Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies awards were published in Business in Vancouver. Hundreds of private companies across Canada compete for this designation, which evaluates their management skills and practices. While financial performance plays an obvious part in the benchmark for success, I’m interested in evaluating these companies from a marketing perspective by digging into the…
Read MoreLast week WE Vancouver published an article (by Andrew Morrison) in the Eat & Drink section deconstructing the demise of two high-end Vancouver restaurants. International celebrity chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurants DB Bistro and Lumiere will be closing. The article does a fascinating job of discounting all of the typical and possible reasons for which these…
Read MoreBy: Mark Hamilton, Interim CEO The world of the web is changing and the days of users being happy with text driven web sites is coming to an end. To get a visitor’s attention and to get your message across, forward thinking companies are using online video and the rest of us will be following…
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal recently announced, the king of Daily Deal websites Groupon hit $760 Million in revenue in 2010, up from $33 Million in 2009, and a mere three years after inception. CEO Andrew Mason hopes to achieve ‘billions in revenue’ in 2011 – I’m sure he would! I’ve been keeping an eye on…
Read MoreI recently discovered the motivating and inspirational work of Robin Fisher Roffer; author, speaker, brand strategist and CEO of Big Fish Marketing. Robin has provided the rocket fuel that has ignited the launch pad of dozens of brands all over the world. Presiding over a brand marketing firm and interactive agency, she develops brand building marketing…
Read MoreWhat is Marketing anyway, isn’t it just a fancy word for sales? Well, not exactly.
Let’s start with a definition.
Marketing has been defined in many ways. In school textbooks, we learned about the traditional marketing mix consisting of the 4 P’s: Product, Price, Place and Promotion. Getting your Product Promoted in the right Place for the right Price. Which is a fine, but aren’t we missing some key success drivers?
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