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October 16, 2023October 12, 2023 andreweverett360

Mark Ritson: three areas where the marketing industry is missing the point

Chris Sutcliffe wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Mark Ritson: Segmentation is not the prerequisite for success (5 October 2023).

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January 4, 2023 andreweverett360

McKinsey: marketing trends in 1966

McKinsey Quarterly published an article titled The changing face of marketing written in 1966 by John D. Louth, a principal in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. Louth discusses six trends he believes “will be felt by almost every business.”

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May 5, 2022 andreweverett360

Conjoint Analysis

Tim Stobierski wrote an article for Harvard Business School Online titled What is Conjoint Analysis and How Can It Be Used?

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June 16, 2021 andreweverett360

Matt Lerner says Personas are worthless for marketing

Matt Lerner  posted a thread on Twitter about personas.  “At PayPal, I once wasted $1M on a marketing segmentation to build personas. Here’s what we actually learned, plus what I now do instead.”

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February 18, 2021 andreweverett360

Mark Ritson on Marketing Planning

Mark Ritson wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Planning for marketing planning: 14 steps to an effective presentation. Continue reading “Mark Ritson on Marketing Planning” →

February 18, 2021February 15, 2021 andreweverett360

Mark Ritson on the folly of demographic segmentation

Mark Ritson retweeted a Kantar post, showing survey results by generation, with roughly equal results across all ages.  “This just proves (again) that demographic segmentation is balls. if we sliced the data by star sign it would almost be as useful.”

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October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 andreweverett360

The categorical problem with categories

Mark Ritson wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled To win the biggest legal battle in marketing, Google must show who its competition really is. In dissecting the timely issue of the Google antitrust suit, Ritson explains a more timeless topic: “the categorical problem with categories.” Continue reading “The categorical problem with categories” →

September 3, 2020 andreweverett360

Helen Edwards on Market Segmentation

Helen Edwards wrote an article for Campaign titled How to avoid segmentation silliness. Continue reading “Helen Edwards on Market Segmentation” →

May 22, 2020 andreweverett360

market segmentation

Samuel Brealey posted a Twitter thread about market segmentation. Continue reading “market segmentation” →

December 7, 2019December 6, 2019 andreweverett360

Millennials are not a segment

Mark Ritson wrote an article (August 2017) titled Only crap marketers mistake stereotypes for segments. Continue reading “Millennials are not a segment” →

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