Marketing Consider the broad changes occurring in marketing today and identify themes that you believe are emerging from these changes. The most fundamental change in marketing today is that it has become increasingly consumer-driven (Lake, 2011). The marketing and advertising ploys popular in the days of the "Mad Men" advertising agencies don't work well with the sophisticated consumers who are networked to each other, access information online with ease, and -- following round-after-round of corporate fraud and betrayal -- have reached the apex of suspicion with regard to corporate behavior (Lake, 2011). Furthermore, consumers want to be engaged with brands in a new way (Lake, 2011). Consumers are looking to have conversations with brands in which they feel respected as knowledgeable individuals who spend some effort to stay informed (Lake, 2011). Marketers and advertisers are finding that they must take a different tact with consumers by inviting participation in the brand at many different levels, the most fundamental of which is social media networking. Hence, the themes that have emerged are: (1) Consumer loyalty comes at the price of establishing an ongoing and meaningful conversation with customers, and (2) Consumers are highly knowledgeable -- which drives a certain degree of circumspection -- and conversant in the language of branding. Can these themes and changes be related to societal forces? How? Yes, the themes and changes are not only related to societal forces, but they are driven by them (DeVault, 2012). The influence of the digital age is everywhere...
Consumer advocates and social media influencers have a profound impact on the success of products and services, both those being launched and those that have been around for some time (DeVault, 2012). The advertisements for Old Spice that took up considerable band width in the last year or so is a prime example of this force -- the creative Old Spice ads went viral and the brand resurfaced with vigor (DeVault, 2012). Provide examples of societal changes and how these changes have impacted the way marketing activities are conducted. Mobile marketing has become "the new black" in the field of advertising (DeVault, 2012). It is no longer novel -- it is a basic and fundamental way for consumers to gain information about products and services (DeVault, 2012). The ubiquitous presence of digital media has spawned a new form of advertising called wait marketing (DeVault, 2012). Wait marketing in which consumers who must be in a holding pattern or waiting for something to happen, but are place-bound, receive advertisements on their mobile phones or see them on media displays, say, waiting in line at the bank for a turn with the teller (DeVault, 2012). Fewer and fewer people watch television programs at the time of their airing (DeVault, 2012). Movies and television shows are downloaded for consumption at a later time (DeVault, 2012). This places a particular pressure on advertisers and marketers to give the ads the capacity to cross the bounds of airing time and context. For example, breakfast food…
Change As we will see in the case studies, leadership is a decisive factor in the process of diagnosing and in the implementation of changes in the operation of a corporate organisation. IT, HR and corporate work ethics may be excellent. However, without secure and decisive leadership, the best organisational makeovers can fail miserably. In this part of the essay, this author will illustrate three models and techniques in the change management
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Marketing Plan Description of the Product The product is coffee, or specifically it is high end coffee, expertly roasted and made available to coffee shops, institutional customers and retail customers over the Internet. There are several elements to the product. The first is the beans, which are sourced from equatorial regions around the world. There are different breeds and cultivars of coffee available on the market. Coffee, like wine grapes, picks up
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