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Marketing Research

Rob Balon’s other life. Why research is the key to successful marketing.

January 25, 2012

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#occuppy Wallstreet. Classic Ready, Fire, Aim Strategy.

October 11, 2011
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Regular readers may or may not have noticed I stay away from politics. I also don’t mention religion. And I sure don’t write about the place of religion in politics. But the #occupy protests over the last few weeks are just too juicy for me to ignore. Yummy, juicy, deliciously stupid. Uh oh. I said [...]

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You’re doing it wrong.

July 28, 2011
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Why would anyone need a plan? That’s no fun. Too much thinking and debating going on. The worst part is actually making decisions. Screw that. Let’s just make web sites and brochures. We all love the pretty pictures. What shall we put in the pretty web site? Oh, let’s worry about that later. We’ll put [...]

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The Market Place in Action

November 16, 2010

I just returned from an industry conference that attracted over seven thousand interested attendees. I recently developed a new educational product and my main purpose for attending the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teachers was three-fold: to confirm the viability and interest in our product, to build a highly targeted mailing list and to [...]

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B2B People, Read This Book

November 1, 2010
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I recently dug this up from an old collection of books I keep for some reason although that reason has long escaped me. I don’t remember setting out to be a library nor do I consider myself some kind of creepy bookworm. On the other hand, there are a number of books that have helped [...]

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Marketing Schmarketing. What does it mean?

April 28, 2010
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When people ask me what I do, I usually say “I’m an on-demand chief marketing officer” which is a fancy way of saying “I’m a marketing guy”. This response is usually met with a blank stare. It’s not that these smart people don’t have an inkling of what “marketing” is – it’s just that the [...]

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Tell me brands don’t matter.

April 6, 2010
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While you may not care about Walmart or how it does business, there is something to be gained from watching them learn marketing and merchandising lessons – especially when they learn the hard way.
Think about it. Walmart is huge. Regardless of how you feel about the company, they represent a giant consumer laboratory – when [...]

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