To be effective – HOW COOL does your marketing have to be?

I am just not sure you can make anything that is cool enough anymore to really be an eye-stopper. The only ad that I think of right away, is the Apple notebook that fits in an envelope. After a recent presentation to a group of start-up businesses, I asked for feedback. The only negative feedback Read More …

Another word for Marketing – How about Voice of the Customer?

Only customers provide results and customer satisfaction is the key result you are looking for. I think the smartest companies ask their customers what the requirements should be for the product or service and then work backwards? The not so smart, designs a product/service and then figures out ways to market and sell it. Which Read More …

4 P-s of Marketing- replaced by 5 B-s

In 1960, E. Jerome McCarthy introduced the as a way to describe the mix of factors required to successfully market a product. McCarthy labeled the 4 P’s as Product, Price, Place (distribution), and Promotion. The idea was that if you could identify the right combination of these elements, your marketing would succeed. Since then, many Read More …

Equipment Manufacturer – Need a Marketing Plan?

  Equipment Manufacturer Marketing Plan Mplans.com: Excerpt from Marketing Plan Pro Sample Plan Marketing Vision:  The Road Construction industry is poised to take advantage of the Economic Stimulus package but it will be determined by the bids that the road contractors win. Private-sector spending has come to a halt. Our marketing efforts must be spent Read More …

Lean Marketing House – The Pillars

Above the foundation of the Lean House are the pillars. In a typical Lean House these pillars represent JIT, Jidoka(Quality) and Motivated People. This is from the Toyota Production System and they are actually in a certain order. Typically the middle pillar is described as  the most important pillar and it is the one of Read More …