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USA Today’s Unique Visitors Drop 29% After Implementing Social Media Platform

by nxhyfiuq | Aug 16, 2007 | 6 - "New" Marketing vs. "Old" Marketing

TechCrunch is reporting that USA Today’s experiment with social media may not be paying off. According to TechCrunch, Compete.com data is showing monthly visitors down from 14 million in March to about 10 million today, a 29% drop in unique visitors. I’m...

Is Kevin Roberts’ “Lovemarks” Working At JC Penny?

by nxhyfiuq | Aug 16, 2007 | 6 - "New" Marketing vs. "Old" Marketing

JC Penny reported today that "fiscal second-quarter net income rose 1.7%" but the retailer said Thursday "it expects the bulk of its second-half profit will come later than expected", stoking worries about fierce competition among department stores...

Free Tool To Assess Potential Success Of A Marketing Campaign…

by nxhyfiuq | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized

Use the free campaign wizard for a quick (couple of minutes), down and dirty assessment of the potential success of your campaign. The Campaign Bot is a simple rubric that measures your strengths relative to your primary competitor. Download the free...

Offering, Infrastructure, Relationships And Execution Are Examples of Competitive Center of Gravity…

by nxhyfiuq | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized

Center of gravity analysis is designed to uncover exploitable vulnerabilities that will result in real and sustainable market share gains (our approach is based upon Dr. Joe Strange’s ((download pdf)) methodology). There are four major categories of enterprise CG’s to...

9 Basic Strategies Challengers Can Use To Attack Vulnerabilities In Leader’s Offerings…

by nxhyfiuq | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized

Nothing fancy – just nine fundamental strategies focusing on exploiting a market leader’s price, quality, feature or service vulnerability: 1. Decrease price. Challenger attacks leader’s premium price with discounted pricing. 2. Increase price. Challenger...
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