Marketing to Diversity: Lessons from U.S. Politics

The 2012 presidential election confirmed something we’ve known for quite some time: There is a new normal in the United States, and that new normal is multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural. Though Mitt Romney got 59 percent of the non-Hispanic white vote, the highest total for a GOP nominee since 1988, he was not victorious.

The Power of Being Meaningful, Different, and Salient

Members of the marketing community have long debated the secret to marketing success. Many practitioners assert that differentiation is the key factor. Others maintain that salience is uppermost during critical purchase moments, while a significant group believes that great marketing builds positive consumer sentiment by delivering on a meaningful brand promise.

Optimizing Ads: Is Less Always More?

It’s the relentless imperative of our age: Do everything better, but also faster and at lower cost. Marketers confront this challenge as their own discipline becomes ever more difficult. Not only are their financial resources limited, but the consumer attention they seek is scattered and fragmented across a myriad of media. Therefore, advertising practitioners are understandably eager to explore any option that might help them reach consumers with maximum effectiveness and minimal expense.

Social Measurement Depends on Data Quantity and Quality

As social platforms proliferate, enthusiastic users are generating more data than ever. Social media data are fast becoming the hottest commodity in market research.

Changing Channels with Confidence: A Structure for Innovation

New media channels are emerging all the time, and marketers are often unclear how to choose among them.

Creative Storytelling: For Sponsors, an Olympic Sport

Every two years, the world stops to watch the greatest show on earth: the Olympic Games. The appeal of the Olympics is universal; its impact, tremendous, and the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games were no exception.

Facebook: Not an Ad Platform but an Ecosystem

Now that Facebook is a publicly traded company with shareholders to satisfy, the ongoing question of whether it will ever live up to its promise as an advertising platform becomes more urgent.

Creativity in Advertising

Last summer I had an interesting experience in a cinema. I’d arrived early and was watching the ads while I munched on popcorn. The film was a popular one and the cinema was full. Around me, people were talking and laughing, waiting for the film to start.

How the Medium Informs the Message

The Overlooked Power of Media: Enhancing the Memorability of Communications

The success of marketing communication is judged on a variety of factors, and one of the fundamental criteria is that people remember the ideas conveyed.

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