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What does the article examine? The article asks the question if social marketing can benefit from the theories and approaches based in Service-Dominant Logic (SDL). Which concepts are discussed in the article? The researchers...
Advertising is usually good for a brand. Word of Mouth is even better… nothing particularly surprising in this statement. But why? In this article the authors shed some light on it. What does the...
Gamification has become somewhat of a buzz word for many mobile marketers. Basically, gamification means enhancing non-game environments by using game-like elements. For example, rather than just letting a person collect loyalty points, offering...
“I’m famous on Instagram….” With self-branding and “micro-celebrity” status becoming ever more important (especially for marketers to “hook into”), this article, written from a cultural studies perspective, has some interesting insights into the phenomenon. What...
Give discounts! Post offers! This is often the advice given to social media managers in order to attract followers. However, such advice might just be as false, as telling business that cutting prices and...
Calling marketers a little conservative is probably not what many want to hear (after all, we are as cool as MadMen were, aren’t we?)… but when it comes to the tools of the trade,...
What does the article add to knowledge? The article shows that marketers rely more on peripheral clues when advertising low-nutrition food to children (and potentially their guardians). Which concepts are discussed in the article?...
International Journal of Advertising Reminder: Call for papers: Special issue on Latin America Submission deadline: 15 November (abstracts) 1 March 2016 (full papers) Over the next few years, Latin America has been predicted to...
What current assumptions does the article challenge? The article provides details of a study that challenges some of the well established and frequently quoted theories about how advergames influence children. Specifically, in the study,...
What does the article examine? The article examines how consumers react to advertising of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, in this case specifically painkillers (analgesics). Which concepts are discussed in the article? The article draws on...
