tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58369547248622672542012-02-03T01:52:49.291-08:00Timely Guest Posts from Business Bloggers~Julie Phineas~noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836954724862267254.post-28781946329669919472012-02-03T00:50:00.000-08:002012-02-03T00:50:05.846-08:00Guest Post By: Bob Zurn<br /><br />There are few images as recognizable throughout the world as the Coca-Cola brand. Travel to the furthest reaches of the globe and you will probably encounter it on a clock or a sign, if not on the drink itself. Marketers today look to the Coca-Cola brand as a model of marketing power. Its image has transcended national borders and cultural barriers to reach almost everyone on earth. How did the Coca-Cola symbol become such an omnipresent image?<br /><br />Beginning in 1886, Coca-Cola president John Pemberton began traveling the country introducing pharmacists to the drink. At that time it was considered a medicinal substance that could relieve headaches and other minor woes. Candler distributed clocks, calendars and other items laden with the Coca-Cola logo as he toured the country, spreading the brand and selling his product. <a href="http://www.articlegeek.com/business/branding_articles/coca-cola-power-of-a-brand.htm" target="_blank">Read more here...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5836954724862267254-2878194632966991947?l=workfromhomecompanies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>~Julie Phineas~noreply@blogger.com