Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Marketing Sameness

Hi all! Sorry about the prolonged delay on the Google piece. I pinky promise to get it to you asap, with cherries on top. So we’ll talk about something else today? For one of our assignments in Marketing we talked about marketing sameness. Deep stuff I know, but just bare with me.An interesting quote by William Bernbach - "In advertising, not to be different is virtually suicidal”. So in saying

Friday, October 21, 2011

Life in a Day

I have always loved documentaries; I love them for their honesty, integrity and edited reality. And when I found out about this movie, I had to go see it. Thanks to the power of geo-marketing, I received session information for the nearest cinema as soon as I finished watching the preview on Youtube. Ahhh… the world of technology at my fingertips…building everyday living solutions… Let’s leave my

Monday, October 10, 2011

Gasp Email Scandal – Customer Relationship Management Fail or Brilliant PR Stunt?

Hello everyone! Just want to use this blog entry as an opportunity to discuss a recent incident we talked about in our Integrated Marketing Communications class for the Master of Marketing involving an Australian clothing label and a dissatisfied bride-to-be. We’ll start with some background; Gasp clothing, an Australian boutique chain, is gloating about the international attention garnered by

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Telstra Brand Launch

Welcome to the second entry to the Marketing Matters blog! I survived through the first one! Yay! Hope you liked it!

As we all would have noticed by now Telstra looks different… (Actually I wasn't until I was told in my Master of Marketing class) and because Telstra is such an iconic brand, I’m planning to turn this topic into a case study about how major brands reposition themselves to create