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Goodby and Silverstein 25th Anniversary

trademarks and copyrights Goodby and Silverstein 25th Anniversary

A salute to Goodby, Silverstein and Partners' 25 years as leaders and innovators in the advertising industry. "In the early '80s, two young and talented guys influenced by this culture set out to, yet again, change our expectations of what is creative, what is advertising?..."

Trademarks and Copyrights

trademarks and copyrights Trademarks and Copyrights

Brand Defense: Protecting Trademarks and Copyrights. Assuming that infringements on your branded intellectual property, trademarks and copyrights will be easy to detect, and that your response will be swift and merciless, could be a mistake. The world of IP protection-particularly online-is becoming more complicated.

Event Marketing

Event Marketing Event Marketing

Face time is quality time, in terms of connecting with consumers. That's why more and more brands are adding or increasing the use of events in their marketing mix. Those up-close-and personal experiences—via everything from sporting events to concerts to college projects to street teams and sampling programs—have the power to memorably engage consumers, create a unique connection with them and drive sales.

LIMA

LIMA Licensing Gala Awards Coverage LIMA Licensing Gala Awards Coverage

More and more companies are embracing licensing not merely as a revenue generator but as an integral component of their brand marketing strategies. Property owners, their licensing agents and retailers have all become much more savvy in their approach to the discipline. One of the strongest growth areas continues to be corporate brand licensing, which makes sense: Given the tremendous competitive pressures that exist today, businesses need to find new ways to promote and extend their brands, and a well-managed licensing program is a viable way to do so.

Executive Education and MBA Guide

Executive Education and MBA Guide Executive Education and MBA Guide

A recent study on career advancement by Forrester Research's CMO Group and Heidrick & Struggles showed the majority of respondents wanted to become a CMO of a large company or brand or a chief executive officer, but that they currently spend only about 10 percent of their time on enhancing the skills necessary to take their careers to the next level.

Marketing to Asian Americans

Marketing to Asian Americans Marketing to Asian Americans

THEY'RE AFFLUENT, HIGHLY EDUCATED AND GREAT AT SAVING MONEY AND SPENDING IT ON LUXURY BRANDS. They have the fastest population growth rate of all racial groups, the highest median household income, and very high rates of business ownership. And they are trendsetters in many spheres of our national life-including food, healthcare, recreation, education, and cutting-edge, high-tech entertainment, With all these superlatives, they're a marketer's dream. "They" are Asian Americans-a population numbering almost 15 million people of diverse ethnic descent and origin-and they're the biggest opportunity of the marketing world.

Shopper Marketing

shopper marketing Shopper Marketing

A new study commissioned by the Promotion Marketing Association's newly formed Shopper Marketing Center of Excellence identified broad and growing acceptance of the practice of shopper marketing among both retailers and marketers, as well as a need for closer collaboration between them. The comprehensive online survey, fielded in March of this year in conjunction with Brandweek, Progressive Grocer and Convenience Store News, polled manufacturers and retailers as well as the agencies and marketing service organizations working with them. The results provide a provocative glimpse into the current state of shopper marketing and vividly point out the gaps in achieving its promise.

Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility Social Responsibility

Leading companies are making conscious efforts to engage in socially and environmentally aware causes-- and the success rate is undeniable. The positive impact these campaigns have had on society is evident in the increased interest of the public to engage in these social responsibility efforts.

AWNY

AWNY Advertising Women of New York Changing the Game Awards 2008

Breaking the rules, thinking outside the box, coloring out of the lines... These are the demands required of leaders in today's business environment. How do we keep our thinking fresh and innovative when facing down the status quo? Who are the agents of change among us? Advertising Women of New York celebrates and honors the women who have taken chances and who have made a difference — for themselves, their companies or clients, or in the lives of other women. Meet the women who are Changing the Game. As you read the profiles of this year's honorees, we hope they'll inspire you to take the leap.

Marketing to Women 2008

Marketing to Women Marketing to Women 2008

Why is marketing to women so challenging? Today's ultra-consuming woman should no longer be a mystery to marketers. With blogs, message-boards, social networks and other Internet-based feedback, what women think and want is easily at hand for brands that are listening.

Reggie Awards 2008

Reggie Awards 2008 Reggie Awards 2008

Brandweek and the Promotion Marketing Association are excited to present the 2008 Reggie Award winners. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Reggie Awards and to commensurate this milestone the PMA brought back the cash register prize for the winner of the coveted Super Reggie.



Cable Up!

Cable Up Cable Network Guide 2008

Every year, cable execs eagerly predict upfront money will really move away from broadcast and into their coffers. This year, because of the "perfect storm" of factors, it actually could. Top media buyers and cable leaders weigh in. PLUS, in-depth profiles show why cable's the best buy.



SRDS

SRDS Highlights from SRDS' 2008 Consumer Magazine Connections®

Sample top titles from this convenient guide to consumer magazines, which was designed for and distributed to thousands of busy marketers. PDF includes links to complete SRDS data for these top consumer magazines.



Salute to Porsche

Advertising Promotion Pure Porsche

Core values and calculated risks keep the premier luxury brand on course. Porsche's long-standing credibility and consistency allows the auto company to believably advertise its "philosophy" of using what its engineers learn from winning race car competitions to make their cars for the street "more responsive, more reliable and more exhilarating."



Marketing to Women 2007

Online Advertising Marketing to Women 2007

Marketers and media aiming to modernize their approaches to women need to recognize that the old stereotypes don't hold, and even relatively new ones are being challenged daily-female marketers decry the overuse of the "capable mom" stereotype, the soccer mom has been declared a myth, grown women are avid videogame players.



Salute to O. Burtch Drake and the AAAA

Buzz Marketing Burtch Drake: Salute to O. Burtch Drake and the AAAA

In a career spanning nearly five decades, O. Burtch Drake has seen the advertising industry go from multi-martini lunches to multiplatform plays. He's left and returned to two agencies, jumped from the media department to account management to new business, jumped across the pond for a stint on the client side.



Experiential Marketing

Advertising Promotion Experiential Marketing: Changing the way you relate to brands

To take the pulse of the international experiential marketing community in regard to the definition of the methodology itself, the Experiential Marketing Forum (EMF) asked Clickin Research to conduct a survey with marketing and advertising professionals. This report describes the results of that survey.