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5 Reasons to Consider Branded Merchandise for Business Promotion

Strategy Driven

From custom pens to stylish apparel, branded merchandise offers many benefits that can significantly impact your brand’s visibility and engagement. Here are five compelling reasons why incorporating branded merch into your marketing mix is a smart move: 1.

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A Refresher on Marketing ROI

Harvard Business Review

Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. And more fundamentally, does marketing actually work? Marketing ROI analysis can help answer those questions. What is Marketing ROI, and How Do Companies Use It? Avery explains that it is also referred to by its acronym, MROI, or as return on marketing investment (ROMI).

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How Top Brands Pull Customers into Orbit

Harvard Business Review

Instead of treating customers as passive targets, they treat them as active participants. Like the sun in a solar system, they create a gravitational field that pulls customers into their orbit. They go beyond customer loyalty to building customer gravity. Their mantra is test and learn.

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Pin Down Your Customer Intelligence Objectives

Harvard Business Review

Predictive models for customer service episodes. Single customer data warehouse with all touchpoints. Marketing mix portfolio modeling. Adaptive customer profiling (qualitative and quantitative). Loyalty and lifetime value-based pricing. MORE ON CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE. Simple or A/B randomized testing.