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10 Best-Practices in Planning and Marketing Virtual Eventsby Tom Wieser
Imagine making your events (marketing meetings, conferences, tradeshows, etc.) available to a much larger, highly attentive audience that can conveniently gather and exchange information, browse exhibits, receive product demos, provide feedback, and network—all via their computer.
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How to Run Your Own Successful Virtual Conference
by Kimberly SmithIntrigued by the ease, broader reach, and lower cost of hosting a virtual event? Be aware that there are distinguishable differences in how online conferences are planned and carried out—and the technology is just the beginning. Here's how to effectively ...
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Six Steps to Forging Customer Relationships at Tradeshows and Conferences
by Kimberly SmithTradeshow and conference sponsorships don't come cheap, but they do bring prospects face-to-face with your company and brand. In doing so, they offer a unique opportunity to establish stronger, more-personal connections with potential customers, which can, in turn, generate solid ...
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Eight Fast-Acting, Low-Cost Marketing Tactics That Can Make a Difference NOW
by Michael GoodmanEffective marketing campaigns don't necessarily require big-company budgets. By being smart in the up-front planning stage, you can maximize the greatest value from your budget, regardless of its size.
Here are eight low-cost tools you can use immediately ...
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Tradeshows on a Shoestring Budgetby Jodi Bash
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Trade Shows on a Shoestring Budgetby Jodi Bash
Tradeshows can be one of the most expensive forms of marketing. Paying to act as an event sponsor (complete with a booth and travel for employees) often runs into the tens of thousands of dollars.
But there are options to tradeshow ...
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Ten Steps to Creating a Brand Ambassador Program
by Mack CollierBrand ambassadors are similar to brand evangelists in that they also have a vested interest in seeing their favorite brand succeed. It's not so much that they attempt to influence other customers to buy a product, but that they share ...
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Tradeshow Tips for the Introvertby Doug Stern
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High Tech Marketing/Business Model Boot Camp: Go-to-Market Mix in the Web 2.0 Era (Part 4)by Nilofer Merchant
Web 2.0 has changed what product definitions look like, and how things that are sold as 'free' can make money. So while the 4 Ps are a good start as buckets, let's update them for today's era and discuss what ...
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Corporate Philanthropy That Fits All: How Any Business Can Do Good - and Benefit
by Elaine FogelThe precedent-setting commitment of Warren Buffet and Bill Gates to charitable work is bringing corporate philanthropy to the forefront. After many years of corporate scandals and Sarbanes-Oxley news, the tipping point has arrived.
Corporate philanthropy is good—both for business and ...
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The Nike+ iPod Partnering Strategy: Develop Unique Lifestyle Relationshipsby Harvey Kraft
If you want to learn how to develop new revenue generating customer relationships, check out the strategic Nike+ iPod alliance.
Would a similar model work for you?
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World Cup Soccer and the Hispanic Marketby Blaire Borthayre
The month-long 2006 World Cup Soccer tournament will begin on June 9, and already commercials have been launched referencing the event. The heavy hitters behind those ads include 15 global brands, such as McDonalds, Coca-Cola, MasterCard, Nike, and Adidas.
The US ...
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Five Lessons From the Netflix Startup Storyby Jim Cook
When Netflix launched in the late '90s, most people thought its developers were nuts. Even with the dot-com era in full bloom, the idea of renting movies via mail struck most as somewhat ludicrous.
Looking back on Netflix's startup ...
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Cause Marketing: Good Deeds as Good Businessby Sherlyn Manson
Consumers want to align themselves with brands, employers and even investments that stand for something we believe in and that we can feel good about.
Here's how smart companies are responding (and how your organization can, too).
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The Real Gold Goes to the Boldby Kara Dullea
Freestyle may describe a particular type of competition in this year's Winter Olympics, but it more aptly defines the attitudes, mindset and personalities of the games' most controversial and media-savvy athletes.
Is their irreverence just a product of the Echo-Boom ...
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New Resolutions for Brand Managersby Mitch McCasland
Even with January behind us, a brand manager is still full of the promise of the New Year.
Sure, things didn't go perfectly during 2005. But it's worth taking note of those things you'll solemnly swear you'll never do again.
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Brand Hijack: When Your Brand Has Customers You Might Not Want
by Greg ThomasAt one time or another, your brand image might not only be skewed from its original identity but also adopted or "hijacked" by totally unintended market segments.
Likewise, in brand management, there are times when we craft a brand identity ...
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The Value Chain: From Building Brand to Building Integrityby Tim Kitchin
Value chains are replacing brands are the most powerful weapon in the marketing arsenal.
While still widely perceived as source of risk, value-chain transparency actually offers brand owners an opportunity to create new forms of value for customers at an emotional ...
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Case Study: Ben & Jerry's Social Initiative
by Andrea LearnedEach year, the marketing team at Ben & Jerry's works on a single, large, integrated push related to the company's social mission. Ben & Jerry's management unites behind social initiatives with enthusiasm and motivation. Management ignites the employees, and the ...
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Advertising vs. PR: Kotler on Kotlerby Phil Kotler
In his new book, According to Kotler, Phil Kotler gives a summary of the key principles of marketing and how they relate to current events such as corporate accounting scandals, outsourcing, globalization, warehouse shopping and online marketing.
Here is ...