If you’ve worked in marketing for more than a week, you’ve committed an RAOM – a Random Act of Marketing. It can take many forms. Mine have looked like tins of inedibly strong mints, a shipping pallet full of Lands End boots, a print ad with a deer in it and, I’m ashamed to say, […]
Want the Ideal Customer Gift? Try Looking Between Inappropriate and Stupid
Last week we looked at the inevitability of the holiday gift to customers. This week, lets navigate those tricky waters that divide Cape Inappropriate and Are You Kidding Island. On the left, we have things like the $300 scotch my very pregnant ( and incidentally tea-totaling) friend received from an agency one year. Turns out the distributor […]
The Gentle Art of Free Stuff (Part 1)
Step away from my ass. I mean it.
Bizmarketer’s Five Rules for Free Stuff
So many trinkets, so little benefit. Marketers need to spend some time thinking through their trinkets and freebies to get the most out of their premium items spend.