Saturday, August 28, 2010

The End Of the Faceless Brands


One of the reasons why there are few companies in the Philippines who invest in e-Commerce is due to the perception that it is just a business structure and has not yet explored the idea of e-Commerce as a marketing tool.

In Marketing world, "change is inevitable"...Positioning is a must.

Welcome to the inspiration business
* Inspiration is the reason we don't buy the everything from catalog and the supermarket

* You either:
-Wait for it to happen (baby and co.)
-Chase after it (national bookstore)
-Cultivate it others (aloha Board sports)
-Create it yourself (Hermes).

Well then, what is marketing really?
*a way to make people buy from you who ordinarily wouldn't?
*a way to shout down your competitors?
*a way to make your offer appear more valuable than it really is?
*a way to help people find inspiration in your brand and its products?

The Illusion of Retail
-Thought Experiment:at the mall
-how can we base a retail system on accidental discovery?
-what does it take to try something new?
Can you cause chocolate to outsell the champion with an email?
-Can a chocolate doughnut have social value?
Only if it is given as a gift from one PERSON to another.
-Conventional Promotion are not GIFTS.
-they are incentives for a customer to come in and possibly make a purchase.
-they are a communication from business to potential customer
-they have no social value
-in fact the implied purchase obligation makes many uncomfortable.

As a marketing major student we should learn and believe the fact that creating marketing programs that socially empower people, causing them to share your brand to others.

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