Amazing marketing strategy: Secrecy and Vision - Apple Computer
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Apple's 1984 advertisement was only shown once on the superbowl but was rebroadcast by every network as they wanted to show the advert everyone was talking about. Result: millions of dollars of free advertising.
Ever since then, they captivate the media to create a ton of free advertising.
Apple's "Think Different" Campaign really did make everyone thing differently about the company which at the time it was having a really tough time.
Apple's Ipod - using the white headphones to create a sense of being part of an elite club that uses ipods.
Every new product is kept totally secret until the day of release, only a few hints are 'leaked' at the last minute.
Just keep on looking at apple, they are one of the biggest success stories in terms of marketing.
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