All posts tagged strategy

Volvo Takes the Pretension out of Luxury Marketing

I just read this article in Adweek about Volvo’s new campaign, which is pretty brilliant. The campaign goes after Mercedes and Audi, positioning the brand as luxury for real people, a strategy that we don’t often see in the world of luxury marketing. Here’s the TV spot that executes the strategy perfectly: What this campaign [...]

You’re the CEO – Get a Handle on Marketing

Much has been written on the growing disconnect between the C-Suite and the marketing strategies within most companies. The pressure from stockholders, investors, and customers continues to drive the CEO to focus on immediate profits, company growth, and price-pressure. That’s understandable. While the life of a highly compensated corporate leader may seem rosy, the pressures [...]

Should Your Brand Go Retro?

The task of coming up with new promotions and marketing efforts can be a lot of fun. But when it comes down to it, the goal is to initiate programs that will ultimately be successful, whether that means gaining new customers or making more money. If you’re on the hunt for your brand’s next big [...]

Innovation: The No-Brainer That Brands Like to Ignore

It’s one thing to have a fantastic product here and now, but what happens a year or two down the road, when your cash cow fizzles out? You can choose to drop off the radar and search helplessly for new, successful strategies, or you can make it a point to plan in advance how you [...]

Car Dealers Make Me Scream (Continued)

My family deserves a break. It’s not easy living with me and my AAA personality and Italian heritage. Even though, under the advice of my physician, I make sincere attempts to control my emotions, I fail to do so just about every day.  Sometimes, I just explode. I’m not proud of that, but I can blame it on the DNA. What [...]

Are You Really a Risk Taker?

You are a leader. An innovator. A regular boardroom maverick. Or are you? As much as we all take risks in our heads, there are few people on this earth who actually take risks in the world of branding. But the CEOs and leaders who do take risks are the ones who have built brands that stand out [...]

B2B: The Red-Headed Stepchild Deserves More Respect

Whether you’re marketing to both consumers and other businesses or just the latter, you need to put as much thought and creativity into your marketing as you would if you were just a B2C brand. Here are the Top 5 ways brands disrespect their B2B customers (and themselves): Lame Emails and/or Blog. Good marketers, whether [...]