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Google tells CPG marketers, to improve digital performance, move away from sole reliance on marketing mix models towards measuring Key Value Tasks and their downstream impact.

In my interview with Google, they flunk CPG marketers, “You get a 3 out of 10”. If you look at where the dollars are still spent, the shift isn’t happening as dramatically as it should. Mentality: I’ll leave it to the next guy to jump off the cliff.

My interview with Google revealed searches on Google.com related to recipes are up 38% in 2011 over 2010. And it’s a huge number. It’s 7.8 billion recipe-related searches on Google.com.

In marketing, Procter talks of first moment of truth. Google offers zero moment of truth. Something is missing because that comes before search. the minus one moment…

Cracking the code; creating great brands

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My interview with Pat Hanlon, author of Primal Branding on the role of stories at creating great brands. Joel Rubinson: You have said that a great brand needs a great creation story. What do you mean by that and why is it so important? Patrick Hanlon: Actually, what I have said is that great brands […]

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