Dr. Margaret (Meg) Henderson Blair was a pioneer and innovator who made many contributions to the realm of marketing measurement and accountability, including co-founding MASB, the Marketing Accountability Standards Board, and serving as its first President/CEO. Nominations are open through July 31, 2021, for the third annual Margaret H. Blair Award for Marketing Accountability, …
Marketing exists to drive profitable and sustainable growth through increased demand. Since growth is measured in financial terms, the strength of brands and the resulting customer franchise must also be expressed and analyzed in financial terms. According to MASB, the Marketing Accountability Standards Board, regular measurement and analysis of the financial value of brands …
An AdAge article about the controversial 2021 Olympics is being reprinted by publications around the world and fomenting lots of discussion among marketers. In 5 Things Brands Should Know to Prepare for the Olympics, Ilyse Liffreing reports that despite the uncertainty, 15 global corporations have paid a record $3.3 billion to participate—at least twice …
Effectiveness and Efficiency of TV’s Brand-Building Power: A Historical Review — Why the Persuasion Rating Point (PRP) Is a More Accurate Metric than the GRP (Journal of Advertising Research, Dec. 2020) has received the 2021 ARF Great Mind Award for Best Practitioner Paper. According to reviewer Mike Hess of Hess Consulting, “This extraordinary work has …
On June 29, 2021, the NCAA suspended amateurism rules related to name, image and likeness. Will there be a first mover advantage for sports marketers ready to serve this new market segment? Tony Pace of MASB asks Michael Zoerb of Opendorse and Ray Katz of Collegiate Sports Management Group and Columbia University for their …
The MASB FINANCE in MARKETING Library has more than 75 informational marketing videos featuring today’s top minds in marketing and marketing research, including David W. Stewart, Tony Pace, Paul Farris, Joanna Seddon, Neil Bendle, Dr. Mansur Khamitov (PhD, MBA), T. Bettina Cornwell, Dr. James Gregory, Michiel van de Watering, Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar, Thomas Dotzel, …
The value that both p-service and e-service innovations provide for a firm is outlined by marketing professors Venkatesh Shankar of Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and Thomas Dotzel of the University of Nebraska College of Business. Please give it a “thumbs-up” if you like and subscribe to the MASB Channel! The MASB …
Will Thompson, Chief Strategy Officer at Forbes Ignite, compares the “Rube Goldberg” theory of marketing with the “human” theory. “Nothing has – nor I believe ever will – automate away the necessity for human creativity.” Please give it a “thumbs-up” if you like and subscribe to the MASB Channel! The MASB Channel and the …
When is a brand “local” versus “regional”? When is it a “region brand?” MASB Director of Communication Erich Decker-Hoppen draws on the Common Language Marketing Dictionary for the answers. Please give it a “thumbs-up” if you like and subscribe to the MASB Channel! The MASB Channel and the FINANCE in MARKETING Library are activities …
Will Thompson thinks that when it comes to artificial intelligence, “the problem isn’t just the inadequacy of the tools for the macro challenges of marketing, it’s also marketers’ mindsets and those of their stakeholders.” Thompson has become a global tour de force on the subject of AI’s challenges and opportunities for marketing, and he …