Greetings, ski resort marketers. It’s midseason. We hope you’re getting steady snow and that your most serious resort problems are related to lift-ticket lines, maxed out lodging, and instructors tired from teaching the a parade of new skiers to your slopes. But our advice at this time is: Avoid falling into a recumbent marketing state […]
Boat and equipment OEMs are missing a content marketing opportunity In our collective experience with major brands in the boating industry (Hinckley, Lewmar, Raymarine, Sabre, and Ritchie Navigation to drop a few names), we learned this: Emphasizing control tends to be good for sales and good for the brand. That’s why we scratch our heads […]
The Destination Medical Center: Is this where healthcare is heading? There’s a relatively new term being used among specialty hospitals and large health systems: Destination Medical Center. It’s a fairly self-explanatory term. But we think it points to the larger issue of the rising tide of consumerism in health care, and healthcare marketers’ efforts to […]
Raise your hand if you dread the viewbook We understand. We work with many schools that still agonize over whether to continue to pour resources into what has become an article of blind faith: Thou shalt have a Printed Viewbook and It Shall Be a Thing of Beauty. Here’s our two cents on the viewbook, […]