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Apr30
Baskin-Robbins Retailates Against Ben and Jerry's Free Cones

No one knows for sure (except the powers that be at Baskin-Robbins, but the home of 31-Flavors appears to have retaliated against Ben and Jerry's Free Cone promotion (you can read more about that in my post yesterday, Peace, Love and Free Ice Cream at Ben and Jerry's) with 31-Cent Scoop Night.baskin-robbins%2031-cent%20scoop%20night.jpg

Here's a run-down of the differences between the two ice cream heavyweight's marketing promotions:

  • Ben and Jerry's Free Cone Day was on April 29, 2008.  Baskin-Robbins' 31-Cent Scoop Night was on April 30, 2008.  This is not the first year for either promotion, but one has to wonder - coincidence or not?  What do you think?  Regardless, 1 point for Ben and Jerry's for being first in 2008.
  • While Ben and Jerry's gives out over 1 million free ice cream cones on its Free Cone Day, Baskin-Robbins is offering a reduced price on its small ice cream scoops on its 31-Cent Scoop Night.  1 point for Ben and Jerry's.
  • While Ben and Jerry's gives out free cones all day on Free Cone Day, Baskin-Robbins sells 31-cent scoops only between 5pm-10pm. Another point for Ben and Jerry's.
  • While Ben and Jerry's makes nothing on its free cones, Baskin-Robbins makes a reduced profit on its 31-cent scoops, $100,000 of which is donated to local firefighter charities. 1 point for Baskin-Robbins.

Total points: Ben and Jerry's 3, Baskin-Robbins 1

Your thoughts?

Apr29
Peace, Love and Free Ice Cream at Ben and Jerry's
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Apr27
Yahoo! and CNET Will Share Content and Ads
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Straight Talk for Success: 15 Things to Master to Succeed in Your Career and in Life
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Apr24
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Apr23
Propel Water - A Lesson in Bad Advertising Creative
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Apr21
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Apr20
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In 2007, marketers were certainly diving into the pool of social media and viral marketing, but survey results show that there is a lot of room for growth in 2008 and beyond.  According to a survey conducted in October 2007... Continue Reading
Apr19
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Apr18
Online Behavioral Advertising vs. Privacy - Which Will Win?
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Apr16
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Last week, I wrote a guest post at BizChicksRule called 5 Steps to Branding Your Business for my fellow b5media and Know More Media blogger Bridget Wright (Bridget writes LeaderNotes for Know More Media, and I write Brandcurve for b5media).  The intended... Continue Reading
Apr15
Are Print Ads in Trouble?
The Magazine Publishers of America released their quarterly report of print ad spending in magazines for the first quarter of 2008, and the results aren't pretty.  As compiled by the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB), 12 categories make up 85% of... Continue Reading
Apr14
Online Ad Spend to Surpass TV in U.K.
In 2007, online ad spending in the U.K. increased 38% to $5.8 billion according to the IAB UK with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Advertising Research Center.  That figure brings online ad spending to 15.3% of total ad spending in the U.K.... Continue Reading
Apr12
Make Customer Testimonials Meaningful
I wrote an article that was published on Entrepreneur.com last week that I’d like to share with MarketingBlurb readers called "Make Customer Testimonials Meaningful."In the article, I discuss how customer testimonials can be useful in copywriting and marketing if you... Continue Reading
Apr11
Silk Soymilk Embraces Customer Testimonials
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Apr10
The Masters are Here and so is Mercedes-Benz
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Apr 9
Introducing the Radiohead Social Network - Waste
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Apr 8
Make Money Collecting Money
My fellow Know More Media blogger, Michelle Dunn of BizCreditPolicy, published a new book called Starting a Collection Agency, How to Make Money Collecting Money, and I'd like to help her out with a bit of word-of-mouth marketing.Starting a Collection... Continue Reading
Apr 7
The Navy Seal's Kick-Ass Ad
One of the students in my copywriting class brought a very cool ad to my attention in his homework assignment this weekend.  I asked the participants in the class to provide a real-world advertising example where the copy used in... Continue Reading
Apr 6
The New Wave of Fashion PCs
The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show included a variety of new designer, stylish PCs that should appeal to specific target audiences.  Some of them are actually very cool, and I can imagine the price tags that go along with them can... Continue Reading
Apr 5
Green Effie Awards Go to HSBC, Wal-Mart and GE
Earth Day is later this month, so it's appropriate that the first annual Green Effie Awards were handed out this week.  The Green Effie Awards are given by the Effie organization to honor eco-conscious advertising.This year's winners included Wal-Mart for... Continue Reading
Microsoft Threatens Yahoo!
The time for niceties is over.  In a letter dated April 5th, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer told the Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) board of directors that the end is near, and they have three weeks to accept Microsoft's bid... Continue Reading
Apr 4
Should You Outsource Your Email Hosting?
I found a great article on AllBusiness.com today by Scarlet Pruitt called "Email Hosting: In-House Servers vs. Third-Party Providers", which provides a great overview of both hosting options.  Scarlet defines each option then provides pros and cons for both.For example, she discusses... Continue Reading
Apr 3
How to Make Customer Testimonials Meaningful in Copywriting
This week, my latest article was published on Entrepreneur.com, and I'd like to share it with MarketingBlurb readers.  It's called "Make Customer Testimonials Meangingful", and it is about how to use customer testimonials effectively in marketing and advertising. Don't waste... Continue Reading
Apr 1
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VH1 is planning to launch a cool new tool called the VH1 Watch and Discuss Live Chat application which will be available for free download through several mobile phone carriers.  The new tool will bring users' discussions together with real-time... Continue Reading

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