Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran a front page articleon how Google and Proctor & Gamble are swapping employees in an effort to spur innovation. It's a great idea, but much of what the two companies are doing is unlearning from the other. In P&G's case, its marketing people are unlearning that marketing dollars should primarily be used to fund television advertising — whose customers are typicallypassive. And, instead, the company needs to spend more than 2% of its budget on Internet advertising targeting more "active" consumers and engaging bloggers (such as Moms) who use their products.
Google and P&G Unlearn From Each Other
By Jack Uldrich|2008-11-20T10:12:04+00:00November 20, 2008|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Google and P&G Unlearn From Each Other