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Consumers want love: Milen Mahadevan

Consumers want love: Milen Mahadevan

0 / February 27, 2012 8:30 AM

Winning with customers requires that businesses move beyond building preference for a brand, even beyond building loyalty. Consumers don’t want to consume, they want to love. They want to engage on an emotional level, in a way that is relevant.

Let’s Get Real: It’s Not Marketing We Do Today, It’s Branding

Let’s Get Real: It’s Not Marketing We Do Today, It’s Branding

0 / November 8, 2011 7:31 PM

When I started to work at General Electric, marketing had the cachet of social media. It was new; it was different; it was going to revolutionize business. Every advertising agency wanted to be its clients’ “marketing partner.” What is marketing?

Think local

Think local

0 / July 9, 2011 8:30 AM

Some of the most compelling innovations of our time are poised to emerge not in the U.S. or other developed countries but in emerging markets such as China and India. Dubbed “reverse innovation,” the concept encompasses any innovation that is

Is yours a desired brand?

Is yours a desired brand?

0 / June 18, 2011 2:28 PM

Working with brands every day, we can get lost in all the ways to measure and monitor them. To best help them grow, we need to take a step back to remember why we get excited about brands in the