H
ave you had ‘that moment’ yet? The moment when you
open a newspaper, magazine or your trade publication
only to see a direct business rival grinning out at you?
Whether you bake the most delicious cupcakes in the world
and are gnashing your teeth at the ubiquity of a rival baker, or
your latest product launch has been upstaged by a rival having
a party for their product launch on the diary page of your trade
publication, the frustration is the same. Why are they in the
papers – and why aren’t you?
It’s no coincidence. In the same way that we see the same
celebrities on the cover of tabloid