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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Yet their research also showed that few CEOs recognize the potential for marketing as a growth accelerator. The first is to define what you need from marketing.

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Examples of Lateral Thinking in Marketing

Destination Innovation

Brand marketing offers tremendous scope for lateral thinking. Its whole branding, messaging and advertising is posited on one ridiculously obscure piece of lateral thinking – that customers might confuse the words market and meerkat and so search for comparethemeerkat.com. How can you differentiate yourself?

Marketing 260
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Navigating the Pitfalls of Google’s Performance Max for Online Advertising

Brunner

Brunner Recommends Rigorous Testing Before Going with ‘PMax’ Google launched Performance Max in late 2021 with lots of fanfare about the benefits of AI-powered online advertising. At Brunner, we manage paid search engine marketing (SEM) for clients of all types with significant monthly spends.

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First-Mover or Fast-Follower: Which is the right innovation strategy for you?

Idea to Value

What makes more sense: To be the first player in a brand new market, able to be the first (or only) company which customers buy from? To wait until other companies have proven there is a market for a new offering, and then quickly develop and scale your own? This can require significant marketing and sales effort to change.

Strategy 257
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Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends

Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence

One-to-one communication has been a trendy philosophy for marketers and advertisers for years now. The more personalized an organization can be with growth strategies and communications, the more likely engagement would increase and ultimately sales. August 26th, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT

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Strategies for Successfully Establishing Sales in a New Market

Tullio Siragusa

Strategies for Successfully Establishing Sales in a New Market Entering a new market can be a daunting task for any sales leader. It requires a strategic approach and a deep understanding of the target market to be successful. This will help identify potential customers and inform sales strategies.

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Podcast S5E105: Perry Marshall – Detox, Declutter, Dominate

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with one of the original kings of paid marketing, Perry Marshall. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 – Perry’s history in cracking how to do online advertising. 00:07:00 – How Google changed the way advertising works.

Strategy 294