Brands no longer compete just on features and functional benefits. They are now media, competing for lifestyle, entertainment, and a sense of belonging to build their audiences.
Sep
19
Take the hit or myth quiz: which marketing beliefs are true?
In: advertising, behavioral economics, branding, digital marketing, facebook, media, mobile, shopper marketing, social media
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Sadly, marketing beliefs are often mythology, grounded in reported stories from faulty research. Take the short quiz and tell Rubinson Partners how we can help you ground your marketing team beliefs in solid evidence.
Aug
29
How loyal are your loyal buyers, really?
In: behavioral economics, branding, market research, shopper insights
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Brands are in a dogfight for purchases. Marketers are misled about building brand engagement by consultants’ stories that retrospectively explain marketing cases with false certainty.
Aug
8
For an ad campaign to pay out, less than 1% of impressions need to have impact, that is, directly lead to a purchase. Accept advertising waste as part of a process that leads to brand success.
Jul
2
Marketing must build both halves of the sales equation
In: advertising, behavioral economics, branding, shopper marketing, social media
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Brand engagement marketing is incomplete. Marketers need to use advertising and shopper marketing to lift sales among less loyal consumers and social and owned media to build EXCLUSIVE meaning, leading to advocacy and engagement.