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Making Vacuuming an Adventure!

For their new Kompressor Elite vacuum cleaner, LG made an ad that takes viewers into a vintage-looking toy world, with a story line seemingly inspired by the most recent addition to the Toy Story movies, Toy Story 3. While vacuum … Continue reading

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Tweet, Twit, Twat-Socialnomics

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the scores of other sites that allow marketers to take to the social media airways are powerful tools when used in the right way. But there are boundaries and if marketers overstep those boundaries it can … Continue reading

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Chocolate war — Hershey’s Kisses’ marketing strategy

Today is the one of busiest days for chocolate stores. Not only did well-known chocolate brands throw tons of money on advertising their products, but also local chocolate stores joined the annual chocolate war by advertising through radio stations and … Continue reading

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Disney Marketing in Maternity Wards

Disney recently started an ambitious program, Disney Baby, that will put company representatives in 580 maternity wards across the country peddling Disney baby products to mothers who just gave birth. It doesn’t surprise me that Disney is extending its brand … Continue reading

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Apps Matter ─ Battle of Smartphone

My father is a huge Google fan. He showed me his shiny new Android phone when he visited me last month. I am not jealous. Since I knew I will soon have an iPad. We went to Griffith Observatory together. … Continue reading

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Verizon iPhone breaks the sales record

  Before, if people want to use iPhone, they can only choose AT&T. But The rate of  AT&T is very high, and people are not satisfied with  AT&T. However, Verizon began to pre-order Verizon iPhone. On the first day of pre-order, Verizon sold … Continue reading

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Packers vs. Steelers? or Best Buy vs. Volskswagen? The Then and Now of Super Bowl Advertising

As per annum, this week the whole of America (and a large proportion of the rest of the world) will congregate and consume in front of the sporting calendar’s most anticipated contest; The Super Bowl. In recent years, the NFL’s … Continue reading

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Pop-Up Stores Flourishing as New Trend in Consumer Marketing

Come and get it…but hurry.  You’ve only got 96 hours before this limited edition retail experience moves out of town.  Hurry up!  You don’t want to miss out. Pop-up stores—retail outlets that open temporarily and then move on—are sprouting up … Continue reading

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Starbuck’s ‘Trenta’ Size: New Product Marketing Raises Both Excitement & Concerns

Coffee drinkers, unite! For those of you who are loyal to Starbucks…this is probably already old news. Starbucks, one of the most prominent coffeehouse chains in the world have served its loyal customers since 1971. Atmospheric, cozy rooms, a wide … Continue reading

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New and Improved Ways to Market on Facebook?? Or Just Another Annoying Advertisement?

Promoting brands seems to be Facebook’s up and coming tag-on to its current marketing strategy, which seems to be doing quite well anyways.  “Sponsored stories” are now going to be built into different elements of Facebook user pages and will … Continue reading

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