Marketing

A Web Company’s Guide to Selling Domain Name Services

November 25, 2010

A lot of forward thinking companies have realized the benefits of offering domain name registrations to their users as part of their service. The more services a customer buys from a company, the ‘stickier’ they become. After having hundreds of conversations with web experts over the past several months, the concerns about pricing are almost [...]

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Secure your bit.ly URL – before somebody else does

October 14, 2009
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This isn’t one of those “sky is falling” posts, but it is important for marketing and brand managers to be aware of the implications of the bit.ly custom name feature and how it can wreck havoc with your company’s (and personal) brand. Bit.ly is a popular shortening service that converts long URLs to a shortened, [...]

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Doritos Guru contest UPDATE: Cast your vote as semi-finalists fight for millions!

April 3, 2009

In an earlier post, I talked about Doritos brilliant marketing campaign that involved a contest for creative types to name their latest flavour, and create a commercial spot. OK, so maybe the prize isn’t worth millions… but it could certainly prove a worthwhile effort for the individual(s) creative enough to secure the contest’s first place [...]

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Creative Guru Needed for Doritos’ Latest Flavour

March 8, 2009

Would you like $25,000 and a 1% take of future net sales from Doritos’ yet-to-be-named tortilla product? It’s easy, all you have to do is come up with a name and a “guru worthy” advertising TV spot and submit your entry to Frito Lay before March 18, 2009. From a marketing standpoint, the idea is [...]

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