Marketing Without Advertising

Hard to understand

Market and 16th.

If you want to see and enjoy San Francisco low life with a high density of people at one place, this is the place for you....but only in the day time.

The weirdest piece of marketing I remember seeing is on this corner.  For many people in this neighborhood their cash is in their boot, underpants or being held by an armed 'associate' nearby.  Their drug inventory is in the crotch of a raunchy looking woman also standing nearby.

So here is this Pacific National Bank ad in a window with a high paying 2% CD for people who have $100,000 or more to deposit. 

What am I missing?  Or does this bank know something I don't know.

Grocery delivery

This is a stunning description of grocery home delivery...how far its gotten in Japan and how to do it right.

"the value of “net super” orders (groceries ordered over the internet) reached 23 billion yen in the same year—1.7 times the value of the previous year. The growing elderly population and increasing number households where both partners work are cited as reasons for presumed market growth."

"A popular example is the Co-op supermarket chain online Pal System that allows neighbors to form community purchasing groups, saving money on bulk purchases and receiving free shipping. To date, over a million shoppers around the country are enrolled in the Pal System."