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How brands should react to market slowdowns

Martech

Historically, one can look to prominent examples such as Lululemon (1998), WestJet (1996), SkipTheDishes (2012) and Shopify (2006) — all either launched during the economic crisis or emerged in an environment of economic recovery. This will depend on the product/service and how creative is executed.

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How to Engage the Crap Out of Your Audience

Convince & Convert

This is a company that sells a seemingly boring product: shaving razors. In March 2012, they released a promotional video entitled “Our Blades are F ing Great!” During the video, the CEO of The Dollar Shave Club mentions that his product is so gentle that even a toddler can use it.

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Content Marketing in the 90s: What Was It Like?

SnapApp

In fact, almost one-fourth of the $150 billion in US advertising market spend was invested into television ads in 1990. . In the early 1990s, many businesses used print materials to spread the word about their services, products, and offerings. Public Relations in B2B made product brands, and often drove valuations of companies.

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The Netflix Problem: TV’s Difficult Balance of Original vs. Syndication

Contently

The extreme growth from the beginning of the year has a likely explanation: Netflix rolled out its product to the entire world in Q1. According to The Motley Fool , the Netflix library has shrunk over 40 percent since 2012. Furthermore, its catalog of shows and movies is shrinking while the price for a subscription is increasing.

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Facebook Ads Library- What it is and how to use it

Valasys

It was then followed by magazines, journals, radio and television. . 2012 – By now, it had over 1 billion users. 2015 – Facebook brings in Leads ads and Dynamic product ads. As it had taken over Instagram in 2012, it also integrated Instagram ads. . Advertisements became digitized.

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Voice Assistants – The Next Big Opportunity For Digital Marketers

Digilant

Google released their voice technology in 2012, Microsoft released Cortana in 2013, and Amazon released Alexa and the Amazon Echo in 2014. Incorporation of screens : As voice assistants products became more popular, companies had to differentiate themselves.

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7 Innovative & Inspiring Examples of Augmented Reality in Marketing

Hubspot

For now, augmented reality (AR) is still largely a novelty -- AR's newness alone contributes to its ability to surpass print, online, and television advertisements in terms of shock-factor. Users can also find out which tools or products they’ll need to apply certain products. Image courtesy of TheVerge.com.

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