Learn how Lexus overhauled its website to create an immersive customer experience in this presentation by Chris Taylor, European communications chief for the car marque, at Marketing Week Live 2012.
When you join a loyalty programme, you expect to receive certain kinds of marketing from the brand – requests to lobby government on its behalf aren’t among them. Yet that’s what Virgin Atlantic seems to think its Flying Club is for.
Mumsnet is extending its brand into car recommendations, after a survey it conducted revealed that the majority of its members favour peer-to-peer recommendations over adverts, dealerships and celebrity endorsements when purchasing a family car.
Direct marketing can offer brands plenty – cost efficiency, impressive returns on investment and targeting opportunities few other channels could match – it is also the best way to limit long-term damage when your brand is facing a reputational hit.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From the impact of marketing budgets being cut to the value of longevity, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Netflix says it will stop reporting subscription numbers, instead looking at engagement as a key indicator of customer satisfaction and the future strength of the business.
‘That’s why mums go to Iceland’ has been a long-running slogan for the retailer, but it has been tweaked to reflect “all aspects” of its consumer base, its chairman says.
In a bid to create best-in-class teams, how are marketers striking the balance between rewarding existing talent and bringing in new blood?