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Archive for November, 2007

Creating Goodwill and Building Your Brand Through Philanthropy

Posted in Branding, Creating Synergies, Creative Marketing, Reaching Customers on Nov 14th, 2007

In business, we primarily focus on strategies to increase revenue, build brand awareness and create new sales channels. While there are several common ways to accomplish this, one opportunity that is often overlooked is creating goodwill with future customers through philanthropy. Not sure what philanthropic activities you can bring into your business? An easy strategy [...]

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When Brand Extensions Go to Far

Posted in Branding, Creating Synergies, Creative Marketing on Nov 13th, 2007

With his Virgin Airlines, Music Label, Credit Cards, and even Beverage Company, Richard Branson may be the king of brand extension. But is there a point when a brand is stretched too far? If you look at Branson, you wouldn’t think so. The Wall Street Journal ran a recent article about brand extension gone wild. [...]

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Mountain Dew Lets its Customers Decide the Future of its Drink with DEWmocracy

Posted in Branding, Buzz, Creative Marketing, Reaching Customers, The Web on Nov 13th, 2007

Here’s a great example of a company implementing Web 2.0 technology as a marketing tool to help reach future customers and build brand loyalty among current product users. This month, PepsiCo launched DEWmocracy, a game-based website that allows customers to help shape the flavor, color, name, logo, and design of the next Mountain Dew drink. The site [...]

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