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Nine reasons why marketers should pay less attention to market share
In 2012, the Apple iPhone had an 18% share of global smartphone shipments. Ten years later, sa...
Can Tesla emulate the Apple iPhone?
In June 2007 Apple launched the iPhone. Despite initial criticism, the iPhone changed the way ...
Evidence that advertising increases demand at any given price
I recently found an academic paper that suggests advertising raises the willingness to buy a brand a...
How “easy to pay” fuels brand growth
The objective of marketing is to make it easier for people to choose the marketed brand. The basic r...
Evidence that advertising affects long-term price elasticity
A paper which starts with the statement, "Advertising often aims at creating and reinforcing brand d...
10 actions that will drive profitable share growth
Over the last few years I have compiled this list of 10 actions that will help drive profitable mark...
For market share, value matters more than volume
In a previous post I detailed why I think that the basic recipe for marketing success needs to be ea...
What drives next year's profit?
A new study by Abhi Bhattacharya, Neil A. Morgan and Lopo L. Rego reported in the Journal of Marketi...
Beyond Double Jeopardy: the missing dimensions of brand building
I think the Double Jeopardy empirical generalization is too often used to justify a simplistic recip...
The one-two punch that puts brands into bankruptcy
In boxing a one-two punch typically describes two blows, one from each hand, in quick succession. Bu...
Price is a signal too
I believe that a brand's greatest asset is its ability to command the price it chooses, not one that...
Why marketers need to grow penetration at a profit
Growing penetration is the main growth driver available to marketers, but unless that growth is achi...
Brands need to grow value, not just sales
The true value of a brand is defined not just by how much its products or services get sold, but als...