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by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Michael Jackson , the theme to “Billie Jean” and a phenomenal blend of marketing and entertainment drove the Pepsi brand to the pinnacle of contemporary culture. So, what are Pepsi’s marketers doing to revitalize it?
Sensors are used to make products, infrastructure, and environments, more intelligent and more responsive to humanneeds. Sensors coordinate the activities of humans and machines as they work together, semi-automating business processes. To streamline operations and control costs.
To that end, we must continuously achieve superior financial and operating results while adhering to the highest standards of business conduct. Our mission is to operate the best specialty retail business in America, regardless of the product we sell. Human Resources. Afterlife: Fortune Magazine Contributor, Wannabe Novelist.
by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. I was Nabob’s VP of Marketing, a 32 year-old disciple of an excellent turnaround CEO – a fellow by the name of Hugo Powell who eventually moved on to Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev ) as CEO. In the CEO Afterlife.
by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. The conversation in the 2011 branding world is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies.
Below is a summary of how I helped five startups, three middle-market companies, and a business unit of a Fortune 300 company pivot for pandemic-influenced business settings. Apparently, operations managers were suddenly being pressured by accounting heads to justify the ROI for purchases. . Operations Day.
Typically, when you operate inside of your comfort zone, you don’t experience risk nor do you develop the ability to evaluate risk when it is presented. In today’s fast-paced market environment, the definition of insanity should probably read: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the SAME results.
There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing.
by John • April 14, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. As much as ‘branded’ companies pride themselves on being ‘value-added’ marketers, they continually exchange ‘price buyers’ with their competition. The natural competitive reaction is to join the discount fray and recover lost market share.
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by John • July 24, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Sometimes it is the marketers themselves that prematurely bring advertising campaigns to premature conclusions. Marketersoperate in a dynamic world. Human Resources. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter.
This is the break from day-to-day operations; it is the organization’s future. A company with differentiated branded consumables would likely measure market share, brand awareness, brand image, and margin development. Human Resources. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter. Search My Site.
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Feeling safe is a primal humanneed. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.
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Brand Surgery – excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. The blemish is the abdication of strategic attention by the organization’s most senior marketing executives to the enhancement of brand equity. About John.
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