Last month, we introduced a new type of post here at Pastore & Associates, jumping on the speedlinking bandwagon to send our click-happy readers out on their own into the wild jungle known as the internet. Here’s ten more links for you to browse, opening the door to what is bubbling over in the minds of the web’s top marketers. Hold on tight.
- See why Brittney Drye of The Stir thinks that Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino of the MTV reality series “Jersey Shore” is a better market than all of us.
- Check out the marketing lessons that beer can teach us, according to Margaret McDonald of the blog MissCommunications.com
- Tom Hansen of The Big Fat Marketing Blog talks about how General Mills Cereal boxes have gone retro, and the marketing implications it has for the rest of us.
- Read David Gomez’s thoughts on the corn syrup industry’s new plan to get people to forget about the health problems caused by its products on TGDaily.com.
- On a similar cover-up note, see how the New Jersey Nets are trying to market their new home in Newark to their fan base, a demographic that may still be hungover from a disastrous ’09-’10 season.
- Take a look at ClickThrough-Marketing.com’s report on Yahoo catching up to Google in the marketing game.
- See the BBC’s Andrew Harding’s ideas for marketing Africa to the rest of the world.
- Hank Cordello of the CBS Buisness Network shares his thoughts on better ways for the FTC to regulate food companies marketing to kids.
- Check out what Arielle Ford of the Huffingotn Post Blog calls “Your #1 Best Marketing Tool.”
- Read why John Alex of MetroWNY.com thinks one Hollywood romance is founded on a desire for better marketing.
As always, we want you to enjoy these links and use them to give yourself a leg up on the rest of the marketing competition. But please remember, we don’t you to just read these posts, but interact. Leave comments on these blogs and start a dialogue with those making waves in our industry.