Posts Tagged ‘business-to-business’

03.29
2010

By Betsy Caszatt

Adfinity Advice

Food industry factoid

“It was not so very long ago that people thought microchips were very, very small snack foods.”

Geraldine Ferraro

Could have happened. New products don’t appear on the scene with full-blown, instant recognition. Do you think the first samplers of Rocky Mountain oysters knew they weren’t getting seafood?

There’s that ramp-up period before a new product gains traction or before people get what this great thing is you’re offering them – and why they should want it. We’re always open for business-to-business conversations on how to help prospects understand what you make or sell. It could be a killer ad series, electronic blasts, PR, some trade show hoopla or something intriguing in the mail. We need to talk.

Be honest, there was a brief moment in time when we all thought blackberries were something picked up at the farmer’s market. Things can change, huh?

02.11
2010

By Betsy Caszatt

Adfinity Advice

Accent on wry. Hold the rubber chicken.

Did you hear the one about the family in Ohio who sits down to dinner and all of a sudden the little sister finds a grasshopper leg in the salad?

I don’t hear you laughing. You can bet the little girl didn’t. Or the supermarket that sold the packaged greens. Or the grower to whose field the lettuce was traced.

The seriousness of food industry issues — safety, nutrition, heart health, obesity, government regulations — doesn’t make its business-to-business trade press a hotbed of funny ads.

However, are we to assume that all industry marketing has to be (more…)