Category Archives: Marketing stuff

The CES – Consumer Electronics Show – I am not going – are you?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by markkolier

Every year in January the CES takes place in Las Vegas. This year there is buzz about tablet PCs (more than 50 will be on display), television apps, 3D TV apps and accessories, computer printers (HP apparently has a really … Continue reading →

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Consumers say ‘Dont track on me’

Posted on December 27, 2010 by markkolier

I saw an article last week in the DM News http://bit.ly/euzIOK noting that two-thirds of “consumers oppose online behavioral tracking and targeted advertising based on it, according to a Gallup/USAToday poll conducted earlier this month. Consumers were surveyed about the … Continue reading →

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Shopping at the Mall for the Holidays – all the more reason to shop online

Posted on December 23, 2010 by markkolier

I will readily admit that I am not much of a shopper. If anything I am a buyer which means when I go into a retail establishment my mission is to go directly to what I came for, go directly … Continue reading →

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Blackberry retail stores – BORING?

Posted on December 22, 2010 by markkolier

An article on ‘How Amazon Works Around iTunes’ in last Friday’s Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/dJ9SWW made me think about how Apple has done such a great job with their retail stores and how Blackberry hasn’t. If you are wondering (as … Continue reading →

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Lindsey Vonn gets more than her 15 minutes

Posted on December 20, 2010 by markkolier

I’ve been posting regularly on my blog for over two years now and by far the most visited (and I hope read) post is the one I did earlier this year on American skier Lindsey Vonn. In that post from … Continue reading →

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Denny’s does some interesting marketing things but are they effective?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by markkolier

The past two years Denny’s restaurants have offered an interesting promotion the Tuesday after the Super Bowl – a Free ‘Grand Slam’ breakfast. It created a great deal of buzz in 2009 and again this year and reportedly cost less … Continue reading →

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You can’t have a signed copy of an e-book

Posted on December 15, 2010 by markkolier

I received a nice gift from a good friend and associate last week. It was a signed copy of restaurateur Danny Meyer’s 2006 book ‘Setting the Table’ (very good book too). I didn’t know it was signed until I opened … Continue reading →

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Borders Books and Barnes & Noble getting together

Posted on December 8, 2010 by markkolier

My first thought when I read it Tuesday morning in the New York Times http://nyti.ms/dEthVh was – what took so long? The bookstore market has been shrinking for years and to have these two companies beat each other up for … Continue reading →

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We’re all salesmen – get over it

Posted on December 3, 2010 by markkolier

I was out to lunch this week with a very successful and smart woman who started her own television production company in 2001 and has continually grown the business over the past 9 years. She remarked to me that she … Continue reading →

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Taking the day off from Twitter and Facebook – is it a sacrifice or a vacation?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by markkolier

I will start by noting that I like Alicia Keys’ music and whole vibe actually. I respect Lady Gaga as a premiere performer who really gets in touch with her audience. So why was I shaking my head when I … Continue reading →

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