Marketing

Interbrand’s 2010 Best Global Brands report shows how the world’s most powerful brands are performing in a new marketplace that is increasingly being defined by consumers.

A packed house confirmed one more time that Colombian pop-star Shakira has transcended to a new level of relevancy, influence and global appeal! So much that even Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, along with the former president of Chile, Michelle Bachele and Queen Rania of Jordan took time from the UN General Assembly meetings to support this Latina sensation... we even spotted actor Jim Carrey as one more fan in the audience chanting for “Shakira, Shakira!” By Liliana Gil, Managing Partner & Chief Cultural Offices, AG-XL Alliance.

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Forty-one percent of Americans say they have purchased a product in the past year because it was associated with a social or environmental cause (41%), a two-fold increase since Cone first began measuring in 1993 (20%). But even as their purchasing power grows, consumer appetite for socially conscious shopping has yet to be satiated. A full 83 percent of consumers want more of the products, services and retailers they use to benefit causes, according to the new 2010 Cone Cause Evolution Study, the nation’s only 17-year benchmark of cause marketing attitudes and behaviors.

In its most recent issue, COLLOQUY magazine, the voice of loyalty marketing since 1990, explores a U.S. population segment that arguably constitutes the greatest untapped opportunity for loyalty marketers: Emerging Hispanics. DOWNLOAD A COPY HERE.

The global advertising and media industry has been going through massive changes in recent years, between the inexorable shift from traditional to digital channels and a recession that damaged markets around the world.

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Brand engagement can happen anywhere—a fact recognized by the US senior-level marketers surveyed by integrated marketing solutions provider Alterian, 60% of whom said most customer engagement happens both online and offline. The rest of the respondents were split evenly between the two. Customers likewise indicate that they expect several touchpoints with a brand. Nearly 80% of web users surveyed in Q2 2009 by ATG said they used at least two channels to conduct product research.

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Martin Lindstrom’s book, Brand Sense, revealed that “the more sensory memories activated, the greater the bond the customer has with the brand.” This is a strategy that too many brands are not leveraging the way they could with a bit of ingenuity and creativity. In this paper, Suzanne shares “real examples of brand engagement and loyalty strategies that work.”

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