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Community Building Should be at the Heart of Every Marketing Program
In today’s chaotic and multi-channel world of social media, podcasts, and endless media sources, we ironically live in the most interconnected era ever. This means reaching your desired audience can take immense time and effort with so many connection channels. This is where community building comes in as the center of your marketing strategy. Whether…
Read MoreThe Power of Place: Boosting Urban Real Estate Value By Creating a Destination
The strategies behind this are all centered on placemaking, the process of creating spaces and environments that are attractive, functional, and meaningful to the people who live, work and play in them. In urban locations, placemaking is critical to creating real estate value.
Read MoreTrader Joes vs. Whole Foods: Are they the same customers for different brands?
They in fact frequently like to be located near each other. The key to these symbiotic brands is their customers. They have similar customers whose behavior is very similar around product choice, product brands…and product beliefs
Read MoreDesign Thinking. Shaping Strategies with People in Mind.
It’s an interactive process that allows you to engage with your audience and not repeat the same patterns of thinking and design approaches but to create something new, innovative, and connecting.
Read MorePowerful Digital Marketing Trends Driving Consumer Behavior in 2022
With the massive growth in digital media over the last few years consumers have evolved in how and where they get their media. The pandemic may have accelerated this “experience” shift but it’s essential marketers understand this and are nimble and flexible in how they approach reaching consumers.
Read MoreTalking to People
Why Human-Centered Marketing and Branding Connects.There’s a new way to view marketing and branding. It’s not just about products and cool tech solutions but communicating and connecting with individuals…
Read MoreDon’t Monkey Around with Brand Perceptions
Walmart Pulls Coconut Milk Amid Monkey Labor Allegations. Chained monkeys were trained to quickly climb palms and pick the coconuts for Thai coconut milk brands. Although they were rewarded with food for their labor, animal rights organizations got involved and have been calling this “monkey slave labor”. In 2019, PETA investigators in Asia surfaced several…
Read MoreStrategic Ambiguity
Sometimes An Intentional Lack of Clarity Is Exactly What a Brand Needs. From Coca-Cola to Dunkin Donuts to the global consulting firm Prophet, many companies from consumer-level to B2B are becoming, well, less specific about what they actually sell or do. Coca-Cola Company has far more of its sales in the myriad of beverage brands…
Read MoreMcDonald’s Wants to Know You, The importance of Customer Engagement, and Netflix Falls Off a Cliff
Fries, a Shake, and a Big Mac. You may think when you order at a McDonald’s they know all about you. Not really, but boy, do they care. With the challenges of the pandemic, supply chain shortages and price increases, keeping customers engaged and coming back became a challenge. Many retailers, and now McDonald’s, have…
Read MoreDisruption – Knowledge, Flexibility, and Revolutionaries
The Unexpected Challenge. The ability to shift, change and adapt is an essential part of what organizations need to do to survive and manage change in today’s world. Understanding this must be part of marketing and business operations. If your customers are not paying attention or they’ve totally changed, you need to know this. Disruption…
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