June 22, 2016 in Ad of the week, Branding, and 4 others

Ad of the Week: Nike – The Switch

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The Nike film is just a few seconds shy of six minutes long. I only planned to watch a minute or so to see if I liked it for this post. But it was so well done, I was entranced. I had to watch it to conclusion, even though I had other projects on my desk that needed my attention. It’s my ad of the week!

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June 14, 2016 in Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, and 5 others

How To Attract Millennial Shoppers By Creating Unique In-Store Experiences

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Millennials value relationships, experiences, new technologies and creativity. They like to discover new things and are more likely to spend money on experiences than things. Get shoppers in the door by creating buzz online about store workshops, meet-ups, events, next level customer service, convenience or something they would consider ‘cool’.

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June 13, 2016 in Customer Centric Marketing, Customer Loyalty, and 0 other

Better Customer Lifetime Values – Another Benefit of Customer-Centric Marketing

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One of the key benefits of adopting a customer-centric marketing approach is that your customers tend to stay with your company longer and spend more money with you. This intuitively makes sense. If you put the customer at the center of everything you do, they are going to be happier. And a happy customer tends to be a more loyal one.

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June 7, 2016 in Advertising, retail marketing, and 1 other

Why this election could be the nastiest in history & why it matters to retailers battling for the same ad space

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The 2016 political race is already dominating traditional media vehicles and non-traditional media vehicles, but that doesn’t mean that local advertisers have to suspend their own advertising campaigns. By re-examining your current media strategy and tactics, you can put together an effective multi-touch, multi-platform campaign that will allow you to optimize your marketing dollars for maximum reach and frequency.

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