Search Results
Your search results for "george o'connor department of higher education" are below. Click tabs to filter by type.
Crunch numbers to calculate advertising investment
An investment in advertising is key to driving sales and growing the organization, but despite its importance, an advertising budget is a difficult decision for many companies. Jef Richards, professor and chair of the Department of Advertising at Michigan State University makes a compelling argument: “Advertising is totally unnecessary.
View Web Page
Can Volvo be the Safe Luxury Car?
A little history first: Do you remember when Volvo was shaped like a tank and even drove like one? It was engineered tough and reliable. The controls on the dashboard were few. It was all about safety. Decision making throughout the organization was filtered first through the safety lens.
View Web Page
Positioning in Digital Marketing: Start with positioning to win online search
In the 1970s, Jack Trout and Al Ries first coined the term “positioning” for use in the field of marketing. It made an immediate impact, and nearly a half-century later, the term has become ubiquitous in the business world.
View Web Page
Social Marketing ROI: July 2011 Update
In 2011 New Media Trends, I covered the trends we're seeing with Facebook and its climb to a billion members. According to its statistics page, the social network is now at 750 million plus members. One billion should be achieved by the end of 2011.
View Web Page
Institutionalizing Your Position: A Key Employee Relations Strategy
Recently, I was at lunch with a friend who had just changed jobs. He happened to take a leadership position with one of our clients. As he was touring his new employer’s building, he entered the board room and saw a big phrase on one of the walls.
View Web Page
Earning Customers' Trust Helps Grove Appliance Stand the Test of Time
Some things haven’t changed much since E. J. Grove started his own refrigeration business in Alliance in 1935. The foundation of E. J. ’s business model was to provide quality workmanship and products at a fair price with excellent service. Fast-forward 83 years to 2018.
View Web Page
Like a Good Neighbor, Carroll County Energy is There for Carrollton
Local community impacted greatly by $900 million investment in combined-cycle natural gas electric generation facility. Good neighbors aren't easy to find. Fortunately for Carrollton, Washington Township and Carroll County, Carroll County Energy came to town. Neighbors don't get much better.
View Web Page
'You Matter' to Leading Local Health Plan Provider AultCare
Stark County health plan provider does everything it can to keep costs low and quality high; 'You Matter' is much more than just a slogan. Since its inception in 1985, AultCare hasn't strayed one iota from its original single-minded focus.
View Web Page
The Next Fifty Years of Positioning: the 2020s and Beyond
Where do you go when you’ve already experienced an inflatable billboard and an erasable man; hospitals, MEDsquads, flowers, and funerals; the first chicken that tastes like chicken served with the first cottage cheese with fruit inside; from spray tans and car washes to dust control and hazmat protection; pasta sauce,…
View Web Page
Internal Positioning Will Have a Staggering Impact on Your Brand
We tell our clients and prospects every day that their company's position is never some outlandish idea with little relation to who they are and what they're all about. It's really quite simple and, in fact, in the words of Jack Trout, it's almost always "obvious.
View Web Page