Corona Creates a “Beach Mindset”

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

We’ve all seen the images. A couple relaxing on a sandy beach in some balmy tropical destination, icy bottles of Corona topped with a lime resting on a table between the two. It’s that image that the brand wants consumers to draw upon and imagine themselves partaking in this summer as it begins the second…

7 Simple Steps to Successful Social Media Promotions

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

In the last few years, brands have quickly gone from seeing social media as frivolous to including social media as a necessary part of any marketing and communications plan. But while there is great promise, when it comes to promotions, many have struggled with how to go about it.

Q&A: Mandel Sees Strong B-to-B, Tough Consumer List Arena

Lon Mandel may have slowed his organization’s acquisition pace, but he’s hardly resting on his laurels. Mandel, the founder, president and CEO of Specialists Marketing Services, Inc.—as well as the DMA’s 2011 List & Data Leader of the Year Award recipient—has shifted from the strategy which brought several different operations under his company’s umbrella to…

Can Groupon Grow Up?

|  by Brian Quinton

The daily deal leader looks to deepen connections with customers and merchants while fending off attacks from rivals.