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Making Sense of Owned Media

Harvard Business Review

In large part due to EpicMix, Vail Resorts grew revenue, profitability and market share through the recent recession while others fell behind. In the sporting goods industry, Nike has created the Nike+ running community while UnderArmour is developing an owned media strategy around its recent acquisition of MapMyFitness.

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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

The marketing plan also has explicit links to business and operating plans within the organization so that, for example, manufacturing is prepared to support the volume increase that marketing is planning to spur, or sales forces are staffed and trained to handle new product launches.

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