Small Business Marketing
Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: KPop Demon Hunters & Wednesday Help Resurrect Holiday Outlook When it comes to Halloween spending, the specter of tariffs appears to have been a boogeyman. As early as March, retailers were relating spooky tales of canceled…
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Your Brand Needs a Plan for Generative Engine Optimization with ChatGPT & Google Gemini There’s a new marketing acronym in town, GEO. It stands for Generative Engine Optimization, and it has one customer segment: AI chatbots. It’s the top growth strategy…
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What Makes Consumers Buy Faster & Value Your Brand More? Answer: Price Anchoring These four pricing strategy examples explore one valuable tool in the pricing toolbox: price anchoring. In their book Dollars and Sense, Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler write: When…
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Would AI-Generated Music Make Woody Guthrie Turn Over in His Grave? Folk music doesn’t seem like a likely candidate for a positioning strategy marketing analysis. Isn’t its main “position” anti-establishment? Au contraire. Music is also a business, as any musician knows.…
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In $33B Market, Meijer Tracks Trends for Shopping Earlier & In-Store New back-to-school shopping trends for 2025 buck expectations, as certain consumer groups prefer to shop earlier and in-store, instead of online procrastination. In 2023, we explored “Customer Segmentation Examples for…
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Over the Last Decade, Tripadvisor, Travel + Leisure & Lonely Planet Focus Attention Closer to Home Globetrotting may not be the future for trendy US travelers. North American destinations have seen a surge in popularity from top travel guides Tripadvisor, Travel +…
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Big Box Retailers Like Sam’s Club Make Space for Healthier Brands Bobo’s, Poppi & OLIPOP Thanks to consumer demand and increasing regulatory pressure, “better-for-you” packaged foods are gaining shelf space across America’s grocery stores. These brand strategy examples show how…
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How to Understand Your Customers, with 14 Specific Examples Market segmentation helps brands understand customer groups and reach them more effectively. There are many types of market segmentation, and the field can easily become overwhelming. But Insight to Action specializes…
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On the Road to Wrestlemania, Jey Uso Enjoys Status as Top Superstar In February, my 12-year-old sons received the birthday gift of a lifetime: tickets to WWE RAW live in Cincinnati. With a crowd of about 25,000, it was an…
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Way back in 2019, experiential marketing was taking the world by storm. Eventbrite defined it as: “Experiential marketing is a strategy that engages consumers using branded experiences. Sometimes referred to as ‘live marketing’ or ‘event marketing experience,’ the idea is to create a memorable…
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