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Defend you pricing against the competition!    

Berkonomics

Here are a few examples to help you [Email readers, continue here…] Wal-Mart is known for lowest prices, often for identical merchandise found in other stores for more. Assume that you are not an Internet retailer with many competing products to sell. Can you select and defend several of these at once, such as quality and elegance?

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“Where there’s mystery, there’s margin.”   

Berkonomics

The challenge: Replacing lost margin In the early eighties, IBM helped the PC become a tool of the office, and the product crossed over from use by early adopters to the mass market. New magazines were rushed to market, thick with advertisements for computer systems and components at bargain prices.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

Both Sides of the Table

In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product. Yet these seem to be the least effective attributes of banner advertising.

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Building A Dream Team For Mobile Advertising, with Gradient X

socalTECH

If there were such a thing as a "Dream Team" for mobile advertising, you would be hard pressed not to pick the founding team of Los Angeles-based Gradient X (www.gradientx.com), whose founders include Michael Lum (formerly of OpenX), Brian Baumgart (formerly at Adconion), and Julie Mattern (formerly of Rubicon Project).

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engage:BDR Aims At Instagram Advertising

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Los Angeles-based advertising technology developer engage:BDR , which is led by MySpace alum Ted Dhanik, has launched a new product aimed at influencer advertising on Instagram. engage:BDR says it already has been working with such brands as American Apparel, Nasty Gal and ProActiv in creative video and display advertising campaigns.

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Sizmek Bolsters Digital Advertising Staff In LA

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Sizmek , a developer of digital advertising technology, said this week that it has named Patrick Meehan as head of Sales in its Los Angeles office. Sizmek focuses on open ad management, helping to manage online advertising campaigns for advertisers and agencies. Meehan was previously. READ MORE>>.

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Trust Aims to Help Small Businesses Make Smarter Ad Buys

L.A. Business Journal

s revenue product strategy team, James Borow said he has seen firsthand the struggles that small businesses face in advertising and marketing. As an alum of social media giant Snap Inc.’s