Archive for the ‘Business to consumer’ Category

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Helping Americans ‘Take Charge’ of Their Futures

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Before Lincoln Financial set out to launch our new advertising campaign on Thanksgiving Day, we decided to get the feel for the mood of America. After the financial turmoil of the last few years, we learned that Americans yearned to feel in control of their lives again. Lack of trust in institutions and a sense [...]

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Monday, April 16th, 2012

Why Media Planning Evolved into Connections Planning

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Remember when media was media? Three television networks allowed you to reach 80 percent of the population. The Internet was still a government tool to help fight wars. Media planning was an afterthought. First came strategy, then came creative, and then we said, ‘did media come up with a plan yet?’ Tell them we have [...]

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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Retaining Customers in a Digital World

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

This Valentine’s Day I sent my wife flowers, bought her a small gift from Tiffany’s and took her away for the weekend—all things well deserved for a loving soul mate and mother, who tolerates my continual travel, demanding work schedule and me in general. On Feb. 27, I received a handwritten thank you note from [...]

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Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Vitaminwater’s Mike Repole: How To Handicap Brands

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Marketers dream of successfully creating a billion-dollar brand. Mike Repole, co-founder and former president of Vitaminwater, can check that off his bucket list. In 2007 he sold the brand to Coca-Cola and vowed never to return to the beverage game. Well, he’s back. This time, he’s formed something of a supergroup with the co-founder of [...]

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