Market-style incentives to increase school choice have opposite effectSource: PhysOrg.com
As schools compete for students to improve their market position, the demands of the market often trump specific educational policy goals such as increased equality and access to better-performing schools, according to Christopher Lubienski, a professor of educational organizatio …
CPR: ABC's Lost, NBC's Heroes Franchises Tops in Value to MarketersSource: Media Week
While ABC's Lost and NBC's Heroes have lost some steam in the Nielsen ratings over the past year, they remain two of the most valuable program franchises a marketer can tap into, according to the just released calendar year "content power ratings" (CPR) released by Publicis Group …
Promotional Swag More Effective Than AdsSource: Brandweek.com
As marketers continue their debate over the next great advertising medium, a new study released today by the Advertising Specialty Institute found it's not TV, print or radio that gets consumers' attention, but good old promotional swag.
Making Social Connections and Selling Cookies Source: The New York Times
FOR decades, Nabisco has sold cookies called Social Tea and crackers called Sociables. Now a competitor, Pepperidge Farm, is going all social, too, by entering the increasingly popular field known as social media with a Web site devoted to social networking.
Credit Card Companies Gaining PopularitySource: mcall.com
All the marketers who got success in building entire campaigns about why doing something or buying something makes you smarter, highly regarded and more intelligent than those who don't.
Marketers bewareSource: leeiwan.wordpress.com
This is embarrassing.
A Corporate public relations nightmare.
Incompetence at a very high degree.
10 Online Marketing Blunders to AvoidSource: imediaconnection.com
Part of the fun of working in the online marketing industry is watching marketers try to navigate new territory. In the dozen years or so since the commercial explosion of the web, marketers have learned chiefly by experimentation.