Friday, July 18, 2025

2026 Super Bowl Spots At $266,667 Per Second. And This Doesn't Include Creative, Celebrities Or Production Expenses. With Promotion And The 9P's Of Marketing.

Strong demand for advertising in Super Bowl LX.

Mark your calendars. February 8th. On NBC. The game will be held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California (near the 49ers). The broadcast is also expected on Peacock. 

File under "Promotion" in the 9P's or Marketing with at least 240+ alternative media to chose from by media planners and media buyers. 

Yes, That's right. $8M each or $2666,667, and doesn't include creative, celebrities nor Production.

I teach and use in consulting and in the courtroom my 9P's of Marketing, Promotion is just one of the nine P's with advertising a subcomponent. I use them to illustrate and solve Marketing problems plus find opportunities. 

Or in this case for marketing and advertising planning plus execution over delivering sales in a bunch of categories including beer, snacks, cars and more.

My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

I find find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. Lack of sales? Changing lifestyles? Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in services, snacks, autos, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or cereal, as examples. 
    • From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in shoppers or in this case consumers in many areas. I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes beer, and its alcoholic and non-alcohol alternatives. Look at bars, hotels, sports teams, people and celebrities too. I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity.
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online.  How about locations of team stadiums, amusement parks and resorts?  
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in this next February for Super Bowl LX. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • There should be moving forward towards shared goals or goals. 
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Huge PR Hit For WNBA All-State Game> What Is Missing? 9P's of Marketing

Simply put. Less PR for WNBA, which is doing better than ever. Will have lower viewership, I'm estimating.

For the first WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, Caitlin Clark will be missing. Injury to her groin and she will not be in game or 3-point competition.

Too bad. By not playing she is still the story.

While Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell were selected to represent the Indiana Fever the injury, however, has thrown a wrench into things.

Plenty of Partners including State Farm and the network will be bummed.

I teach and use in consulting and in the courtroom my 9P's of Marketing to illustrate and solve Marketing problems plus find opportunities. Or in this case for marketing planning and execution in sports. .

My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

Who would have thought I could use the 9P's with Partners, Product, Place, Presentation and Promotion to illustrate an unusual insight or example. To find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. New products? Lack of sales? Changing lifestyles? Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in programing, sports programming,movie box office, services, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, autos, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or cereal, as examples. 
    • From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in shoppers and consumers. In my 9P's, I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes teams and events.  I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity.
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online.  How about locations of team stadiums, amusement parks and resorts?  
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in February for Super Bowl. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • There should be moving forward towards shared goals or goals. 
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC


Wednesday, July 16, 2025

How Many Kinds Of Goldfish? No, I Mean Pepperidge Farms' Goldfish. How Many Flavors?

The first question, first.

Goldfish have a wide array of colors, including orange (the one you are thinking about or golden), red, white, black, yellow and combinations of these colors like calico, red and white, mottled pattern of orange, yellow, red, brown, black, grey, and blue). Some goldfish may also appear brown, bronze, or even a blueish-grey.

How about Pepperidge Farms Goldfish? About 27 to 30 if you count all of the limited edition ones.

On average, there are about 20 varieties of Goldfish crackers available, according to Campbell's, the parent company of Pepperidge Farms. This includes both classic flavors and limited-time offerings.

Pepperidge Farm has released many limited-editions, their core lineup of flavors remains relatively consistent.

All of the different flavors and sizes fall under "Product," in the 9P's. Where you can buy them falls under "Place." 

I use my 9P's to solve Marketing problems and find opportunities. I teach the 9P's. Here's a package and product which may lure "people" to buy and use. And it's addictive. 

My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

Who would have thought I could use the 9P's with Partners, Product, Place, Presentation and Promotion to illustrate an unusual insight or example. To find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in services, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, autos, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or crackers, as three examples. 
    • From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in shoppers, cracker eaters. Fashion consumers. Add sports fans. TV viewers. In my 9P's, I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes varieties and flavors. Plus sizes. I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity. 
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online. 
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in February for Super Bowl. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • Partners/Strategic Alliances: Most times Marketers can’t create customer value and build customer relationships only by themselves. They work closely with partners and alliances outside the firm, and with other company departments (inside partners). o Partnering with brands outside their sector will open up added sales, new area or new “People.” 
    • Partnerships and teams that feel a connection to the work and the purpose are going to speak far more passionately together and to your or their “people,” and with far more influence. 
    • A partnership; the joint relationships, partnerships and strategic alliances: The relationship existing between two parties; a relationship resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close cooperation between parties having specific and joint rights and responsibilities as a common enterprise. 
    • Usually plural or “Partners,” not Partner. 
    • Ensure that there is excellent planned and natural alignment of internal and external agencies/partnerships/alliances around common goals and purposes. They should be moving toward shared goals or goals.
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC

 


Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The “S” Symbol Or S-Emblem on Superman Has Changed Over The Years. What Does It Mean?

Saw the movie yesterday. Pretty good. I give it a B on an A-F scale.

In 1938 Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the first shield-like emblem with a crest. Much different over the years.  

For eighty-seven years, our hero is still fighting injustice

It doesn’t mean Steel as in Man of Steel.

Some have suggested it could stand for Saving lives, Stopping crime.

It’s about HOPE. In Superman's world, the "S- shield" on his chest, is not just an initial but a symbol of Kryptonite that represents both the House of El family crest and the concept of hope.

I teach and use in consulting and in the courtroom my 9P's of Marketing to illustrate and solve Marketing problems plus find opportunities. Or in this case for marketing planning and execution over weak sales in the beer category. .

My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

Movies, for sure. Who would have thought I could use the 9P's with Partners, Product, Place, Presentation and Promotion to illustrate an unusual insight or example. To find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. Lack of sales? Changing lifestyles? Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in movie box office, services, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, autos, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or cereal, as examples. 
    • From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in shoppers or in this case beer consumers. Fashion consumers. Add sports fans. TV viewers. Purchasers of sports jerseys. In my 9P's, I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes beer, and its alcoholic and non-alcohol alternatives. Look at bars, hotels, sports teams, people and celebrities too. I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity.
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online.  How about locations of team stadiums, amusement parks and resorts?  
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in February for Super Bowl. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • There should be moving forward towards shared goals or goals. 
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC



Monday, July 14, 2025

If You Asked "People" Wanting Entertainment And Sports in '97 Or 28 Years Ago, DirecTV Wasn't Always The Answer. It's Not The Same.

More cord cutting. Satellite is probably GONE. 

Plenty of 9P's of Marketing here. I created the 9P's of Marketing before and after I joined Directv. I was teaching at Pepperdine (all five campuses) in their MBA program, plus USC and CSUN. Now I use and teach them at Loyola Law School and Pepperdine.  

But back to DirecTV. People or potential customers confused Direct with Directv or DirecTV or DIRECTV. I worked at it seemed all three or four or just DIRECTV.

Product changes. Too many "product" changes, for Directv over the years. More examples of Pricing. Place. Presentation and more under the marketing model of the Nine P's. 

It will be streaming only and that plug in streaming services. But it was a great service.

Think Netflix today. We were better than cable, then. 

So much has changed. The company has been purchased and merged alot. 

I worked at Directv. I was a loyal customer until three years ago. I gave up the new streaming services. It just want the same quality company, "Product" or Service. 

I was surprised with the announcement of "DirecTV will no longer offer satellite subscriptions for new customers as a trial run in some markets." Let me translate. It's likely satellite dishes will be no more and for the past three years I used the plug in streaming service. It and customer service weren't professional. In a word, "awful."  I was sorry to leave.

We sold the delivery of entertainment and sports, plus local channels with satellite delivery to homes, multi-family dwellings, apartments, bars, prisons and restaurants.  .Simply it's not the same. Times change. It was what it was. Great then. 

I teach and use in consulting and in the courtroom my 9P's of Marketing to illustrate and solve Marketing problems plus find opportunities. Or in this case for marketing planning and execution over weak sales in the beer category. .

My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

Beer? Who would have thought I could use the 9P's with Partners, Product, Place, Presentation and Promotion to illustrate an unusual insight or example. To find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. Lack of sales? Changing lifestles? Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in services, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, autos, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or cereal, as three examples. From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in shoppers or in this case beer consumers. Fashion consumers. Add sports fans. TV viewers. Purchasers of sports jerseys. In my 9P's, I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes beer, and its alcoholic and non-alcohol alternatives. Look at bars, hotels, sports teams, people and celebrities too. I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity.
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online.  How about locations of team stadiums, amusement parks and resorts?  
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in February for Super Bowl. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • There should be moving forward towards shared goals or goals. 
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC



Sunday, July 13, 2025

A Couple Of Ways To Look At "People,." Bottom line? Solution? Retain Your "People," as in Customers Under The 9P's Of Marketing

Consumers, or potential customers. Find that under "People," in my marketing framework called the 9P's of Marketing. 

Finding "People" or potential customers is getting more expensive and harder to do because of fragmentation, clutter. And trying to convert them is even more difficult with all the competition for many goods or services called "Product," under my 9P's. 

Here's a better idea. Retain them.

Cultivate your existing customers. 

Smart marketers are finding ways to retain, retain, retain their customers. Add a culture and it could become Your "People." 

Think what happens after the sale. Ever been in telephone hell. Waiting for some information or to solve a tech problem. Happened to me yesterday. Had a tough time getting help at a telco.

Solution: Offer better value, and over the long-term. Could we say lifetime of Your customer? 

I use my 9P's to solve Marketing problems and find opportunities. My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

Who would have thought I could use the 9P's with Partners, Product, Place, Presentation and Promotion to illustrate an unusual insight or example. To find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in services, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, autos, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or cereal, as three examples. From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in shoppers. Fashion consumers. Add sports fans. TV viewers. Purchasers of sports jerseys. In my 9P's, I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes sports teams, people and celebrities too. I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity.
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online. How about locations of team stadiums, amusement parks and resorts?  
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in February for Super Bowl. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • There should be moving forward towards shared goals or goals. 
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC

 


Saturday, July 12, 2025

Waymo Versus Tesla. With 9P’s Of Marketing.

Or is it Lyft or Uber or Tesla or Waymo?

Recently we compared the costs for a seven-mile drive to Culver City. All of the prices for Waymo, Uber and Lyft were similar.

A month before I compared Waymo v. Lyft and Uber. Waymo was much higher. I was told Uber and Lyft were under cutting or “Price under my 9P’s.

We see on average 1-5 Waymos per day. We live on the westside of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest autonomous driving laboratories.

Did you know Tesla Robotaxi (“Product”) launched in Austin (“Place”) with ten cars. 

Waymo has 1.5K cars or vehicles. Some say that Tesla will have a better price.  

But from my research it isn't about the cars. It's about the data.


Think about this: Every ride or “event” generates training data  and teaches the AI something new.

I use my 9P's to solve Marketing problems and find opportunities. 

I teach the 9P's. Here's a package and product which may lure "people" to buy and use. 

My 9P's of Marketing do include include these important concepts, practices and components:

Peopleless cars? Who would have thought I could use the 9P's with Partners, Product, Place, Presentation and Promotion to illustrate an unusual insight or example. To find opportunities and problems in Marketing.

  • Planning and Research. Planning for marketing activities, objectives, strategies and tactics. Sales. All sales, whether in services, fashion, sports, amusement parks, hot dogs, hotels, resorts, autos, fast food, retail sales or tires, refreshments or cereal, as three examples. 
    • From the founder of Intuit, Scott Cook, said: " A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- (maybe from Marketing Research never was is my comment) it is what consumers (“People” in the 9P’s) tell each other it is.
  • People (Segmentation and Targeting)
    • Consumers and users, as in riders.   In my 9P's, I stress that firms need to look and analyze potential, new, existing and repeat customers and users
  • Product and Services, includes sports teams, people and celebrities too. I teach that perfection resides in quality, not quantity. 
  • Place (Distribution), includes retail and online. How about locations of team stadiums, amusement parks and resorts?  
  • Price or Pricing, many contingency plans needed.  
  • Promotion
    • There are eight (8) major, strategic components or communication elements which are personal and non-personal communication activities. 
    • The activities that communicate the merits of the overall product include:
      • Personal Selling/ Sales Force: Sales persons
        • Listen more than you talk. People who listen more, learn more, plus helps you position your service/product/solution or offering. 
      • Advertising: 
      • Like Super Bowl advertising in February for Super Bowl. Think about this expression "It is only creative if the product or service sells." I wanted to add "It is only good media spending if it sells."
      • Sales Promotion, advertising mascots can fit here, too. Signage would fit here. 
      • Collateral Materials
      • Direct Marketing (also referred to as Action or Direct Response Advertising)
      • Interactive/Internet/Web, Digital Media, Social Media:  
      • Events and Experiences, sampling
      • Public Relations/PR
    • One stop shopping is more important than ever. 
  • Partners/Alliances, can be one of the most powerful of the 9P's if researched, performed and handled well.                 
    • Think Nathan's and the hot dog eating contest and I bet you thought about ESPN. Partners/Strategic Alliances: Most times Marketers can’t create customer value and build customer relationships only by themselves. They work closely with partners and alliances outside the firm, and with other company departments (inside partners). o Partnering with brands outside their sector will open up added sales, new area or new “People.” 
    • Partnerships and teams that feel a connection to the work and the purpose are going to speak far more passionately together and to your or their “people,” and with far more influence. 
    • A partnership; the joint relationships, partnerships and strategic alliances: The relationship existing between two parties; a relationship resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close cooperation between parties having specific and joint rights and responsibilities as a common enterprise. 
    • Usually plural or “Partners,” not Partner. 
    • Ensure that there is excellent planned and natural alignment of internal and external agencies/partnerships/alliances around common goals and purposes. They should be moving toward shared goals or goals.
  • Presentation:
    • The act or acts of strategically presenting any of the different 9P’s© and/or components to your customers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, sales force, marketing intermediaries, clients, employees, partners, and/or others. 

      Presentation aspects may be signs, symbols or images that represent something; a descriptive or persuasive account (as a sales person of the product or service). Something set forth for the attention of mind of your targets ("People") and media audiences. I've added "culture," too. I'm adding "culture," too.

  • Passion, including consumers and employees. Think about the lines sometimes of consumers waiting for a new Apple product

I am an experienced, senior Forensic Marketing Expert, Advertising expert, Advertising/ Marketing consultant with Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC.

I created the 9P's. I own a copyright for these Nine P’s/9 P's of Marketing©2007 concepts and Marketing practices, which augment the 1960's Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) or the 4P’s by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Neil Borden and Jerome McCarthy in the study and practice of Marketing. It's sixty years later and we are in the digital age. 

The Nine P's/9P's of Marketing help identify marketing problems in a number of strategic areas and help develop profitable marketing’s objectives, strategies, tactics and solutions. The 9P's are insightful. The nine P's were created for the digital age. 

I consult and teach using these Marketing concepts and practices of the Nine P's/9P's of Marketing.

For more on ideas, concepts and Marketing solutions: Go to LondreMarketing.com and look under “Articles and Resources” and the 9P’s/Nine P’s ©2007. Specifically you will find them detailed at 9P’s/Nine P’s.

Or for more fun, marketing strategies/tactics and facts: Go to Marketing Trivia with 66 stimulating questions and answers at Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC