posted in Marketing Philosophy, tagged advertising, advertising media, class-dominant theory, conflict perspective, culturalist theory, functionalist, Gregory Dean, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketography, Mass media, Role of Mass Media, sociological perspectives on November 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mass media has a direct affect on modern culture. This is especially true in the United States where the majority of mass media originates. The moods and attitudes of our society are influenced by messages delivered through mass media channels. Mass media and advertising affect our actions, thoughts, and values. We are at the point [...]
Netflix: An Online Business Beyond Genius
Posted in Internet Marketing, tagged e-commerce, Gregory Dean, Leading Edge, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketography, Movie rental, Netflix, online business, Reed Hastings on November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Most businesses—regardless the core offering—begin as a simple vision. Sometimes, as with the case of Netflix, a frustrating situation exposed a need and at the same time inspired an entrepreneur. A video rental late fee was the trigger that motivated Reed Hastings to develop one of the most successful click-and-mortar businesses to date—Netflix.com (Jayalath & [...]
Understanding Consumer Attitudes
Posted in Marketing Strategy, tagged ABC Model of Attitudes, Attitudes, Consumer Behavior, Ego-Defensive Function, Functional Theory, Gregory Dean, Knowledge Function, Marketing Strategy, Multiattribute Model, Standard-Learning Hierarchy, Utilitarian Function, Value-Expressive Function on October 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Consumer attitudes are both an obstacle and an advantage to a marketer. Choosing to discount or ignore consumers’ attitudes of a particular product or service—while developing a marketing strategy—guarantees limited success of a campaign. In contrast, perceptive marketers leverage their understanding of attitudes to predict the behavior of consumers. These savvy marketers know exactly how [...]
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