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Hardees charbroiled BBQ ranch turkey burgers review – these low fat, healthy burgers taste great!

I had just left my business law class at UNCC (a very boring class I might add) and needed to get a quick lunch before my business communications class in the afternoon. So I took a right out of the UNCC student parking lot. When I passes the Harris Teeter grocery store I saw the Hardees restaurant and I hadn’t had Hardees burgers in years so I decided to get a burger there.

Hardee’s
8428 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28213
(704) 549-1957

When I drove up to the drive through menu the(there was no line and this was great (the McDonalds down the street always had long lines that took 20 minutes or more and their food sucks big time). I noticed that on the menu they had low fat and low calorie turkey burgers now. I recently started a diet when I started the p90X fitness program 3 weeks ago. I was already seeing big changes in my body and I didn’t want a really fatty burger and fries to ruin this.

The BBQ ranch turkey burger sounded really good so I got that with a large Powerade (blue raspberry flavor). The BBQ ranch turkey burger was moist and juicy. It was really tasty and great. I had previously had a turkey burger at a friends barbecue party and it was all dried out and terrible. But this turkey burger from Hardees was perfect. It was moist and tatsed great

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Steps for an E-commerce platform in China

Our strategic partner, the Mailman Group offers brands and organizations a way forward in setting up ecommerce platforms in China.

Tackling China’s online eccomerce market can be a daunting experience.  It’s our job at Mailman to ensure this transition is smooth and ultimately successful.  Our recent experience tells us the immediate opportunities available through major Chinese online malls such as TaoBao have never been more promising.The following outlines a guide as to the Mailman 3 step process for a successful online eccomerce integration.

1.  Identify your market.

- We complete a review of the audience you are wishing to sell
- We list all associated social networks housing your desired customers
- We decide on the appropriate online mall or stand alone eccomerce store alternatives

2.  Build your store.

- We build out a complete online store as per your branding guidelines
- We ensure all products are adequately featured, with key products in the prominent positions
- Ensure you have completed all relevant licensing requirements to open store

3.  Establish your voice.

- We invite the key online influencers (bloggers) for your industry to try and review your product
- We ensure positive reception of products and subsequent positive online material
- We establish your presence across key Chinese social networks (globally)
- We create content based on your products brand / story to be featured across forums and social networks
- We notify any press to gather mainstream support

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Mailman Sales Management

To continue to build on the 3 Step process mailman offers a service of complete online customer service management.  This will include:

- Online customer support

- Selling of products

- Complete online reporting

For a deeper conversation about how we continue to manage our current online eccomerce stores contact Mailman.

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Following the Mailman 3 step process we begin to closely review and report all data associated with the deliverables.  Data is a great tool to gather feedback and review the current strategy.  Traffic is directed to your eccomerce store and it’s our responsibility to understand how/why they may it there.

Navigating through China’s 1000+ social networks is a task that can only be performed effectively by an experienced team.  With Mailman‘s unique consumer insight, together with successful online delivery we guarantee your product will be given the best possible outcome available.

Mailman has worked with over 500 brands in China.  More recently Mailman has built out successful online eccomerce strategies for multi-national companies looking to grow a Chinese customer base.

Contact Mailman to discuss how your brand can capitalize on the growing Chinese consumer.

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weighing up if a celebrity is right for your brand

It is not uncommon to switch on the television and be confronted by celebrity after celebrity propounding the virtues of some brand or other. Celebrity advertising has always been popular and a fast growing economy attracts celebrities by the dozen in this space.

People are easily influenced and impressed by celebrities, and consider it a status symbol to sport brands endorsed by them in an effort to aspire to the same status. (A brand associates itself with a celebrity to enhance its attractiveness to the consumer. But it is important to choose the right celebrity for a product as scandals relating to them can be disastrous in a milieu where attitudes are conservative.)

Here is a quick look at some;

In America, Swimmer Michael Phelps (a picture of him smoking marijuana did the rounds not too long ago) endorsing Subway, Speedo and Kellogg’s; rapper Chris Brown (who physically abused Rihanna) endorsing Wrigley’s; and in Asia actor/musician/model Edison Chen (whose sexually explicit pictures were all over the Internet) endorsing Manhattan Titanium Credit Card, Levi’s and Pepsi are examples of endorsements gone wrong. These ended with the celebrities losing some endorsements and the brands losing some of their sheen.

So does having a celebrity endorsing a brand really give the brand sex appeal in the eyes of the consumer? It does, provided some factors are kept in mind:

Likeability – The use of popular and likeable celebrities always works since people look up to them and they are less likely to get into trouble. Controversial celebrities might well shoot themselves in the foot with something they say or do. Dior took a chance with actor Sharon Stone, but did not anticipate her philosophizing about bad karma and the Chinese people. She soon saw a lucrative deal vanish and did untold damage to the Dior brand image in China.

A Believable Connect – Actress Zhang Ziyi, who endorses Platinum Guild International (whose tagline is “Precious as you are”), is an example of a strong brand-celebrity connect. She lives her description of a precious woman – one who has a perfect family and a job she enjoys (her topless pictures did scandalise the Chinese public, but did not affect her endorsements since they were taken without her permission).

Liu Xiang, the star Chinese hurdler endorsing Nike proved to be a good fit. But Liu speaking for Visa, Cadillac and Yili (a Chinese milk producer) created confusion about which brands here presented.

Tiger Woods representing Nike was good, but do people really believe he would drive a Buick? This definitely seemed hard to believe for someone of his social stature, since consumers would be better able to imagine him

behind the wheel of a BMW. To a fan, a Buick was way too low on the scale to credibly interest someone like Woods.

Using a fictional character – James Bond endorsing Omega, whether Bond played by

Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig, is a particularly successful association, because James Bond

brings to mind an image – that of a slick, stylish, minimalist, performance-oriented, precision focused professional.

The Omega, with its functional attitude, style and weight, would be what

Bond wants – not attracting too much attention or making a loud statement.

Increasing involvement of celebrity with brand – An example of this is when Nike created a brand around NBA star, Michael Jordan. Celebrities whose names are attached to a brand are likely to take their responsibility seriously and value their own image as much as the brand’s.

Investing in emerging celebrities in their formative years – Companies can save costs by promoting promising new celebrities and nurture their emerging social image so that the brand image grows in stature as the celebrities become famous.

Being creative with a rising star: Rising Chinese artist Wanting pictured above uploaded her song "You Exist In My Song" on Youku.com, a video hosting service in China much like YouTube.  The track was recently featured in a Mercedes Benz commercial and compilation album that was widely distributed and promoted throughout China.

In only one week, the video post has received over 1 million views and counting from all over the world Check it out by clicking HERE.

Wanting is managed by Nettwerk who have successfully managed the careers of Avril Lavigne, Sarah Mclachlan and have a a clear vision for Asia and are prepared to do out of the box thinking and development when it comes to their artists.

So for the brands out there, if the artist is responsible for creating something so beautiful could beautiful music be linked with a beauty brands? ( I am not going to join the dots for you here you people...... )

Stick to some  basic principals, be creative, execute with flair and choose the right spokesperson for your next campaign.

MGI specialties is  in celebrity consulting,  talent acquisition, & branded partnerships.

In order to get the match right why speak to us right now…

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China and Luxury branding

 

China has experienced a relentless surge in consumer buying power since the 1990’s. The Chinese consumer has become wealthier and more accepting of western retail formats- with international supermarket chains, department stores and mass retailers paving the way for luxury retailers. Luxury brand companies have been investing in the China market, with  Louis Vuitton, Bally, Gucci, Ferragamo among the first wave of retailers in China more then 10 years ago. But now with consumer spending increasing and the loosening of government restrictions, foreign luxury brands face pressure to strengthen the commitment to the mainland or risk loosing ground to the rivals.

An insight by Michael MacRitchie

Luxury is consistently evolving and subject to concept, and not easy to define. But more often then not, the word is used to define an inessential but desirable item or a state of extreme comfort or indulgence. What sets luxury brands apart is that they command a premium without a clear functional advantage over their counterparts. Yet consumers are willing to pay the significance price difference because the brand has a unique set of characteristics including premium quality, craftsmanship,  exclusivity and reputation

Luxury brands not only convey a standard of excellence but act as social codes indicating access to the rare, exclusive and desirable. This makes the luxury market a particularly interesting one because it represents consumption as its most hedonistic  and seemingly irrational- purchasing for the personal pleasure it provides despite the financial  cost.

The luxury brands operating in China are largely European in origin and span across different retail sectors such as fashion, jewelery, motor vehicle and accessories, footwear, cosmetics, perfume & liquor .

When brands are evaluating their marketing strategy, it is very important to align with a sport, event or celebrity that truly represents the brand equity. One sport that has made a very successful brand connect in China is the sport of Polo.

According to a leading expert “The sport of Polo is commonly associated with royalty, class and power, but the world of Polo goes much further beyond the actual sport. It stretches into a world of elegance, beauty, charm and lifestyle. The Sport of Kings is not for the conservative, but rather the brave and adventurous, those who seek excitement, thrill and power. Polo is a unique sporting and lifestyle communications platform, and the sponsorship opportunities are appealing for any brand that is looking to make history by developing a landmark and pioneer.”

First introduced to China in 1997 by Englishman, Steve Wyatt, an business strategist, entrepreneur and sporting aficionado, (who bears a remarkable likeness to a 'James Bond' type "a" character) the sport has grown in popularity with the execution of some very successful events and now like all successful products has local competitors.

Similar to the luxury market, which has experienced huge growth, an equally fast growing segment of local industry has been counterfeiting. The sport of kings now also has counterfeits…

So in this world of luxury, it is very important to choose the right partner to guide you through what is real and what is fake.

Premier entertainment, owned by Steve Wyatt has delivered some excellent partnerships for brands like Royal Salute, Cartier, Maserati,  and is now looking to add to their already healthy portfolio of horse, equestrian and Polo events.

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