In today’s global economy, customer activations can take place anywhere in the world. Where companies used to carve themselves up by geography, today, these geographic boundaries no longer exist. A recent report from McKinsey Quarterly noted that the global flows of goods, services, and finance reached nearly $26 trillion in 2012 and could triple within the next decade. Also by 2025, trade in developing markets will swell to 47 percent… Read More »A Global Approach to Relationships

1. Show not tell People are less brand-loyal and companies need to focus on their purpose. In the wake of economic recession and lost trust in big business, it’s the “why” that matters. Back in 2012 P&G’s former global marketing officer Jim Stengel published Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies. His 10-year study conducted with WPP’s Millward Brown Optimor across 50,000 brands proved a direct… Read More »Businesses are focusing on social innovation – for good

Experiential marketing events are hosted by brands around the world who want to raise brand awareness, promote their products or services, acquire new customers, or build better relationships with their existing customers. These events are traditionally used to facilitate communication between the brand and the customer. But, some companies host experiential marketing events for their employees instead of their customers. Should more brands jump on this bandwagon? Or is hosting… Read More »Should Brands Host Experiential Marketing Events For Customers AND Employees?

Every brand experience has some sort of a challenge to it. Whether it is attracting and engaging audiences, standing out from the crowd, personalizing the experience, etc. — challenges come with the territory. Smart marketers view these challenges as opportunities, and at CES, we saw many of these opportunities take shape. Here are the top five: Where Do I Go? A common challenge for any event or brand experience is… Read More »The Genius Solutions to Five Common Brand Experience Challenges, as Spotted at CES

The marketer who has been grappling in trying to understand who and what the rural consumer is all about may just have some help coming from the recently launched study ‘R|Scape’ that hopes to understand the elusive and yet the ubiquitous rural consumer and his behaviour. The study has been jointly undertaken and launched by Geometry Global- Encompass Network along with IIM-Ahmedabad, MaRs and Decision Point. While MaRS Monitoring and… Read More »Geometry Global-Encompass Network launches new study R-Scape

Are you looking to join the rapidly increasing number of brands taking their marketing efforts to the streets? Are you holding back because you think you can save money by doing it in-house? Whether you need to convince yourself, your team or your boss, these 8 reasons will show you why you need to hire an experiential marketing agency for your next brand activation. 1. Retain Complete Control You define… Read More »8 Reasons to Hire an Experiential Marketing Agency

Make it Informative and Entertaining Parents are the ones who will decide whether or not their kids attend a branded event. Ideally, parents would like to bring their kids to events that are not only entertaining, but also educational or beneficial to their child’s growth in some way. Brands should make an effort to emphasize the educational opportunities that kids will have at their event so parents know exactly how… Read More »Tips For Kid-Friendly Experiential Marketing Events

1. Those who fit your target demographic Ensuring your target demographic is mirrored in your BAs is essential. The consumer will feel comfortable to speak with the BA right away, and will be more likely to take the time to consider what they have to say because people connect with similar people. 2. The social butterflies People connect with people, especially when they are authentic, genuine, and relatable. Find BAs… Read More »5 tips for hiring the best brand ambassadors

Q: What is a living business plan and how do you use it? A living business plan is a focusing tool to guide you as grow business.  Business owners must actively use a business plan on quarterly or bi-annual basis to check progress, tweak goals, identify changes, and celebrate business growth. Q: How important is it to have mission & vision statements? Vision gives you the big goal you are… Read More »Power up Business Plan

PRICE LISTS, ESTIMATES, QUOTATIONS AND TENDERS–Every business has to give its customers prices for its products or services. There are several ways you can do this. Many businesses, such as hairdressers, use a standardised price list that remains the same for every customer. Other businesses, such as painters and decorators, have to provide tailored prices for the specific products or services a customer wants to buy. This is usually done with an estimate or a quotation. Larger,… Read More »PRICE LISTS, ESTIMATES, QUOTATIONS AND TENDERS