‘Analogue marketing’, anyone?

Friday 17 July 2009 15:35 by Richard Groom

It’s hard to read about marketing nowadays without ‘digital marketing’, ‘e-marketing’ or some similar phrase cropping up.

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Packaging services

Friday 10 July 2009 15:37 by Richard Groom

Marketing Magazine today reported that UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s are launching a press campaign to promote price reductions across their ‘Basics’ range of budget products.

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Aiming for marketing quality, not perfection

Tuesday 16 June 2009 15:42 by Richard Groom

Sometimes when we tackle marketing tasks we are tempted to believe that only excellence is good enough. We set very high standards and very demanding goals.

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New professional marketing qualifications

Thursday 4 June 2009 15:43 by Bob Hogg

From this coming September, the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s professional qualifications all follow new syllabi and will, we believe, be even more useful to candidates and their employers.

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Has CSR had its day?

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:01 by Richard Groom

Someone told me the other day that corporate social responsibility doesn’t matter now. There’s a recession on, the argument went, so all anyone cares about is price, price, price. I’m not so sure.

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CIM e-Marketing Award course now in Peterborough

Wednesday 11 February 2009 15:08 by Richard Groom

It’s been a while since the Chartered Institute of Marketing launched its e-Marketing Award. There are loads of courses out there on digital marketing, from half-day freebie sessions to more comprehensive programmes.

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Green Marketing Conference 2009

Friday 12 December 2008 15:10 by Richard Groom

At Marketing Ability we have always been interested in green and sustainability issues, and all of us are involved in the local Chartered Institute of Marketing group.

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People really do ‘get’ marketing

Friday 28 November 2008 15:14 by Richard Groom

Marketing often has a bad press and the public sometimes treat it like a dirty word too. But listen to the comments of people when asked by reporters about why Woolworths and MFI are in difficulty.

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Will the economic downturn kill green marketing?

Tuesday 11 November 2008 15:14 by Bob Hogg

The news this morning that Marks and Spencer is to cut spending on the promotion of its ‘Plan A’ environmental programme poses the question “How to maintain the green marketing agenda in an economic downturn?”

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Testing e-marketing effectiveness is getting easier

Friday 7 November 2008 15:20 by Richard Groom

Testing the effectiveness of marketing activity has always been a challenge. It’s becoming more important in the current economic climate. So it’s always good to hear about new ways to do it.

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Marketing and maths

Monday 2 August 2010 15:24

'Doing the maths' should never be overlooked when planning marketing activity.

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Customer acquisition doesn't guarantee long term growth

Wednesday 21 July 2010 15:38

For most businesses, new customer acquisition alone doesn’t achieve growth in profits.

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Do techie people 'get' customer service?

Friday 2 July 2010 13:07

Now is the time for software error messages to help users, instead of driving them crazy.

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