The Marketing Plan

Effective marketing does not just happen. Popular companies and brands are just so because of carefully planned strategies that take into account present and future changes in the business environment. In other words, it’s a lot of work. Did you think that just by putting a couple of mentions of Effexor side effects on Facebook and Twitter, people would read your webpage? That might pique a few people’s

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04 2012

Product Placement

One of the best ways for a product to get noticed in the public consciousness is to be spotted in a summer blockbuster. It is an interesting strategy, because it reaches a very wide audience and is, in essence, a one-time investment. It is a great marketing ploy, though it isn’t one that is available to everyone. Sure, it would be plausible to get a laptop or a fast food chain into a movie – those are hall

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03 2012

The Consumer is The Business

When marketers started to realize that their profession needed an infusion of social responsibility, they certainly could not argue with the results. Because of the increasing consumer-centric shift in the market, salespeople and buyers alike began to be more interested in quality for price – something that boosted the study of the many product and corporate advances that are in force today. The ideals of con

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02 2012

Marketing Online: How to Do It Better

When marketing anything online, there is a tendency to fall back on the traditionalist mentality. After all, that is the mindset that everyone is familiar with and has worked for every other medium so far. However, in the online arena where conditions can change at the drop of a hat and there’s no telling what any given user is going to say about the company at any given time, this isn’t enough. The fou

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02 2012

Stupid Cupid

Phew! Finally! The holidays are over at last. The last sandwich has been been made from the roast. You can leave the lights up outside for a little while longer, but the stockings and that obnoxious crepe-paper angel can be packed away. The tree is finally gone and you can have your living room back. Those damn squirrels will hopefully be gone for about ten months. So like any good marketer, you have had Valentine&

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01 2012

The Basics of Web Marketing

Today, in the age of Facebook and Google, no marketing is complete without Internet marketing. Compared to traditional forms of reaching out to your intended audience, web marketing offers the fastest, most-wide ranging results, and one with less cost. This doesn’t mean to say, however, that marketing on the Internet is any easier than its mainstream brother. Marketing on the web entails a mix of online tools

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12 2011

KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid

In the marketing world, there has been a shift in recent years to sophistication. The terminology used in marketing collateral such as brochures and ads have evolved from simple, clear-cut language to more obtuse terms. The intention is to make the product or service sound more upscale, and thus appeal to the buyer’s sense of ego that he or she is purchasing something “of quality” based on how the

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11 2011

The Yuppie Zone: Targeting Today’s Professionals

It’s no secret that there has been a steady shift downward in terms of market focus. In the 50′s and 60′s, the American market belonged to the slightly older population of 40-50 something white men. They were the driving forces behind the Fords and Oldsmobiles, the white picket fences, and the dreams of a Buckminster Fuller future. Nowadays, the market is dictated by an increasingly young audience

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09 2011

How Cloud Computing Complements your Marketing Strategy

Imagine standing on a top of the highest cloud in the sky. Below you are more clumps of clouds – some merging together, some splitting into smaller clusters. In business analogy, these bunch of clouds are remote computers and mobile gadgets where you can access various data and information through software applications, social networking sites, blog sites, email accounts, chat rooms, and the like that you can use

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07 2011

Marketing: Back to the Basics

These days, business marketing has become so complex that you have to go the extra mile in being creative to beat your rivals. However, because of the overwhelming appreciation of innovation and the awesome power of technology, some professional marketers have totally forgotten the essence of the basics. Here, let’s discuss what the nitty-gritty of marketing are and what they can actually do for your business.

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03 2011