Category Archives: Business Communication

Are you ready for ‘bare bones’ marketing?

Seeing Bryan Adams this week on his Bare Bones tour, reminded me of the core of marketing – marketing’s own ‘bare bones’.

A kind of magic. Happy birthday World Wide Web.

What were you doing in 1991? The year was marked by the breakthrough of grunge music, the sad passing of Freddie Mercury and the birth of the world’s first website.

A rich marketing conversation

Conversation Agent Valeria Maltoni marketing strategist

Valeria Maltoni is a marketing strategist, speaker and author of popular marketing blog Conversation Agent. Valeria provides posts which are always valuable, thought provoking and in-depth.

Groovy Oovie – self-serve DVD

Oovie convenience, value for money innovation

Oovie is a self serve dvd machine providing customers convenience and value. For marketing strategy, Oovie is a great example of technology induced innovation.

Good news – in real-time

Real-time marketing – the need for businesses to listen and respond in real-time to online discussions of their brand or sector – is important for all businesses. Here is an example.

Cause marketing: pink cricket

McGrath Foundation

The Jane McGrath Day at the recent final Ashes cricket was a great example of an integrated cause marketing campaign; with more than $360,000 raised.

Real-time is now.

Today best selling author David Meerman Scott launches his new book: Real Time Marketing & PR How to Instantly Engage Your Market Connect with Customers and Create Products that Grow Your Business Now about how to reach buyers in real-time.

Three key questions to kick start your marketing plan

To kick start your marketing plan, think about three questions. The answers will be key to the design of your marketing strategy.

The Power of Vision

Australian swimmer Geoff Heugill’s successful return to world swimming after losing 45 kilos has resulted in three medals at the recent Commonwealth games, a personal best time and the prospect of several sponsorship offers, estimated to be worth millions of dollars. Stories such as these highlight the power of a vision, creating a plan and committing to it’s implementation.

Potent Promotions

potential candidates for the $100K job. The promotion highlights the value of well planned, targeted and integrated promotional activity within an organisation’s marketing mix.