Remember the days when you purchased a product or service and the company actually stood behind its wares? Well, looks like those days are waning. Unless, of course, you buy the product insurance! Now, there’s a great money-making rip-off.
It seems like more and more retail outlets are getting wi…
By Achim Klor
SterlingKlor Communications
I recently read an excellent post by Paul Dunay on Social Media Today presenting the 4 C’s of B2B marketing. We’ve known about the 4 P’s of marketing for years: Product, Price, Place and Promotion. Paul argues the 4 P’s are primarily a B2C mix. The 4…
A recent Advertising Age article caught my eye and I think it’s important. The gist: key consumer packaged goods manufacturers are promising to roll out innovative new products in 2010 after a major slow-down in 2009 due to the rocky economy.
The article: “Package-Good Players Plan New-Produc…
Social network analysis (SNA) is helping companies map and understand the links, associations and possibly behaviors of customers and employees. In the following hypothetical situation, we’ll explore the ramifications of using social network analysis in marketing processes and attempt to discern if…
In a day and age of rapid commoditization and “me-too” products and services, it’s good to see the pursuit of the authentic product and/or service is alive and well–even in Hollywood.
In a previous blog post, “Pursuit of the Authentic”, I noted that people are hungry for the authentic and…
As marketers we’ve been raised on the 4 Ps, and in fact some authors have suggested new Ps. Of the traditional 4 Ps most marketers are consumed with “Promotion” and “Product,” and fewer yet focus on “Place.”
However, it seems “Price” gets the short end of the stick time and again. Those days are…
A Jackson Pollock painting is auctioned and sold in November 2006 for $140m. Michael Graves’ teakettle 9093 sells briskly for $145, while its limited edition predecessor sells for $25,000. Al Yeganeh’s seafood soup sells for $30 a quart. What gives and what do all these examples have in common…?
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