It’s no surprise that marketing budgets will continue to shift towards better ways to engage and reach consumers as this recession begins to subside. Continue with building better brand equity and not only will consumers remember you but feel a connection and loosen up pockets as more money begins to come in. This is also [...]
The Future is Looking Bright for Social Networking and Word of Mouth Marketing
June 15th, 2009 · Comments
Tags: Industry News · Marketing · Social Media
Billboard-sized Consumer Generated Content Hits the Streets of LA!
April 22nd, 2009 · Comments
One of our clients, Redwood Creek, has a series of collectible “Vintage Print” posters that they have been releasing over the past few years as no obligation takeaways for consumers.
These Vintage Prints feature iconic, greater outdoors inspired scenes and are available to consumers at no cost via their community site Blaze the Trail.
Recently, one of these [...]
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New Facebook Business Pages and Engaging Consumers in Conversation
March 11th, 2009 · Comments
Facebook recently revamped it business pages and while it provides new opportunities for brands, there are also new challenges.
The primary change is that a majority of the page is now taken up with the “wall”, which consists of status updates and comments by fans. This is obviously a direct response to Twitter and the success [...]
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Generating WOM for a New Product or Service that Doesn’t Yet Exist
March 8th, 2009 · Comments
How do you get people excited (and talking) about your great new product or service while it’s still in development? Here are five tips that have proven successful:
Tip #1: Motivation
If you are truly starting “from scratch,” with no existing customers (let alone an existing CRM system or even an email list), you’ll need to think [...]
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Lord of the Rings Fans Strut Their Stuff for Ultimate Fan Contest!
January 16th, 2009 · Comments
Talk about passionate fans! For the past several months Affinitive has been running “Battle For the Ring”, an enthusiast community/advocacy program we developed for the new video game The Lord of The Rings: Conquest for one of our great clients, Electronic Arts.
The game hit stores this week, and to celebrate the illustrious history of [...]
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Microsoft’s New “Retail” Gamble
January 15th, 2009 · Comments
Following hot on the heels of Apple’s retail store success, Microsoft announced today that they are opening their first “Retail Experience Center”, a brick and mortar home for consumers to “build connected shopping experiences and consumer loyalty, improve business insights and decision making, create operational efficiencies,” and ultimately, “address rising consumer expectation and competitive pressures [...]
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