The Marketing Bureau

By Brian H Meredith
From the NZBusiness Magazine "Marketing Maestro" Archive.
First published July 2002

Although the processing power of the silicon chip has increased by a factor of 10,000 in the last 25 years, the processing power of the human brain has remained unchanged for millennia. This is a powerful reality for marketers to vigorously embrace. Read more >>

Market Orientation, Customer Value, Superior Performance
By Stanley F. Slater, John C. Narver

To achieve superior performance, a business must develop and sustain competitive advantage. But where competitive advantage was once based on structural characteristics such as market power, economies of scale, or a broad product line, the emphasis today has shifted to capabilities that enable a business to consistently deliver superior value to its customers.  Read more >>

By Brian H Meredith
From the NZBusiness Magazine "Marketing Maestro" Archive.
First published September 2003

Recently, as I walked briskly through the suburban wilderness of the Albany Supa Centre on Auckland’s North Shore (and I was walking briskly - no-one in their right mind would want to spend a moment longer than necessary in this wasteland of tin sheds and concrete hangers posing as superstores) , the words of Bill Bryson* came to mind... Read more >>

Marketing is dead. At least, that is, the somewhat narrow concept of Marketing practiced by many businesses. In today's information overloaded society, traditional concepts of promotion don't work.  Read more >>