Daytona 500 — Trump2020 Marketing Genius
You have undoubtedly seen a picture or two of the Daytona 500 which the Trump campaign turned — re-purposed — into a campaign rally.
02/16/20
Category Archives: marketing
10/4/19
Product Positioning — May I Please Have A Hard Seltzer?
Somewhere in the dark recesses of your mind is a thought trying to break its way into your consciousness — it is repeating a mantra: Product, Price, Placement, Promotion — maybe joined by: Positioning, People, Packaging. A lot of P’s.
Image it like a Gregorian Chant coming at you like a throbbing headache.
Do you recognize the basics of marketing? Yes you do.
Product
Packaging
Price
People
Placement
Positioning
Promotion
Could there be some overlap in these subjects? Sure, but work with me on this.
Today, we talk about the positioning of a relatively new product — hard seltzer.
Hard seltzer is an emerging product with $295MM in sales last year. It is not yet an important slice of the beer, wine, and spirits market, but it suggests, and illuminates an interesting phenomenon.
You have to position your product for the audience you want to attract and appeal to. Getting out in front of the competition in an emerging market is always a big of all right, no?
05/7/18
Costco Rotiserrie Chicken, a Lesson on Marketing
What can we learn today from the Costco rotisserie chicken?
Big Red Car here on a sunny Monday, headed to a warm afternoon. Ahh, on Earth as it is in Texas, Austin By God Texas!
So, what can a CEO learn about how Costco sells rotisserrie chicken, you ask. The Costco rotisserie chicken!
03/27/17
Packaging and Bird Dog Bay — For CEOs Only
Packaging and Bird Dog Bay — bet you didn’t see that coming?
Big Red Car here on the day after the Tarheels’ victory over Kentucky sending them to the Final Four. Final Four, baby! Is this a great country or what?
OK, so the topic for today is PACKAGING — like the Four P’s (Product, Pricing Promotion, Placement).
[Uhhhhh, Big Red Car, “packaging” is not one of the Four P’s. You did notice that, right?]
Sometimes, people can be so damn annoying. Have you noticed that?
As I was saying, packaging is important. It can be the hook between an eye catching product and an impulse buy.
Bird Dog Bay shirt packaged for shipment and as received by The Boss in the ATX. Nice packaging?
06/12/13
What is Customer Loyalty in the Age of the Internet?
Big Red Car here. The weather is cloudy in the ATX today. We are in mourning but I can’t tell you why just yet. It is a sad, gray day. Appropriate for mourning.
So The Boss is visiting with a couple of his CEOs and he was giving them an old school definition of customer loyalty.
They liked it — clueless really. [Haha, Big Red Car, do not be dissing The Boss’s CEOs. That is both impolite and rude.]
05/9/13
EstateCreate — London
Big Red Car here. Well, The Boss is working with several CEOs of startup companies and some small/medium businesses. He enjoys doing it.
Every once in a while it is worthwhile to do a bit of bragging. The Boss is very impressed with how the CEO of EstateCreate in London is working his deal and growing his business.
05/1/13
So you want to add a new person in sales?
Big Red Car here. Nice day in the ATX, nice and sunny and getting a bit warm. Maybe some pool time this afternoon for a Big Red Car?
Well, we will see.
04/22/13
Sales Process Graphic
Big Red Car here. Going to be another sweet day in the ATX and why the Hell not? This is one of the loveliest times of the year in Texas.
About 60F right now and will be about 85F and mild later today. I bet it doesn’t get quite that warm. But who cares? Lots of sunshine.