B-to-B Events
Word-of-mouth Superstar
Part drag queen part sales pro and giver of a lot of off-color one-liners Miss Dixie Longate proves that entertainment value and marketing chops can not only fluff up a stale brand perception it can sustain enough word-of-mouth to push one savvy (and saucy) Tupperware saleswoman straight to the top. This year Dixie’s taking her...
Hitting The Boards
EVENT MEASUREMENT dashboards are getting big play as brand marketers begin to consolidate their measurement efforts and data-mining. Don’t have one? OK timeout: A dashboard is a graphic user interface or report that houses and shows off all your measurement information in a way that’s easy to read and interpret. It’s meant to present performance...
Happy Employees Make the Best Brand Ambassadors
AS MARKETERS TRY TO BUILD WORD-OF-MOUTH BUZZ a few have realized the ultimate influencers may already be on their payrolls. McDonald’s Hewlett-Packard and Amtrak have found that engaging employees as brand ambassadors gives them credibility and the employees a sense of pride. It’s an approach that benefits both sides.