Ask small or large organizations- for profit, non-profit or government ones – and top managers will admit that their website could be better in both content and looks. Understanding why organizations find it so hard to update websites is useful. Here are five thoughts: "Bricks" organization legacy: Remember that any business that existed before 2000Continue reading “Why do organizations find it so hard to update websites?”
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As US mobile wireless data zooms: wireless carriers run out of spectrum
Ever wondered why every US wireless carrier has a spotty coverage map? Just look at this old AT&T (then Cingular)coverage map. It turns out, wireless carriers own "spectrum" they are allocated from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and these are like "pipes" they own to provide wireless services to their voice and data customers. Naturally,Continue reading “As US mobile wireless data zooms: wireless carriers run out of spectrum”
How and why “content is king” in search marketing: look at Google Scholar
Unless you have gone through an excruciating Graduate thesis process including a Ph.D. -in any field -and have tried to publish scholarly stuff- it's hard to "get" how and why content is king. Frankly, only recently has this blogger really started figuring out how and why content is king. The parallel probably has its seedsContinue reading “How and why “content is king” in search marketing: look at Google Scholar”
Apple: when US customers demand better treatment of Chinese workers in the global supply chain
The Nike child labor controversy surfaced in a 1996 Life magazine story and consumer outrage prompted big changes in the way Nike manages its global supply chain and all this took some time. In contrast, the New York Times story on labor practices at the Chinese supplier factories of Apple of just two weeks agoContinue reading “Apple: when US customers demand better treatment of Chinese workers in the global supply chain”
What’s your internal organization got to do with marketing and supply chain?
What's your internal organization got to do with marketing and supply chain? Well everything…. but first some nostalgia. This is the 500th post of this blog and happily coincides with the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens who explored perennial and timeless issues of the human condition. So too with organizations whose challenges continue despite technologyContinue reading “What’s your internal organization got to do with marketing and supply chain?”
At 3.5 Million $ each: How many Super Bowl 2012 Ads will go viral?
At about 3.5 Million Dollars each the Super Bowl 2012 Ads do sound expensive. many advertisers have released their ads ahead on the web and here is a partial list of Super Bowl 2012 TV Ads. The question is how many of these will go viral? With three days to go for the Super BowlContinue reading “At 3.5 Million $ each: How many Super Bowl 2012 Ads will go viral?”
Two Years after Super Bowl 2010 Old Spice Ad: P&G reduces TV ups Digital Marketing
Marketers worldwide revere P&G simply because many of the old world marketing concepts like “Brand Management” was invented by P&G. If it took 2 years for P&G to come out and say clearly that digital marketing needs more emphasis – I guess no other organization needs to feel defensive for their slow action on digital and social media marketing !
Digital marketing logjam between organization,IT,Marketing and Ad-Agency
Digital marketing has two words and the first is digital whose legacy meaning is IT or information technology. The legacy meaning of marketing in digital marketing is about being a "peoples person", being "creative" and as this blog mentioned in a previous post – generally in favor of an open bar in any celebration!The ITContinue reading “Digital marketing logjam between organization,IT,Marketing and Ad-Agency”
Is your web-site outdated? Connecting Strategy to Execution in a Digital World
Businesses small and large seem to be having a lot of trouble in keeping their websites current. Call it the "perfection" trap, you want to upgrade the look,feel,functionality of your website and you simply delay putting stuff up. In a world of instant Tweets,Facebook and LinkedIn updates – isn't this shyness a bit incongruous? WhenContinue reading “Is your web-site outdated? Connecting Strategy to Execution in a Digital World”
SOPA : conflict between content providers and distributors in the digital age
Distributor-Manufacturer conflict and struggle for power is not new. Only now we have media content providers and tech distributors like Google and Wikepedia in conflict over SOPA. It's quite amazing that once a manufacturer has a great product the tendency is to believe that you don't need marketing. Notable exceptions include Apple and the retailContinue reading “SOPA : conflict between content providers and distributors in the digital age”