Inside the Subtle Marketing Shift That Changed Roomba's FortunesHow lowering expectations and downplaying its own technology helped a cutting-edge company reach a whole new customer.
ByJoe Keohane•
This story appears in theJuly 2017issue of雷竞技手机版.Subscribe »
Let a robot replace you.多年来,这是iRobot'spitchfor the Roomba, its robotic vacuum cleaner. And for years it worked well, generating strong annual sales growth for the Massachusetts firm. There was only one problem: A sizable cohort of potential consumers didn't believe it. These were people who valued an immaculate home. They worked hard at it. They didn't think a robotcouldreplace them. And they were right. It probably couldn't.
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