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This day in search marketing history: February 25

Search Engine Land

Chinese Scientists Say It’s Like Going Blind, Life Without Electricity 2010: 84% of Chinese scientists surveyed said that losing Google would “somewhat or significantly” hamper their research; 78% said that international collaborations would be impacted in the same way.

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How market types shape marketing and SEO success

Search Engine Land

Perfect competition In a perfect competition market, the market is big, there are many buyers and sellers, and the products are similar. Companies don’t have much control over the price (the company’s market share does not impact the price), and the barrier to entry to this market is very low or zero.

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The Ultimate Guide to Product Marketing in 2019

Hubspot

Volkswagen just introduced their new VW Bus this year — it’s electric and features modern and sleek styling. Volkswagen’s marketing for the vehicle is eye-catching, unique, and fun, and it fits the original “hippie” vibe the company was once known for. Why should our customers trust and invest in us and our product?

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This day in search marketing history: January 8

Search Engine Land

2014: Ad network Chitika released a new tool that provided a user percentage or traffic market-share breakdown of PC operating system and search usage on a state-by-state basis. 2008: Matsushita Electric Industrial, the company behind Panasonic, said the TVs would enable users to browse and watch YouTube videos from their TVs.

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Battle of the Brands: Which Famous Rival Company Has Better Marketing?

Hubspot

And for McDonald’s, which has been battling Burger King (among others) for market share since the late 1950s, this competition created a sort of "hamburger arms race." Both of these major battery brands chose qualities of actual batteries to base their marketing upon. The Duracell marketing slogan? Trusted everywhere.".

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How to Build a Product Launch Strategy

ConversionXL

The typical product lifecycle can be broken down into four stages: Introduction: Your product may still be in development and your marketing goals focus on generating awareness and motivating users to sign up and purchase. You’re adding new product features and looking to capture more market share from your competitors.

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Differentiation Strategy (and the Sea of Sameness)

ConversionXL

Tesla has all the long-range electric cars now, but every single car maker will get there soon enough. That means that being just a little bit different is not good enough (at least not when you’re trying to increase awareness and gain market share). To do safe and boring marketing, post safe and boring stuff.