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Tag Archives: strategy
Creating a Narrative…
…to explain your numbers is a fool’s game. The story will usually suffer from logical holes that you’ll have to gloss over. (How many times have you heard “we’ll get to that later” to question about a story you’re being … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Strategy
Tagged communication, corporate communications, leadership, strategy
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Know and Value Your Customer: A Forgotten Rule
One of the hardest things to teach marketers is that our customers are everything and that our brands are–in the minds and lives of our customers–tiny, inconsequential things. That level of humility can be hard to achieve, but it’s necessary … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Strategy
Tagged LTV, social media, strategy
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Chumbox Your Users While Taboolaing Your Brand Equity
Avinash Kaushik created a (new to me) term the other day. In his email on Friday, he coined the term Taboolaing to refer to the use of the chumboxes offered by dreadful companies like Taboola to destroy one’s brand equity. … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
Tagged email, LTV, media, publishers, revenue, strategy
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…properly-trained marketers focus on improving business performance. A bigger marketing budget might be a second order effect.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018 7:10 am
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When somebody claims they’re a data-driven marketer, generally that means their actions are driven by cursory analysis of biased data sets, and that they lack a coherent strategy.
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 7:54 am
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Out of nowhere, something appears on your radar. You’re not sure how long it’s been there. You can get upset that you never noticed it before, because it might have changed the last decision. Or you can acknowledge that you … Continue reading
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 7:09 am
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Says the great Drayton Bird in his email this morning: “On-line marketing is just accelerated direct marketing.” He’s right. It’s therefore more important than ever that your marketers are properly trained: it’s harder to keep the rubber on the road … Continue reading
Thursday, 27 July 2017 11:14 am
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Before You Worry About Match Rates…
But before you get bogged down in match rate discussions, the more important strategic work needs to have been done up front. Never delve into tactics without understanding the mission and the strategy to accomplish the mission. Continue reading
Posted in digital marketing, Direct Response, Marketing, Media, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged digital marketing, DMP, DSP, match rates, onboarding, strategy, tactics
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Your Mission and Vision are Lousy
I was talking about company mission and vision statements with Paresh Shah, a good and smart friend of mine. During the discussion, he gave me a simple rule to see if your mission was good or not: “Write out the … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Marketing, Philosophy, Product Development, Strategy
Tagged mission, strategy, vision
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