Great cartoon from Tom Fishburne about a current fad in mainstream marketing-land… “Marketers are in a mad rush to target Millennials. They are the largest consumer group in history and expected to spend more than Baby Boomers by 2017. Millennials also came of age with a different relationship to marketing and brands. This creates tension […]
Positioning And Marketing – The Joy And The Hurt Of It
“The tai-pan is always alone, that being the joy and the hurt of it.” – from “Noble House” by James Clavell One of the most powerful concepts in marketing is the idea of “positioning”… …put simply, “owning” an idea in the mind of the consumer. For example, in the world of cars, BMW for most […]