So, the biggest retail sales day of the year is coming fast and I can already hear the glee in my fellow bargain-lovers’ Facebook posts. This ritual spending has been a time-honored holiday tradition for many years, for I remember many Thanksgivings of time past where my mother and I would go through the...
At the sake of being repetitive in my love for certain computer manufacturing branding and marketing efforts, and utter disappointment for others, I leave you with a simple video, which I think should speak for itself. I’m definitely not getting a holiday season job at a Microsoft store … To read more about why...
Today, I learned the true extent of the growing need to find alternative and innovative ways to engage customers in marketing when I read the US Patent and Trademark Office application submitted by Apple. Their new tool, dubbed as “Evil Ad,” is going to revolutionize marketing and advertising as we know it. Imagine you...
Last Thursday, the Facebook Marketing page announced new guidelines on running promotions through Fan Pages. Why more marketers aren't in a frenzy, I don't know because in one short posting, they basically annihilate 90% of the reason any brand actually has a Fan Page—having something of value to communicate to their customers on the...
John Nese is a regular guy who has an irregular love–he adores soda pop. Having worked with his father since he was younger in their run-of-the-mill grocery store, his little establishment was given the opportunity to carry the big brand of soda, Pepsi. After feeling bullied into an agreement he didn't want, John decided...
Marketers, advertisers and brand managers are all buzzing with the news of Google and Bing announcing their new social search features, which will include content from Twitter and Facebook when users search on either engine, and what this now means for a brand’s overall success or failure. These tools have been promoted as the...
