Marketing

Those who know me know that I’ve been a magazine junkie for years, so even during these times when the print industry is going through a very rough time there are a few moments to celebrate (or criticize). Here are a couple of examples. I begin with the bad. By Manny Gonzalez. To read El Blog CLICK above.

The pressure is on.

In an article in Advertising Age, “Why CMOs Are Gaining Ground in the Recession,” John Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, listed the four main marketing challenges chief marketing officers (CMOs) currently face.

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) offers public relations professionals insight into best practices in corporate America and important research in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) community.

Customer anxiety and cutbacks are the biggest factors influencing marketing budget allocation in 2009, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council in its annual Marketing Outlook study. Despite a restrained economy, however, marketers see budgets holding up fairly well with dollars being stringently controlled and directed against growing and retaining market share.

The times are summoning us to wake up and participate in making the choices that will collectively move America forward into a stronger more sustainable future. The re-branding of the American mindset from consumer to citizen will take some serious focus on all our parts. It takes a lot more work to be conscious and engaged in citizenry, than consumerism.

Based on the industry-changing cinematic styles of cinema verité and the French New Wave, “subHysteria” is a guerrilla film featuring 16 improv actors in a New York City subway car.

Regardless of industry, today’s chief marketing officers face intense pressures. They must deftly navigate new frontiers of organizational and market complexity, understand and take advantage of an array of new media options and consumer preferences, and quantify marketing’s contribution to top- and bottom-line growth. On top of all this, they face increasing expectations from their CEO bosses and a range of opinions about marketing’s role should and shouldn’t be.

Despite the Internet’s huge audience gains and innovations in technology and social media, it still lags far behind traditional media in attracting and retaining high-value brand advertisers. Even as publishers and marketers struggle with today’s down economy and shrinking budgets, there are things they can, and should, be doing now to position themselves to win brand advertisers. This Webinar takes an data-rich in-depth look at the state of brand advertising online today—and what publishers and marketers can do to maximize their online ROI.

Current marketing operational models are becoming increasingly complex and more crucial to the strategic success of global businesses, but are facing significant challenges from entrenched corporate cultures, inter-departmental politics, and a lack of adequate data and information systems. According to new research, marketers fear they will be unable to implement the needed marketing platforms and automated processes required to effectively support strategic growth initiatives.

In an age of shrinking and fragmented mass media, retailers have a big opportunity to reclaim their historic role as the leading mass consumer medium. A new white paper issued today, titled In-Store Digital Media: How to Reestablish Retail’s Role as a Mass Consumer Medium, explains how retailers can leverage shopper-friendly digital media technologies that deliver marketing and branding messages to consumers inside the store, at or near the point of sale.