Embracing the old adage’ sharing is caring’, I’ve recently been going through one of those phases where marketing technology (‘martech’) has occupied a LOT of my time. Specifically, my team mates and I have been … Oh my… an emotional response to marketing technology
In an increasingly crowded marketplace, fools will compete on price. Winners will find a way to create lasting value in the customer’s mind.
Tom Peters, management guru
There has been a lot of rhetoric recently about how branding has changed in the modern era. For example, there is a mantra about the importance of our brand’s purpose to customers. And then there is the notion that customers ‘engage’ with our brands. A short while ago, I put those modern brand theories to the test, with the help of 19 topless northern men. They cleared things up for me quite nicely… … The 4 brand lessons I learned from 19 topless northern men
We’ve lost count of the number of companies run by ‘passionate, dedicated and committed teams’. Or ‘world-class leaders in their field’. Don’t over do it. Too much description makes you sound desperate or pushy…
Find your story and tell it simply. The facts are always more interesting than the flim-flam. We’re absolutely, utterly, passionate about that.
A Thousand Monkeys, writing agency
If you want to improve any aspect of marketing you need to understand how consumers think.
Phil Graves, psychology and behaviour expert
A brand is a promise of a certain kind of consistency and continuity over time
Virginia Postrel, news columnist
In a few minutes I’ll share a nasty little curse that can harm us B2B marketers if we’re not careful. I’ll show you some of the tell-tale signs that you’ve been afflicted by it, offer some ideas on how you can rid yourself of it and provide a suggestion of where I think the curse may come from. Warning: it might be YOUR fault! 😉
I’ll get to all of that in a moment, but first, Tom Cruise… … Beware the curse of B2B marketing
