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1) Demarketing
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We all understand the basic principles underpinning marketing activity: to identify unfulfilled needs and desires and boost demand for the solutions a product is offering. The mantra is always "sell more". De-marketing tries for the very opposite. Why would a company actively try to decrease demand? There are many good reasons to do so: a firm cannot supply large enough quantities, or wants to limit supply to a region of narrow profit margin. Or,...
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In the work for marketing practitioners, academics in marketing and business interpret research on how consumers form judgments and make decisions, allowing marketers to put principles of consumer psychology into action. The book begins with an argument for the importance of relevant consumer psychology research and a framework for crafting research with real organizational value. Subsequent chapters review various research streams, in most cases...
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"The Marketing Mavens is based on a four-year long research program that spanned twenty-five industries, identifying long-term winners and what they do differently. Put simply, Marketing Mavens place customers at the center of their business and make marketing everyone's job. Using a wide variety of intriguing, in-depth examples, from ESPN to the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Capon shows how the mavens create customers. How by placing the sports fan at the center...
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Consumers can now create, consume and converse and the complexity of media that now sees multiple channels accessed through multiple devices has created major challenged for today's marketing and advertising professionals. Paid, Owned, Earned offers a framework that decodes that socially connected media landscape and helps select the right marketing options for now and the future.
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Providing a snapshot of the experiential travel industry, this program follows the ongoing challenges facing Rocky Ehlers and his Skytrek Adventure Park. His concept and marketing strategy are judged by Brett Wilson, an avid globe-trekker and founder of Calgary's first energy corporation, and Beverley O'Neil, a founder of the Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia, board member of Tourism BC, and head of her own marketing and consulting...
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"Meatball Sundae is the definitive guide to the fourteen trends no marketer can afford to ignore. It explains what to do about the increasing power of stories, not facts; about shorter and shorter attention spans; and about the new math that says five thousand people who want to hear your message are more valuable than five million who don?t."--Page 2 of cover.
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"Why hasn't all that data delivered a whopping competitive advantage? Because you've barely begun to use it, that's why! Good news: neither have your competitors. It's hard! But digital marketing analytics is 100% doable, it offers colossal opportunities, and all of the data is accessible to you. Chuck Hemann and Ken Burbary will help you chop the problem down to size, solve every piece of the puzzle, and integrate a virtually frictionless system...
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A firm grasp of marketing principles has become essential to 21st-century commerce and a successful business career. Featuring a youth-oriented case study, this program guides students through the basics of marketing and the main activities and responsibilities of a marketing specialist. Viewers learn about research and analysis conducted to help position a recently developed Harry Potter video game. In the process, the film explores the 4 Ps (product,...
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Moving from foundations to specific methods, this program examines the complex background work that must take place before a product or service can be positioned in the market. Surveys and analysis performed for the computer game company Electronic Arts provide an illuminating case study in field, quantitative, and qualitative research and how these overlap with explanatory, descriptive, and predictive research. Students learn about interview formats,...
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No CEO or CFO wants to hear that a marketing investment was a gamble, and greater accountability for marketing expenditure is one of the biggest issues facing the marketing community today. Malcolm McDonald and Peter Mouncey's Marketing Accountability is a major breakthrough for marketing professional. Based on seven years' research into global best practice in marketing, it introduces a marketing metrics model that will help marketing directors align...
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"Marketing has changed dramatically since the four classic Ps of the marketing mix (price, product, promotion and place) were proposed. The new marketing landscape is characterised by the demand for constant innovation, rising pressure on budgets, the growth of social media and the impact of issues of sustainability and ethical issues. As the business landscape has transformed so have the fundamental areas marketers need to master to succeed. The...
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In an age of corporate bailouts, the story of Columbia Sportswear's dramatic comeback offers a valuable case study in successful bootstrapping. After the death of her husband, Gert Boyle faced the monumental task of taking over the struggling business at the age of 46, with little guidance or experience. This program profiles Boyle nearly forty years later, still leading the company-which is now an industry giant worth billions. Boyle describes what...
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This book reveals how two fundamental assumptions have led marketing onto a dead-end path: that customers are aware of what they are doing, and that they know why they do what they do. Using advanced technologies, neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists have recently discovered the counterintuitive fact that the unconscious mind controls up to 95% of behavior, so it is not surprising that the marketing theory taught for the past 50 years requires...
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Spotting trends, making mistakes, dealing with fear, and trusting one's instincts-here are the lessons learned from the successful entrepreneurs featured throughout this series. Arlene Dickinson, CEO of Venture Communications, a major Canadian marketing communications firm, and Michael Hyatt, CEO and cofounder of networks software maker BlueCat Networks, join host Dianne Buckner in culling valuable insights into business strategies, marketing, and...
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"As large-scale discounters and national or international chains are handling more retail sales volume, the very existence of small- and medium-sized retailers is being threatened. Online retailing has brought many more competitors into the retail space. To even hope to compete you must have a strategy that establishes your business with a solid place in the market. Up Against the Retail Giants presents a strategy, not just to survive, but also to...
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This program updates the philosophy of branding, a practice that has evolved to define personal identity through a product line, a lifestyle, or simply a concept. Cultural anthropologist Ted Polhemus explains the theory of branding and its evolution in the global marketplace. Nicolas Hayek, CEO of Swatch, uses his company's success story to discuss the emotional nature of buying-and buying into-a brand. The indie skateboard entrepreneurs of Girl &...
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True or false? "A good product will sell itself. In this program, a swashbuckling swordsman and other experts answer that question with a thorough summary of the marketing process-covering mission statements, business and marketing objectives, and market share-and the marketing plan, which addresses situational analysis and goals. The tools involved in creating a marketing plan are described as well, including the BCG matrix; strategic business units,...
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Is there a market for bacon-scented sun block? Yes-at least in theory. After explaining basic terminology such as needs, demands, and markets, this program outlines the three strategies for inducing potential customers to purchase merchandise-the product orientation, selling orientation, and marketing orientation-and defines the marketing concept, where product promotion is tailored to a target audience.
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Dispelling the belief that click-through rate is the ultimate online benchmark, this program identifies which factors e-tailers need to measure, how they should go about quantifying them, and how they should interpret and apply the resulting data. The interrelationship between impressions, click-through, and conversions is clearly explained by e-commerce experts, along with the use of Internet research analyst services, ad servers, and path-tracking...
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