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Best Practices are Stupid

Stephen Shapiro

I previously started posting the 40 strategies from my Best Practices are Stupid book. As you read this and the other chapters, please remember that this book was published back in 2011. Although a workable solution may have been found using this strategy, it is unclear if that was the case. Innovate more efficiently.

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Strategic Deterrence: P&G, Clorox, and the Bleach Category

Michael Roberto

The news spurred me to think about how I teach in our business strategy course about deterrence with regard to incumbents and potential entrants in a particular industry. Lafley recounted the story of P&G's failed entry into that market in a Harvard Business Review interview in April 2011. We’d already bought all the advertising.

Course 26
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Context matters

Boxes and Arrows

Our different observations confirm some of the generally known design principles, such as users’ deep-rooted dislike of homogenous blocks of text. This becomes a strong habit and this strategy of scanning a visual stimulus is executed automatically, even if the viewed stimulus does not contain text. Conclusion. References.

Study 91
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Is the iPad mobile?

Boxes and Arrows

Do you design for users on the go? What is your content strategy? I design mobile apps for Cars.com. Our content strategy, however, has had to shift after trial and error. Thus, when the iPad app was developed, we had employed the same content strategy. Or do you focus on a more in-depth user experience?

Design 102
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Why you need extreme constraints to fuel innovation

hackerearth

CEO Marissa Mayer offered the same opinion writing for Businessweek in 2006: Some of the most innovative ideas have come from marketing and advertising. Whoever thought you could sit in your living room and test drive a Mitsubishi 2011 Outlander Sport? This helps streamline your strategy. Constraints can be inspiring.

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What UX Designers Need to Know about Conversion Rate Optimization

Boxes and Arrows

The real problem many organizations face regarding conversion, is that content is often still considered “the stuff that goes into the design.” Putting content at center stage means changing some of the fundamental ways we think about content in the design process and how it helps conversion. Strategy first.

Design 83
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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

Huge layoffs and millions of dollars in losses drove the company to adopt a business strategy that focused on capabilities. Jobs began by changing the company’s image and ran his “Think Different” advertising campaign, which glorified individuality. The climb has been quite an uphill task for the iconic toy designer.