Marketing in Action

As I'm sure you can work out for yourself, marketing is going on all around us. Some of it good, some of it bad - a lot of it downright ugly. Every so often, Simon Brandon will write articles here discussing something newsworthy or being advertised that relates to marketing theory. More often than not, it will just seem like a bit of a rant, but he does try to have method to the madness.

We hope that you enjoy the articles and that they are entertaining and educational. Any comments are gladly received. Remember though -  it's all just a bit of fun and not worth getting too worked up about (i.e. if we accidentally libel someone, please don't sue us!)



Valentine's Day Marketing Scam
Tuesday, 14 February 2006

How could we not have noticed that during this last week was Valentine’s Day. Now at the risk of sounding cynical, I feel that this may be some sort of retailing ploy to get us to spend more… 

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The Virtue of Virals
Tuesday, 07 February 2006

One of the most successful, and most cost-effective, new marketing media is the viral advert. It has emerged over the past few years and depends on the viewer actively promoting the advert to their friends and colleagues. 

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Great, So Now What Do We Do?
Friday, 27 January 2006

What to do next is the ever-imponderable question for those running businesses. Of course, while things are going well it is easy to not even bother thinking about it – but as we all know once things are going wrong it is already too late. 

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Whatever Happened To The Little Chef?
Tuesday, 17 January 2006

This week's Marketing Week reports how Little Chef have appointed a new chap as Development Director to introduce a grab and go coffee bar chain. Little Chef was once on every A road and the favourite stop for families and business travelers alike, but things have clearly been in decline for some years. A succession of new owners since the Forte days have failed to revitalise the flagging business and many of the sites have now closed. So what went wrong? 

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Thanks - I Never Knew I Needed That
Wednesday, 11 January 2006

A few years ago I had no idea what a mess my digestive system was in. I was under the impression that the food I ate was dealt with correctly by my intestines and the waste bits came out of the other end. I had never even heard of L Casei Immunitass let alone felt the need to boost the bacteria levels in my gut. How wrong I was... 

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