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The Value Axis

Posted on May 1st, 2007 in Business | No Comments »

All too often, we let our business drift away from what really matters… our clients and our customers. How can we tell this has happened and what can we do about it?

B2B Branding Matters

Posted on March 20th, 2007 in Brand awareness, Business | 1 Comment

A while back, Geoffrey Moore remarked on the ineffectiveness of B2B branding (at least compared to B2C branding). Today, I read an article by Jon Miller, who is holding the contrary position—that B2B branding matters. Who is right?

Search Engine Marketing—Marketing, Technology, or Magic?

Posted on March 1st, 2007 in Business | No Comments »

Many people have written about SEM and/or SEO. Today, I want to offer an outsider’s perspective on the industry.

Academic Marketing—Conclusion

Posted on February 22nd, 2007 in Business, Marketing | No Comments »

We have spent a good deal of time thinking about Academic Marketing. We have analyzed what it is and discussed its current shortcomings. The final topic to be considered is the importance of academic marketing. Why do it?

What’s Missing in Academic Marketing—Directness

Posted on February 20th, 2007 in Business, Marketing | No Comments »

Last time, we talked about how a failure to understand an audience’s needs and desires can result in useless communication. This time, we’ll address a more general point. Academic marketing is often too subtle.

What’s Missing in Academic Marketing—Motivation

Posted on February 15th, 2007 in Business, Marketing | No Comments »

We saw last time that academic marketing tends to poorly understand its true audience. This time, we’ll discuss how academic marketing fails to understand motivation to action.

What’s Missing in Academic Marketing—Audience

Posted on February 13th, 2007 in Business, Marketing | No Comments »

Last time, we finished our review of the state of academic marketing. We concluded that there are three areas missing: an understanding of the audience, an understanding of motivation to action, and directness. This time we will review each of these shortcomings and discuss how to address them.

What is Academic Marketing? (Part 2)

Posted on February 8th, 2007 in Business, Marketing | No Comments »

Last time, we looked at the current state of academic marketing. We concluded that there’s not much there. This time, we will talk about what academic marketing could be.

What is Academic Marketing? (Part 1)

Posted on February 6th, 2007 in Business, Marketing | No Comments »

There is every other kind of marketing. Why not academic marketing? If there is such a thing, what is it? At the very least it should be distinguished from college marketing.

What’s the Value of Branding? (Part 4)

Posted on February 1st, 2007 in Brand awareness, Business | No Comments »

Last time, we looked at how branding makes things cheaper. To wrap up our series on branding, we will consider the role of branding in furthering business goals.