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The Art of Projections in a Dotcom 2.0 World
The world is running amok with entrepreneurs pitching every sort of Web 2.0, social networking, user-generated-content startup. It’s the attack of the bull-shiitake startup projections, so I’m losing my hearing; there’s a ringing in my head, and I get dizzy every once in a while. Before the world implodes (again), here is a top-tenish list of ways to create realistic projections in this Dotcom 2.0 world.

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Research is the Key to Successful New Product Introductions
New product introductions have a reported 80-90% failure rate within the first two years. With over 30,000 new product introductions annually in the packaged goods market alone, 25,000 will fail. This can be daunting for any entrepreneur.

Patents and Trade Office FAQs
A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination used or intended to be used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.
Middle-aged consumers & luxury consumption
For every youthful consumer there is a middle-aged one with more money (and more credit) to spend who would rather like to be noticed too. How does this consumer segment consume luxury goods? What do they associate with? Using the examples of present communication strategies adopted by luxury product marketers and an empirical study, this article argues how they are missing an opportunity and provides managers with a novel way to market their luxury brands, focusing on how middle-aged consumers associate themselves with these brands.
The Benefits of Consumer Contract Financing Part 2
The previous article on the benefits of consumer contract financing was concluded by citing three specific benefits associated with factoring consumer contracts (ie. financing consumer receivables, retail installment contracts, consumer notes, etc.). Those three benefits were: bad debt elimination, consumer contract processing and meeting increase demand. There are many other benefits associated with consumer contract financing which will be mentioned in this article.
Success model: Targeted marketing of investment goods and long-lasting consumer goods
Still quite often ‚Marketing‘ is misunderstood to be ‚PR‘ only. For many industries like apparel, food or even automobiles this is true, to a certain extent. Not so for investment goods or long-lasting consumer goods.

Keeping up with the Joneses
As you may know, when I am not pursuing my passion of speaking, writing books, and developing these columns each week, I am in the television business. It is important for you to understand how the media and big business views you. You, by virtue of the fact that you are breathing, are lovingly known as "a consumer." Consumers, in the minds of media and big business, exist for the sole and singular purpose of buying goods and services. Whether you buy the appropriate goods and services is not nearly as important-in their minds-as how much and how often you buy.

2011 Consumer Packaged Goods Marketing Trends
With the recent global economic downturn, most brands and their marketers have had to rethink their advertising, marketing a promotional strategies. Consumer demographics are always shifting. But now more then ever, the changes are rapid and swift. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their brands must always be on the cutting edge of an ever changing brand-consumer relationship.

Marketing Mix For Retail Consumer Packaged Goods
For Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies, a good marketing mix is essential. The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen rapid changes in consumer demographics. Not only are consumers spending more wisely, but the age, face and needs of the consumer are changing as well. It takes a well thought out marketing strategy to not only find, but communicate with customers.

Using Retail Freebies for Consumer Packaged Goods Marketing
For marketers and promoters of consumer packaged goods, one of the most powerful tactics is the use of freebies. A good freebie generally requires no investment on the consumer’s part. While there are many scams out there that mislead consumers simply by using the word ‘free’, most well known brands and CPG companies can be counted on to give their customers a freebie with not just implied value, but actual value as well.

Interview with John Clark
A master of freebies marketing for retail / consumer packaged good companies. Writing about how free sample marketing can revolutionize retail / CPG companies digitally.

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