READERS PRESENT PICKS FOR ADVERTISING AGE’S ANNUALS OF MARKETING DISASTERS

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — KFC blundered big earlier this month with the launch of Kentucky Grilled Chicken. Not only did it introduce a product that seemed to undermine the finger-lickin’ flagship, it created a crush via a promotion on “Oprah,” where it offered free samples with a coupon download. Not only did people photocopy the [...]

10 THINGS YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT DO NEXT YEAR!

Avoid These Costly Mistakes, and You Just Might Have a Fine ‘09
Posted by Marc Brownstein on 12.19.08 @ 11:27 AM
 

Marc Brownstein

In the spirit of Ad Age’s Book of Tens issue, I would like to offer you a list of things to avoid in 2009. Next year promises to be uncharted waters for the [...]

IT’S TIME TO COPE

Five Tips to Cope — or Even Thrive — Through Downturn
A Dig Through Ad Age Archives Reveals How to Grow in Adverse Times
By Bradley Johnson
Published: December 08, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — Now some good news: Remarkable innovation occurs in marketing and media — in the worst of times.
Ad Age knows something about troubled times: The [...]

ZAPPOS WINS BIG WITH CUSTOMERS

Customer service.
In theory it’s not hard.
However, how many times have you received bad service while they claim they deliver the “Best Customer Service”?  Give consumers a reason to come back and they’ll spend their hard earned dollars again and again with you, AND they will tell their friends about you!  There’s word of mouth advertising [...]