If you are a marketing vendor, agency rep, or consultant, here’s a Bill of Rights just for you. And if you hire vendors, agencies or consultants, read this with your own brand in mind. Negative word-of-mouth works both ways.
Vendors and Consultants Bill of Rights
When we take the time to pr…
In recent days, I’ve been struck by how powerful the sense of “home” can be. Home is familiar, comfortable, irreplaceable. There’s an undeniable “belongingness” that can’t be replicated.
Stepping off on a hike last fall in New Hampshire, I was overwhelmed by the sense that I was back home in New …
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…
I’ve been driving past this billboard for months now, and every time I see it, there is a visceral negative reaction in my marketing gut.
Exit Realty is Growing: So what? What’s in it for me?
If your company is growing in some form or another, surely that makes you happy. However, how does boa…
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…
Besides Wall Street bankers, the poor of the world need access to financial liquidity too. But loaning money to individuals lacking credit history and formal employment can be a dicey proposition. Indeed, pitching financial services to people in the rural hinterlands takes effort, patience, and a…
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…
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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