Category: Strategy
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You Ask, I Answer: How to Start a Brand From Scratch?
Ollyvia asks, “If you are starting a brand from scratch, where should I start?” The emotional aftertaste of a brand is the sum of a series of experiences. If you’re starting a brand from scratch, you need to decide what emotional aftertaste you want to evoke in your customers. Consider what other brands in your…
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You Ask, I Answer: Gated Content Outdated Marketing Tactic?
Sara asks, “Is gated content now an outdated tactic? What should we be thinking about for B2B marketing in 2023?” Gated content is not an outdated tactic, it is however often misused and can be ineffective for a lot of marketers. The main reason for this is that a lot of content isn’t worth gating…
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Mind Readings: Cooking Class or Kitchen Tour?
When it comes to content creation, it’s important to consider whether you want to provide a kitchen tour or a cooking class. A kitchen tour is a good way to show off all the different tools and appliances you use, but it’s not going to be super helpful if your audience doesn’t already know how…
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You Ask, I Answer: What is Identity Marketing?
Hannah asks, “What is identity marketing?” Identity marketing is the use of consumers’ identities for marketing purposes. This can be done by creating identities that customers adopt, or by bonding brands to customers’ existing identities. Identity marketing can be beneficial for customer retention, but it can also be detrimental by promoting polarization and inflexibility. Can’t…
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You Ask, I Answer: Infographic Tactics in 2022?
Adrienne asks, “I’ve seen some good examples of Data and the use of infographics in Pr and lends themselves to social. Still a tactic in 2022?” Tactics always work. It’s how well they’re executed that matters. Infographics are just a tactic and if done well, they can be very effective. However, if the data is…
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Mind Readings: Frameworks and Checklists
Strategy and tactics are commonly intermingled and they really shouldn’t be. Here’s the difference. Summary: In this episode, the speaker talks about the difference between strategy and tactics. He says that strategy is like a menu, while tactics are like recipes. He suggests that if you want to be doing more strategic work, you should…
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Mind Readings: What Exactly is a Brand Voice?
At a recent event, I listened to a discussion about brand voice and it occurred to me that there really isn’t such a thing. Summary: A brand voice is the way a company or brand chooses to communicate with the public. It is the aggregate voice of the people who run that brand, the people…
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Mind Readings: Advanced Questions
At a recent event, one of the speakers talked about answering the advanced questions. That got me wondering… what exactly are the advanced questions, anyway? Summary: In this episode, the speaker talks about how to create content for key stakeholders, instead of commodity content that search engines would find. He talks about how there are…
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You Ask, I Answer: Generational Word of Mouth Differences?
Dave asks, “Have you found any generational differences in the amount of word of mouth happening?” Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 audio here. Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for watching the…
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You Ask, I Answer: Marketing and Positioning for Different Industries?
James asks, “How is your thought process different for marketing for a well-established market/industry vs a newly discovered market/industry?” Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 audio here. Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute…
