brand awareness

Marketing strategy: Does Kodachrome define failure?

January 4, 2011

Tweet It’s tempting to look at the death of Kodak’s Kodachrome as a failure of a corporate marketing department. Perhaps someone forgot to conduct a full marketing audit? Or never wrote a marketing strategy? Or never considered the competitive threats? In actual fact I think the product was a huge success. Kodachrome, the first commercially [...]

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How to market the Olympics

December 8, 2010

Tweet Canada’s success at marketing the 2010 winter Olympics came from considering the event as a platform from which to market the whole of Canada. According to Michele McKenzie, CEO at the Canadian Tourism Commission, it had a four-year tourism strategy which is only now entering its final phase. In her words, “First, paint enticing [...]

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How do you brand a city?

September 21, 2010

Tweet As an Ottawa resident, I am always proud to introduce our visitors to the City. There is a lot to see – from the canal to the ByWard Market, from the festivals to the national museums. I’ve lived here 14 years and I still find fresh things to enjoy. But how does a city [...]

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