Category Archives: Marketing Guide

How Do You Lead A Global Brand? Start With 20 Years Experience & Add Market Intelligence

Get To Know: Avon CMO Patricia Perez-Ayala Amy Gesenhues on October 1, 2014 With more than 20 years experience managing business strategy, consumer marketing, and operations in leading markets around the world, Patricia Perez-Ayala serves as Avon’s  Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Global Brand and Category President. Perez-Ayala began her career in 1983 … Continue reading How Do You Lead A Global Brand? Start With 20 Years Experience & Add Market Intelligence

Use Human Data to Provide True B2B Personalization

An enormous shift is occurring in how B2B customers think about engagement and relationships. Customers expect marketers to achieve relevance by providing personalized communications based on their individual preferences, rather than continuing with irrelevant “spray and pray” marketing blasts. It’s this new way of thinking that’s unlocking the true potential of human data. A SHIFT … Continue reading Use Human Data to Provide True B2B Personalization

Why Authority Marketing Will Replace Reputation Management

In today’s business world, maintaining a good reputation is crucial for success. Moreover, thanks to the presence of social media and the speed in which news makes its rounds, ensuring your company maintains a good reputation is more difficult now than ever before. In the past, businesses relied primarily on word-of-mouth to form their reputation. … Continue reading Why Authority Marketing Will Replace Reputation Management

Bank On Your Brand: How To Use Or Abuse Your Greatest Asset

Work-life balance. It seems to be the holy grail of today’s workforce. Some say it’s attainable, while others claim it’s impossible. We love the dichotomy, but hate the effort required to actually create this balance. Such is the case with marketing. Great marketing doesn’t happen overnight, and it’s not something you can check off as accomplished. … Continue reading Bank On Your Brand: How To Use Or Abuse Your Greatest Asset

Finding the Right Target Audience for your Marketing Campaign

Marketing campaigns are vital to a business’ success – but are your data profiling tools delivering on their potential or are you simply shooting in the dark? The Knowledge When first brainstorming for a marketing campaign, we tend to run on gut instinct and our past experience as to who the intended target customer is. According … Continue reading Finding the Right Target Audience for your Marketing Campaign

Use Porter’s Five Forces to Widen Your View on Competitive Forces

It’s all too easy for businesses to focus heavily on their direct competitors when devising a marketing strategy. Yes, competitor rivalry has a significant impact on a company’s growth or profitability. But it’s vital for businesses to take a step back and decide what’s really influencing their position in the market. Porter’s Five Forces is … Continue reading Use Porter’s Five Forces to Widen Your View on Competitive Forces

Learning to Understand and Delight Your Most Important Marketing Asset

“I’d like to propose that we spend some time and resources to research our current customers and target market,” the Marketing Director of Company A sheepishly declared during the monthly board meeting. “I just think that we should make sure we’re delivering to the customers we have; you know, keeping them happy?” Heads in the … Continue reading Learning to Understand and Delight Your Most Important Marketing Asset