Archive for the ‘Marketing’ Category
Cell C and Noahgate. Some lessons.
Cell C has launched an ‘Astroturfing’ campaign – some of my thoughts about it.
In: Advertising, Customer Service, Marketing, social media · Tagged with: Astro turfing, Cell C, Cell Phone, South Africa, Trevor Noah
Internet causing newspaper blindness!
The newspaper industry is doing exactly the wrong thing to ensure its survival. Its a classic case of marketing myopia in a golden age for news.
In: Advertising, Marketing, internet · Tagged with: marketing Myopia, newspaper, publishing
Telling the truth – a killer strategy?
Telling the truth might just be a Killer marketing strategy
In: Advertising, Customer Service, Marketing, Uncategorized, social media · Tagged with: Advertising, Advertising Age, Business and Economy, dominos, Marketing, South Africa
The Digital Divide – Huh?
The notion that there is a divide between digital marketing and traditional marketing based on whether the technology used is analogue or digital is really a little ridiculous.
In: Advertising, Marketing, Uncategorized, internet · Tagged with: Advertising, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Mass media, South Africa
(2010) The year the penny drops?
The South African Marketing Industry has lagged behind, is this the year that it catches a wake up and realises that things have changes and will never be the same again.
In: Advertising, Marketing, internet · Tagged with: Advertising, internet, Marketing, social media, South Africa, trends
Runaway Viral in Jozi
A spectacularly successful viral marketing campaign in Johannesburg.
In: Marketing, internet · Tagged with: Gary Rom Hairdressing, General Manager, Mike Herbert, South Africa, Viral Marketing
Zappos walks the talk
My experience with the amazing customer culture at Zappos.com
In: Marketing · Tagged with: Amazon.com, culture, Customer Intimacy, Le Web, Tony Hsiesh, Zappos.com
Advertising can’t build brands.
Brands are built by experiences – not by advertising. I wrote this in an article 5 years ago, it was dug out to discuss on radio this week. I am pleased that my views have remained consistent over the years its just that its even more correct now than it was then.
In: Advertising, Marketing, Uncategorized, social media · Tagged with: Advertising, Brand, Business/Finance, Draftfcb, pike
Digital is far too successful for this Jozi company!
A hairdressing business marked the opening of a store in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg by offering a promotion to 30 customers and their friends and got well over 50 000 responses, and in the process nearly put themselves out of business. The offer was for a free treatment and chance to be involved in a prize draw for a years worth of free hair treatment. The mail was sent on November 5 and got well over 50 000 responses by November 16.
In: Marketing, social media · Tagged with: Edgars Melrose Arch, Gary Rom Hairdressing, Melrose Arch, South Africa, viral
An obsession with numbers
Do the numbers marketers are obsessed with actually matter, are there others that matter more that aren’t measured?
In: Advertising, Marketing, internet, social media · Tagged with: Advertising, Marketing, media, social media
