The History of the Marketing Mix: Who Invented the 4Ps and Why They Still Matter in the Age of Social Media

Introduction Few marketing concepts have travelled as successfully as four short words beginning with the same letter. Product, Price, Place and Promotion appear in introductory textbooks, business plans, university examinations,…

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Instagram Marketing History: How a Photo-Sharing App Transformed Social Media Marketing, Influencer Culture and Social Commerce

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Introduction The photograph that helped launch Instagram’s history was not a polished fashion campaign, a celebrity endorsement or an image produced for a global brand. It showed a dog near…

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Albrecht Dürer and the Origins of Personal Branding: Early Trademarks, Print Distribution and Intellectual Property

Introduction Before Albrecht Dürer became one of the most recognisable names of the Northern Renaissance, most European artists were known primarily within the cities, courts, churches or workshops in which…

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Gutenberg’s Printing Revolution: How the Printing Press Laid the Foundations for the Mass Production of Advertising

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Few inventions in marketing history altered the economics of repetition as profoundly as the printing technologies associated with Johannes Gutenberg. The decisive change did not begin with a memorable slogan,…

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