Big name celebrities getting sued over Crypto
November and December of 2022 might be a turning point for cryptocurrency and closely related NFTs (the latter getting some play in the forthcoming eighteenth…
Promotion
The 5 Best (and one worst) Ads of 2022
Fast Company’s Jeff Beer regularly talks advertising on the magazine’s YouTube channel. I enjoy Jeff’s takes and was anxious see what he thought were the…
Dunkin’ Update
One of my favorite chapter openers is the Dunkin’ opener to Chapter 7 (Marketing Research). This case study describes a wide range of marketing research…
#M4BW | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Promotion | Sustainability
What is regenerative marketing? (#M4BW)
Purpose-driven firms strive toward Marketing for a Better World (#M4BW). One company that is ahead of the pack is Tazo. Tazo makes tea and is…
What’s up with influencers?
These days many brands are adding influencers to their promotion mix. In Essentials of Marketing, we define influencers as “trusted or well-known figures who can sway…
Kim Kardashian Charged with Unlawfully Touting a Crypto Security
Influencers are out there peddling all kinds of products. As you probably already know, an influencer making a social media post that promotes a product…
#M4BW | Chapter 01 | Chapter 04 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 19 | Promotion | Segmentation | Viral campaign
Nike: Can you be an athlete?
Nike shows support for mothers in this recent video. In time for Mother’s Day. This video offers can be integrated into and foster discussion on…
Volkswagen to celebrate transition to e-vehicles, change company name to Voltswagen…
April Fools! While Volkswagen plans for at least 60 percent of its sales in Europe to be hybrid or EV by 2030, they are not…
A Sales Promotion Fail…
As businesses seek to remain relevant in the midst of our pandemic, some are getting creative and clever. Sometimes, perhaps too clever for their own…