I was very excited when Wikibrands: Reinventing Your Company in a Customer-Driven Marketplace popped onto my radar in the Spring. I’m a big fan of Don Tapscott and this book distills some of the brand research his team has slogged through over the years. His introduction promises to replace the Four P’s and traditional brand […]
Why Marketers Need to Find the G-Spot
It was bound to happen. Sooner or later business marketers would need to pay attention to this often-ignored bit of the B2B buying anatomy. You’ve probably been there yourself a few times, and you almost certainly have one in your company: I’m talking, of course, about the special place in the company where things get […]
The Problem with Surveys is All Those Damn Questions
Have you ever met a marketer who didn’t just love surveys, feedback forms, focus groups and stuff like that? We love this stuff because it validates our often questionable contribution to the grander scheme and because it gives us reams of data we can stare at for months without actually doing anything.
When Bad Assumptions Happen to Smart Marketers
Years ago, when companies still paid to caffeinate their workers, I had the desk closest to the coffee station on my floor. Mostly this meant I could smell a fresh pot before anyone else, and occasionally had to rescue one that was boiling dry on the old Bunn-o-matic. The downside was that at least once a […]
Trade Shows Part 8: Six Other Things To Do
Event Planning is a Year-Round Activity If all events happened in the second half of the calendar year, then it would be just fine to leave the decision about whether or not to attend to the last two months of the preceeding year. But events happen all year and it’s always a complete panic to get […]
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