by admin | Nov 8, 2013 | Concept development, Concept evaluation/execution, Innovation, Market dynamics
Small-business owners waste their time on what I call $10 an hour work, like running to get office supplies. Meanwhile, they forgo the activities that earn $1,000 an hour, such as sending the right email to the right person, or negotiating a lucrative contract, or convincing a client to do more business with you. Read...
by admin | Nov 7, 2013 | Brand identity, Brand strategy, Market dynamics
How do you measure the value of a brand? At Forbes, we look at the financial numbers. The most valuable brands are ones that generate massive earnings in industries where branding plays a major role. The 100 most valuable span 15 countries and cross 20 broad industry categories. Brands from U.S. based companies make up just over half the list with the next biggest representatives from Germany (9 brands), France (8) and Japan (7). Tech brands are the most common with 19, including four of the top five. Read...
by admin | Nov 6, 2013 | Brand strategy, Market dynamics
Sprinklr, a social media management company that works with large, enterprise clients, announced an additional $17.5 million in funding on Tuesday. The Series C round of funding came from the company’s existing investors, Battery Ventures and Intel Capital, who have now combined for $37.5 million in total investments in the company, says Sprinklr CEO Ragy Thomas. The deal took less than two weeks to close, he adds, noting the investors were eager to “double down” on their previous investments. Read...
by admin | Nov 5, 2013 | Market dynamics
Business to business (B2B) marketers are utilizing content marketing strategies more and more in the digital age to promote their brands. They’re becoming confident in creating content supported by the brand, such as magazines, books, articles, how-to guides and more. Social media sites facilitate the spread of this content by allowing customers to share information with other potential customers. Read...
by admin | Nov 1, 2013 | Brand identity, Brand strategy, Brand targeting & positioning, Market dynamics
Burt’s Bees is marketed as a homespun natural brand from Durham, N.C., and is proudly described as “Earth Friendly Natural Personal Care and Natural Skin Care for The Greater Good.” Of course, the brand downplays that it was sold in 2007 for nearly $1 billion to mega-corporation Clorox. Read...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Brand strategy, Brand targeting & positioning, Communication strategy, Market dynamics
What seems to be an unfair review of Facebook’s marketing platform by respected research firm Forrester has been making the media rounds. In an open letter to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Forrester’s vice president and principal analyst Nate Elliot takes aim at the social network’s value for marketers. With the opening sentence, “Facebook is failing marketers,” Elliot delves into why Facebook has been a less than stellar social platform for these folks. Read...
