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While I don't disagree with the "Quality product + good price + industry head start + robust and lucrative developer platform = dominant market position" line,
by cwilson 14y ago
While I don't disagree with the "Quality product + good price + industry head start + robust and lucrative developer platform = dominant market position" line, I do think you should add "amazing marketing" to it.
If Apple's marketing were not key to its business why would they have spent over $1 billion on iPhone and iPad marketing since launching the devices (Google it)? Have you spoken with a teenager lately? Every single one of my younger siblings (1 in middle school, 2 in highschool) have an iPhone. They have an iPhone because their friends all have iPhones, because it's cool to have iPhones. They don't care about anything else.
So again, while your points are solid, discounting marketing all-together is very silly.
- czhiddy 14y agohttp://fortunebrainstormtech.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/375906410380.png http://fortunebrainstormtech.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/375... Apple's marketing budget relative to its size is quite tiny.
- vvhn 14y ago>If Apple's marketing were not key to its business why would they have spent over $1 billion on iPhone and iPad marketing since launching the devices (Google it)? HP and Microsoft outspend Apple in Advertising every year. They should be doing much better than Apple if that is really the "key".
- CountSessine 14y agoIf Apple's marketing were not key to its business why would they have spent over $1 billion on iPhone and iPad marketing since launching the devices (Google it)? Is this remarkable to you because it seems like a big number? Or is it because this is actually a lot less than what their competitors spend? Samsung alone spent a lot more than Apple did last year on marketing and advertising. What do you think of that?