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trash talking yourself

Marketing has always been about promoting something so that people will buy it. So it’s always interesting to see campaigns where a company is encouraging customers not to use their own product. Probably the most (in)famous example is the tobacco

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Slam Dunk

It’s always interesting to know how consumers actually use your product. The more you know about the use, the better you can market it. A great example is when Avon found out people were using Skin-So-Soft as an insect repellent.

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Exactly

It’s hard to get the “non-marketing” people in an organization to understand this idea. Successful marketing is built-in…not slapped on. tags :: marketing Seth Godin corporate culture Pass it on…SharePrintEmailDiggReddit

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Hard to Dance with Fruit on Your Head

I was perusing the Sunday coupons and saw that Chiquita has launched a brand extension called Fruit Bites….cut apples in bags that the kiddies can take to school. Questions…1) Apples are pretty portable in the natural state…why is this product

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