Posts Tagged ‘Spending’

The Economy Sucks. Now Adapt.

Monday, April 27th, 2009

There’s one good thing about a bad economy that many marketers forget about, since 99.999% of the news is doom and gloom playing with our brains — in a really bad economy, people are more apt to change their buying habits.

Yes, that may mean buying less of a product or service in your category. And this is where some corporate types with lack of imagination will see cutting back on marketing as the band-aid solution to their problems until they ride out the recession. But the question isn’t really whether to cut back on marketing or even spend more on it. You have to start with the very product or service you offer and ask yourself how you are going to adapt that product in order to give it increased versatility and in turn, value.

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Cutting Spending Hurts Brands Long Term

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Following Boom/Bust Cycle Flirts With Danger

Household and personal care might once have seemed recession-resistant, but last year U.S.-based personal-care marketers actually cut ad spending faster than the general market. That could be potentially damaging for their brands, according to one study that shows that marketers that cut spending during a downturn lost share to private labels — share they didn’t regain.

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