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Three Instagram Success Stories: Humans of New York, GoPro, Momma’ s Gone City

As we’ve learned in our Marketing Management class, the reigning Four P’s of marketing are: Product. Place. Price. Promotion. Another reason Instagram is a valuable platform to place your product, for promotion (and include the price), so you’ve covered a lot of ground there, all with one free app! In this post, we’ll highlight three Instagram pages continuing […]

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CUSTOMER LOYALTY: MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES

Another company that has made every effort to provide customer loyalty is American Express.  The company offers several products of which their most popular are their charge cards.  I established a relationship with the card back in 2003.  Back then, I perceived American Express card as a status symbol signifying that I had reached a […]

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Wag the Dog (A “Tail” of the Cost of Nexus)

Many pundits say you should not let the “tax tail” wag the investment or financial dog.  However, if you have ever seen a large dog swinging its tail gleefully about, you certainly know the amount of unintended damage that may be done.  We absolutely agree.  Don’t let the tail wag the dog, but also don’t […]

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Friends, Family, Disney Fans Everywhere…Lend Me Your EARS!

A trip to Disneyland, be it a long planned vacation or (if you’re like me) a weekly visit, is always an opportunity to embrace the Disney spirit.  A big part of the Disney branding plan is merchandising!  Shops and kiosks can be found along Main Street, on the Boardwalk or in any of magical lands, […]

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To Be, or Not To Be (Creating Nexus part 2 of 2)

In the opening dialogue of Act 3 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the Prince ponders “To be, or not to be.  That is the question…”  While Prince Hamlet was contemplating whether to, theatrically, end his existence, in this post we contemplate the remaining four ways being a good marketer may, legally, create nexus. To recap, the remaining […]