Are you playing with the right marketing toys?

Welcome to the latest in a series of blog posts that tenuously link topical marketing issues to classic movies (e.g. see this past B2B marketing take on Bridget Jones). In this tongue-in-cheek tale (originally posted on B2B Marketing Magazine) I tackle the importance of both short-term and long-term thinking in B2B marketing, while paying homage to the Pixar masterpiece Toy Story. And at the end I’ll explain why I believe long-term brand building holds a key to the success of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) and other sales activation tactics… Are you playing with the right marketing toys?

Leadership is getting people to do want you want them to do willingly – I also think that’s what copywriters do

Mark Budden, MBE, former bomb disposal officer (via Copy Capital 2018)

Advertising idea for an organisation that helps young people get a career in construction