“To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.” said Rosabeth Moss Kanter. The royal wedding that has caused quite a stir around the world has been plastered all over newspapers, magazines and television, weeks-on-end. As the royal wedding got closer, many brands have gone all out in using this opportunity […]
Christmas is an awkward time of year. Talking to relatives you haven’t seen since last Christmas (for good reason), dealing with awful Christmas marketing and receiving awful presents. The most hilarious of these is trying to recieve an awful present in a socially acceptable manner. And that is by pulling a classic ‘Gift Face” “Gift face” […]
Are you in food marketing? There’s a pretty vital morsel of information that is useful for any field of marketing, but somehow, few outside of multisensory integration know about it. And here it is: The packaging of food affects it’s taste. What do you think taste is? One of the senses right? Controlled by the tongue alone right? […]
As of recently, advertising for online gaming has increased tremendously. Games have been used almost since their inception to advertise products as seen in this photo from eMarketing: But when it comes to advertising the games themselves, advertising has been a bit more shabby. Dedicated gamers have to learn new languages, watch confusing YouTube videos and […]
In theory most managers know what the four marketing organisation structures are. But when it comes to putting them into action? Well, things get a bit blurry from here. That is because the concepts themselves are a bit blurry. The lines aren’t clearly defined and at times the structures seem anything but structured. This is […]
As any new manager does when they enter a job way over their heads, Tim Cooks cautiously made little tweaks to the company. The whole world was watching him and any monumental change could cause a seismic shift in peoples trust in Apple’s brand. So Cooks thought changing the mission statement would be a good […]
Ever wonder how to get an idea about what your major competitors have in their strategic marketing toolbox? Here are a few not so unorthodox ways to peek inside. And as a bonus, they are perfectly legal! Analysing competitors is tricky business. It is tedious, time consuming and half the time you wonder if you […]
Mission statements seem so inherently simple that managers don’t put much thought into them. Read: any thought into them. Because there’s no way to get a mission statement wrong. Or so they think. Enter stage left every other mission statement ever written. Demeaning, demotivating, deteriorating, past the stage of defibrillation and ready to be deleted. […]
Bright eyed and bushy tailed Walmart employees can sell just about anything from bacon scented pillows to Duck Dynasty wine. But one thing they just can’t sell me on is their social media strategy. As the world’s largest company by revenue, you would think Walmart would invest a little in their social media strategy. For […]
Bigger is not always better. Most of the time it is actually worse. If your company has a target market which is too wide, you will end out losing not gaining customers. It is a bit of a paradox: lose customers to gain them. It seems counterintuitive to cut out potential customers. After all, you […]