It all seemed so lovely about a month and a half ago, didn’t it? Your strategic plan was pretty and perfect and covered with Corporate Overlord lipstick. Your operating plan was mostly finished, except for those murky bits in the fourth quarter. Your battered and bruised budget, was finally locked down, and the holidays beckoned. […]
Why Sales Doesn't Use Most Marketing Content
If you have read the venerable children’s book, Paddle to the Sea, then you can understand how frustrating it can be to get a piece of content out the door. In Paddle, a boy carves a wooden guy in a canoe and releases it. The book tells the tale of the carving’s trip down rivers, […]
Feeling Undervalued as a Marketer? It's Probably Your Fault.
In our final look at RAOMs (random acts of marketing), let’s consider this freshly minted bunch of stats from Forrester. 86% of marketers agreed that the link between marketing activities and business goals is well-defined at their organizations 72% said their company’s leadership clearly sees marketing’s impact on the business. 45% of marketers said they […]
No More Random Acts of Marketing
If you’ve worked in marketing for more than a week, you’ve committed an RAOM – a Random Act of Marketing. It can take many forms. Mine have looked like tins of inedibly strong mints, a shipping pallet full of Lands End boots, a print ad with a deer in it and, I’m ashamed to say, […]
Resentful Client, Cringing Agency: Six Ways to Mess Up the Relationship
I knew it wouldn’t last. I gave Linda six months in the relationship before she cracked. Theresa, grumpily dealing with her own recently terminated relationship, gave it three weeks. The rest of the Women Who Market Too Much were more charitable and suggested Linda and her new knight in shining armor might see the one-year […]
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