A customer’s path to purchase will quite probably involve a series of questions. B2B brands need to predict and answer those questions.
Tag: marketing
Value selling 101
Jay: “what are you selling?”
Manny: “wrapping paper”
Jay: “wrong – you’re selling Christmas”
Scene from comedy series, Modern Family
A simple marketing truth: fame is critical
A poorly differentiated brand everybody’s heard of has a lot better chance of success than a well-differentiated brand nobody’s heard of.
Bob Hoffman, advertising legend
What we must offer customers
Brilliant marketing communications advice from advertising legend, Dave Trott…
“If we want them to pay attention, we’ll be entertaining.
If we want them to listen, we’ll be interesting.
If we want them to understand, we’ll make it simple.
If we want them to remember, we’ll make it catchy.
If we want them to do something, we’ll be convincing.”
Lovely advert for Swiss Army Knives

Absolutely no selling can ever happen if no one is paying attention. Boring is the enemy.
Derek Walker, advertising icon
Key questions for marketing leaders…
What part of our revenue engine is broken?
Do we need activity, or clarity?
Are we scaling, or testing?
Nuno Campos, marketing leader
Marketing communications better entertain or otherwise add value
We (marketers) forget that nobody’s seeking it (our advertising) out. They don’t want to see it. People fast forward through ads
Amy Ferguson, Chief Creative Officer TBWA\Chiat\Day New York (via Call to Action podcast episode 85)
McDelivery advert :-)
Customers are thinking about themselves, not your company
Don’t worry about what others are thinking about you. They’re not thinking about you. They’re thinking about themselves
Dave Trott, advertising legend
(Heard via Andrew Wilshere on the Gasp! Call to Action podcast)
