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Written By: Traci McMillan on August 26, 2010 No Comment
Invest in Mexico, Hispanic consumer

Mexico is becoming an increasingly attractive location for foreign companies to do business and on the flipside, Mexican companies are becoming more interested in investment in the states.

Written By: Traci McMillan on August 18, 2010 No Comment
Lessons from a social media conference

Social media marketing types flocked to Alterian’s “Engaging Times Summit” in Chicago to compare notes and learn new ways to reach consumers.

Written By: Traci McMillan on August 12, 2010 No Comment
Crisis communications: How to avoid BP’s mistakes

What is it about BP’s oil spill response through TV and newspaper adds and direct apologies that makes me feel uneasy? Can a company do anything in this kind of crisis to salvage its reputation? Why do some tactics work and others do not?

Written By: Ming Zhuang on April 23, 2009 No Comment
Social media: The cause and the solution to Domino’s nightmare

(A screenshot of the offensive video)

BY MING ZHUANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

It’s a hard lesson, not only for Domino’s Pizza Inc., which has been struggling through a tough crisis this week. The alarm should be going off for all companies.

Everything started on YouTube. When two [...]

Written By: kiransood on April 22, 2009 No Comment
Marketing “green” vehicles in hopes of bringing in the green

 

American automakers are hoping to market the idea that smaller can be better, when it comes to cars. Europe and Japan have successfully marketed smaller vehicles for years. (Blog.wired.com)

BY: KIRAN SOOD – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Consumers might be willing to pay $2,000 to $3,000 more for a hybrid [...]

Written By: Ming Zhuang on April 15, 2009 2 Comments
Microsoft launches online marketing for IE8

 

A screenshot of IE8 ads on YouTube

 

BY MING ZHUANG/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

 

According to a recent tracking record from Net Applications, a market search firm, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 “has quietly yet quickly” ascended its usage market share to over 3 percent.

“We say ‘quietly’ because Microsoft curiously [...]

Written By: Ming Zhuang on April 6, 2009 No Comment
Chicago 2016 presents marketing plan to Olympic committee

Chicago plans a temporary 80,000 seat stadium in Washington Park for the 2016 games. (chicago2016.org)

 BY MING ZHUANG - MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Organizers of Chicago’s 2016 Summer Olympics bid briefed the visiting International Olympic Committee Monday about how they plan to fund and market the games, according to the Chicago 2016 Committee.

Written By: ihwang on March 12, 2009 No Comment
Residences in Chicago look to innovative marketing in recession

Ecologic Lofts in Bucktown is a new condominium residence in Chicago that has used flashy, innovation marketing techniques. (Source: Ecologic Lofts)

BY INYOUNG HWANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

With the surplus of unsold homes, developers of residential buildings in Chicago are looking for innovative, fresh approaches to marketing their properties.

Ecologic Lofts is a new [...]

Written By: CTPou on March 11, 2009 No Comment

CLAUDIA-TERESA POU – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Advertisers face a daunting task in this economic crisis. How do they get consumers to spend money at a time when Americans are cutting back? It’s also a time when common knowledge tells us to save and go back to the basics.

Well, in response, advertisers have adjusted to the hard times [...]

Written By: hollistempleton on March 5, 2009 No Comment
Social media marketing: Business has a new BFF

Photo courtesy of BusinessWeek

BY HOLLIS TEMPLETON – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

While everyone—and I mean everyone—is wired to social networking sites, marketers are tapping into mainstream use of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

It’s called

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