Last week I received an email from a former marketing class student about Budweiser beer reportedly changing the name on cans over the summer from "Budweiser" to "America". She thought for sure it was a hoax, or at the very least a publicity stunt meant to garner headlines for an established brand in a mature category fighting for every last incremental decimal sales increase. … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Guiides.com founder Daniel Dubois’ five key insights for entrepreneurs
When a desirable offering meets a growing audience at the intersection of trends and technology you likely have a winning business prospect. When you compliment it with the disruptive forces of the sharing economy and add passion and purpose, you get Daniel Dubois and Guiides.com, likely to do for adventure tourism, what AirBnB did for global accommodations. Guiides.com, … [Read more...]
Content marketing & the REACH factor
It used to be that advertising was all about planning reach and frequency. To a certain extent it still is for paid efforts, but when you're trying to milk free platforms, like your own anchored content through blogs and enewsletters, as well as social media, earned media and embedded editorial, REACH is the name of the game. You CAN control frequency of your own platforms, but … [Read more...]
