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SxSW panels from Mullen and friends: hope you’ll vote and comment
This post is re-printed from Creativity Unbound. It’s that time of year again. When we start thinking about Austin and ribs and digital friends and panel nerd badges. But first, we have to take care of business and do our job influencing, or at least commenting on, the submitted panels and talks. Granted there is [...]
// read moreWhat the Funnel…?
Enough already with the arguments about the death of the so-called Purchase Funnel and its relevance or not, for the digital age. Because maybe the real issue is not whether the funnel is obsolete – but that agencies and marketers have been looking at the funnel the wrong way? So, take a deep breath. Take [...]
// read moreGaming: The Motion Revolution
At the recent E3 Conference in L.A., both Microsoft and Sony spent two days previewing their respective motion-controlled systems: Kinect and Move. While Kinect seems to focus more on the user experience and software, Move concentrates primarily on the game titles. A deeper analysis proves each has its own unique market position: Microsoft Kinect: Available [...]
// read moreDear CMO – suggestions for navigating the turnaround
Dear CMO, You have weathered the economic storm. You were probably caught flat-footed by the recession, but now you sense the light at the end of the tunnel. Business and consumer confidence indices are improving although the US unemployment rate is still high. There is optimism in the air. You have cleared deadwood within your [...]
// read moreWatch out, here comes Wonder-Woman
Brands beware. There’s a highly powerful and increasingly influential segment of women fast emerging. She’s confident, she’s ambitious. She’s strong-willed and well educated. She’s married. And she earns significantly more than her husband. In short, we call her Wonder-Woman. She represents a large chunk of consumer spending power. And it’s time for brands to take [...]
// read moreWord of mouth: measuring the share value of your brand and messaging
For women, sharing information (recommendations, experiences, advice) is important, but certainly not a purely altruistic act. Information is social currency. And while exchanging information is faster and easier than ever (copy, paste, click), information as social currency isn’t new. From medieval soothsayers to Gossip Girl, the woman in the know [...]
// read more2010: A smarter, wiser and responsibly indulgent consumer
Based on our studies, we anticipate the consumer will transition into recovery mode in 2010 and start spending again, but with some degree of moderation. By contrast to the free-spending days of old, the post-apocalyptic consumer will be more savvy, responsible and prudent – although interestingly, as the year progresses, they’ll be increasingly more likely [...]
// read moreThe rise of the millennials: a recalibration of success
As Millennials migrate into adulthood, they’re embarking on a quest that’s defined by their financial, progressive and socially-conscious ideals. Today, these early Millennial careerists are anxious about the state of the economy – and feeling more pressure to succeed. However, what we’ve found is that despite the potential for economic disillusionment, Millennials are optimistic about [...]
// read moreMullen’s new director of strategic analytics builds technology for personalized communication
Mullen announced today that Dinesh Gopinath, Ph.D., has joined the agency as executive vice president, director of strategic analytics. Gopinath, who was selected after a review of 35 candidates, will lead the agency’s analytics practice, which plays a key role in modeling, predicting and optimizing communications strategies across a wide range of client businesses. Gopinath [...]
// read moreWhat does it mean to be green?
Being green is not a fad – it’s now officially a trend. In the past two years the number of green-minded consumers has increased from 12% to 38% – and the overall desire to be “greener” has become a universal need with over 90% of consumers believing that “environmental responsibility” is important. By 2010 the green market [...]
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