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Microsoft’s Bid to Make Outlook More than Email

Harvard Business Review

Most of the features will be incorporated into Outlook 2013 and Outlook Web for Office 365, with more partnerships likely to come. Re-brand Outlook. ” With third party integrations, Outlook can center its brand not on a product that sends and receives email, but on an ecosystem of services that enhances productivity overall.

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It's Time to Cut Back on Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Clearly there is a first mover advantage in some cases: Chris Brogan developed a passionate following as an early blogger, and Guy Kawasaki jumped onboard Twitter and became a powerhouse there. The "best" platforms will be different for every person or brand.

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Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially

Harvard Business Review

The company was an eager user of my “cascading choices” framework for strategy that I have used for decades and written about extensively, most prominently in the 2013 book I wrote, with friend and colleague A.G. Lafley, called Playing to Win. But it didn’t work in the Where to Play of China.

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Four Ideas for Creating Mobile Strategy

Harvard Business Review

While many of these strategies apply both within and outside the consumer packaged goods industry, there is no secret sauce and all marketers should ask themselves what their unique mobile framework should be in 2013, and beyond. By using location and behavior-based cues, savvy brands can reach consumers when and where it matters most.