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Apple Ipods And Benefit-Oriented Marketing
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Apple Ipods.

For many people today, especially those belonging to the younger demographics of the market, Apple iPods are not only desirable items to own, they are essential gadgets that one could not live without.

What brought about this perceived necessity? Why is the iPod one of the most successful brands in the past 4 years? How did it achieve this level of prominence? These are the questions we will seek to answer in this article.

If you're in a hurry, perhaps you could settle for the short answer: because Apple iPods are cool.

Apple struck a goldmine is the world of benefit-oriented marketing. Some manufacturers may offer security protocols for your information systems, for example, and they'd market the same by focusing on the peace of mind you'll have. Some manufacturers may offer a new book about a particular topic and market the same as something you'll gain knowledge from. Benefits play a crucial role in the success of a product, and the success of a marketing campaign as well.

With Apple iPods, the benefit is the coolness factor. Such was the focus of their marketing campaigns, and because of this, the people at Apple proved themselves to be geniuses.

People have associated Apple iPods with the word "cool." Throughout the 4 years since the product's introduction, it has been portrayed in many mediums of popular culture as the cool thing to have. Big name movie stars, pop icons and even athletes are seen wearing an iPod with a necklace accessory. Blockbuster movies and hit television series portray young people engaging in a variety of activities while listening to their iPods.

In most of these product placement cases, Apple never paid any endorsement fees. The personalities, the producers, the stars... they chose to portray themselves as iPod users because of how the gadget was marketed, that it is the cool thing to do.

And Apple? They were pretty much enjoying themselves as their breadwinner conquered numerous channels in mass media for great product exposure.

And this was possible because they advertised the iPod as the coolest thing on God's green earth.

The iPod itself, despite the hype of being a "revolution" in the industry, with its subsequent models as "evolution of the revolution," is still a portable mp3 player. It may be the number one brand in its market, but there are many other alternatives out there.

Is the iPod cool enough to merit the biggest share of the pie? Yes, it's cool, but so are other portable mp3 players.

But they way the iPod was marketed and the efficiency of how it conquered the industry... and as a consequence, the lessons we have learned in studying its approach...

Now... that's cool.

BIG Mike is a well known author, developer and Adsense expert as well as the owner of Niche Maniacs - a unique Adsense Marketing System designed to build long-term passive income streams from Adsense, YPN, Chitika and other PPC services.