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Marketing Craftmanship

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BMW’s Storm Cooper: A Mini-Coup Rather than a PR Blunder?

Marketing Craftmanship

Stormy Weather for BMW? For a fee, Germany allows people or companies to sponsor the names of weather fronts. So last month, to promote the “wind and weatherproof” capabilities of its Mini Cooper line, BMW’s marketing agency purchased naming rights to a high pressure system that originated in Siberia. But the Cooper storm turned out to be far more than weather forecasters and BMW expected.

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5 Secrets to Ray Dalio’s Hedge Fund Success

Marketing Craftmanship

Hedge Fund Craftsmanship. By most measures, Ray Dalio has achieved great success during his 62 years on earth. Unlike Donald Trump, Dalio didn’t inherit wealth. As a middle-class kid, he delivered newspapers, shoveled snow and was a caddy during the summer. The company Dalio established in his apartment in 1975, Bridgewater Associates, is now the world’s largest and most successful hedge fund manager, with more than $120 billion in assets under management.