Mark Ritson wrote an article (August 2017) titled Only crap marketers mistake stereotypes for segments. Continue reading “Millennials are not a segment”
Trader Joe’s minimizes marketing bullshit
Doc Searls wrote an article for Linux Journal titled Linux vs Bullshit. Towards the end of the article he writes about how Trader Joe’s avoids the bullshit. Continue reading “Trader Joe’s minimizes marketing bullshit”
How to Estimate Market Potential
Bruce Clark wrote a LinkedIn post titled How to Estimate Market Potential. Continue reading “How to Estimate Market Potential”
Lessons Learn from Adidas Marketing
Faris Yakob wrote an article for The Economic Times’ Brand Equity.com titled Learning the right lessons from Adidas. Continue reading “Lessons Learn from Adidas Marketing”
The three horsemen of the marketing apocalypse: tech FOMO, a diminishing mandate, short-termism
Nils Andersson Wimby wrote an article for Econsultancy titled The three horsemen of the marketing apocalypse: tech FOMO, a diminishing mandate & short-termism. Continue reading “The three horsemen of the marketing apocalypse: tech FOMO, a diminishing mandate, short-termism”
Mass one-to-one communication is a highly dubious trope
In a blog post titled The Wrong Math, Bob Hoffman writes, “One of the most frequently repeated and, in my opinion, highly dubious tropes in our industry these days is the idea that the paragon of media strategy is ‘mass one-to-one’ communication. In non-jargonista terms, this means reaching large numbers with individualized messages.” Continue reading “Mass one-to-one communication is a highly dubious trope”
Big brands must not play the startup game
JP Hanson wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Big brands must not play the startup game. Continue reading “Big brands must not play the startup game”
Brand valuation: Brilliant or Bullshit?
Debate between Mark Ritson (arguing for Bullshit) and executives from Interbrand, Brand Finance, and BrandZ (arguing for Brilliant).
P&G’s Marc Pritchard said the company’s database now has more than 1.5 billion consumer IDs
Megan Graham wrote an article on MSN titled P&G brand chief says online ‘walled gardens’ are here to stay, so it’s using its own data to track consumers.
« The company needs its own way to go after consumers because Amazon, Facebook and Google are “walled gardens” that don’t give a full picture of how their ads are performing. » Continue reading “P&G’s Marc Pritchard said the company’s database now has more than 1.5 billion consumer IDs”
Making a Marketer
Jan Kostera conducted an outstanding set of interviews on three continents with some of the top thinkers in marketing: Mark Ritson, Les Binet, Peter Field, Helen Edwards, Vikki Ross, and Tom Goodwin. 58 minutes. September 2019. Continue reading “Making a Marketer”