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October 21, 2020October 20, 2020 andreweverett360

Amazon Fake Reviews

Isabelle Lee wrote an article for Bloomberg titled Amazon Fake Reviews Reach Holiday Season Levels During Pandemic.

« About 42% of 720 million Amazon reviews assessed by the monitoring service Fakespot Inc. from March through September were unreliable, up from about 36% for the same period last year. »
Continue reading “Amazon Fake Reviews” →

October 20, 2020 andreweverett360

The Bright Future Of Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Trevor Sumner wrote an article titled The Case For The Bright Future Of Brick-and-Mortar Retail. Continue reading “The Bright Future Of Brick-and-Mortar Retail” →

October 15, 2020October 14, 2020 andreweverett360

ROI measures efficiency not effectiveness

Andrew Willshire tweeted:
“ROI is often used as the metric of choice as though you should seek to maximise it, whereas that would result in under-investment and misallocation of budget. Much better to optimise on incremental revenue, but that’s often overlooked.” Continue reading “ROI measures efficiency not effectiveness” →

October 14, 2020 andreweverett360

34 Sources of Client Value

Everard Hunder posted a chart with 34 Sources of Client Value. Continue reading “34 Sources of Client Value” →

October 13, 2020 andreweverett360

Marketing Bothism

Mark Ritson wrote an article for Marketing Week titled “Bothism” is the cure for marketers’ fascination with pointless conflict.  He also gave the 2020 Ogilvy Lecture for the Marketing Society, Marketing Bothism — see YouTube video below. Continue reading “Marketing Bothism” →

October 11, 2020October 10, 2020 andreweverett360

Daniel Hulter on complex adaptive systems

Daniel Hulter, U.S. Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer, wrote an article for Over The Horizon Journal titled May We Mutate. Continue reading “Daniel Hulter on complex adaptive systems” →

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 andreweverett360

Is brand an input or an output?

A discussion and some thoughts about brands, prompted by a tweet from Everard Hunder:

“What happens if there is no such thing as a brand strategy?

Maybe brand is an outcome of business strategy and performance, not a strategy in itself?” Continue reading “Is brand an input or an output?” →

September 29, 2020September 28, 2020 andreweverett360

Tom Peters: Culture vs Systems

Tom Peters wrote a 15-page paper titled Systems Have Their Place: SECOND Place. Continue reading “Tom Peters: Culture vs Systems” →

September 28, 2020September 26, 2020 andreweverett360

5 Ways to Spark (or Destroy) Your Employees’ Motivation

The NeuroLeadership Institute website has an article titled 5 Ways to Spark (or Destroy) Your Employees’ Motivation. Continue reading “5 Ways to Spark (or Destroy) Your Employees’ Motivation” →

September 26, 2020September 24, 2020 andreweverett360

Ritson: 3 approaches to the marketing funnel

Mark Ritson wrote an article for Marketing Week titled ‘Funnel juggling’ is the answer to marketing effectiveness (Sept 18, 2020). Continue reading “Ritson: 3 approaches to the marketing funnel” →

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