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Erik the Red: Ethical Marketing Strategist or Master of Manipulation?
One of history’s most intriguing examples of early Marketing Strategy comes from the 10th-century Norse explorer Erik the Red, who famously named a desolate, ice-covered land Greenland to attract settlers. Was this an act of brilliant but honest branding, or did Erik cross the ethical line into manipulation and misinformation?