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Nokia’s Zune-Like Marketing Unlike Apple’s
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
Nokia is already taking aim at Apples iPhone in Europe, but theyve taken the wrong marketing approach, according to Blackfriars Marketing on Thursday.
Nokia has garnered a lot of press with its music store announcement and touch screen demo. The next question is whether can Nokia kill off Apples momentum in Europe before it even begins. Carl Howe at Blackfriars Marketing doesnt think so and believes that Nokia has taken a Microsoftian turn in its marketing approach, and thatll will hinder their efforts.
1. Pre-announcing far too early. Nokia needs time to catch up, but Mr. Howe believes the tactic goes too far in taking a page from Microsofts playbook: "announce, announce, announce, and someday ship."
2. Demos masquerading as products. Nokias now well covered touch screen, iPhone-like demo looks like a product, but its been labeled as a video demonstration only. No such products exist.
3. Competing with carrier partners. Nokias music store bears a strong resemblance to to Microsofts abandonment of its play-for-sure partners when it went its own way wih the Zune. "Nokias carrier goodwill is likely to take a big hit," Mr. Howe concluded.
Nokia, like Microsoft, is a huge company and can make decisons like these. However, the Blackfriars marketing guru believes both Nokias brand and business will be hurt in the future.
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