Not many people remember a product called Zima and that’s the point of this post. As a marketing professional I’ve always been interested in new product introductions and advertising campaigns in general – how well do they work? how long do they “run” (suggesting that the positive effects are continuing to produce results or, if nothing else, that the agency and client haven’t “pulled the plug” prematurely). (more…)
Archive for May, 2009
When Awareness and Preference is Not Enough.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009McDonald’s vs. Starbucks – the Coffee Wars
Thursday, May 7th, 2009McDonald’s recently announced that it will be serving specialty coffees like vanilla lattes and caramel cappuccinos at outlets across the U.S., at a fraction of the cost of the same types of drinks at Starbucks.
Wow! As this plays out it will be a great economics case study. Can you compete on price? What value is there in a brand? Will consumers continue to pay more for something that they can get for less someplace else?
In The Minds of Consumers – Brilliant!
Thursday, May 7th, 2009On the way home from teaching a class the other day I heard what I thought was a classicly created radio commercial from OnStar.
The attention-getting premise: “Are you counting on your cell phone to be your lifeline in a crash?” Well, yeah. That’s why I don’t need OnStar, right? (more…)
Will Kindle Replace “Real” Books?
Thursday, May 7th, 2009I don’t think so.
I’ve long been a stalwart supporter of paper and very much aligned with the philosophy that technology represents another option, not necessarily a replacement option for many communication tactics and tools. (Somewhat akin to the old “TV will replace radio” sentiment.) The advent of TV obviously changed the radio industry as the advent of technology will change the publishing industry – I don’t, however, think (more…)
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