In business as in life, the playing field is rarely level. Bigger brands often have more visibility, a larger customer base and a more robust budget than less-established brands. Without these advantages, how do smaller building product brands gain traction and...
Quick: what company developed early versions of the digital camera, positioning them to be innovators in the category? Give up? The answer is Kodak. That’s right, the company that has been rendered all but obsolete by the digital photography age — actually...
Just call Sherwin-Williams the paint advertising police. A while back, we commented on Sherwin-Williams taking Rustoleum to court for their claim that one of their paints offered “twice the coverage.” Our point of view was that while Sherwin-Williams was...
The first thing they teach you in Marketing School is the “4 Ps of Marketing,” an old mnemonic device to help you remember the four components of marketing. Product, price, promotion, and place (or as my old professor called it,...
With a few simple tweaks to your current marketing strategy, your business can have a coming out party and claim these high-dollar holidays as your own. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest holiday shopping events of the year — a brilliant...
