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Tactical

Rule #3 of Marketing: Consistency

March 9, 2010
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In the buyer’s mind, consistency = quality. The rule of consistency can be applied to many functional areas in a business. When it comes to marketing a consistent message, consistently delivered to the right people will pay dividends.
Think of it this way. Drip marketing works because it delivers multiple “touches” over time. Consistent, high quality [...]

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I hate the color blue.

February 5, 2010
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Eliminating Personal Preferences in the communications development process.
By Pete Monfre
Evaluating creative work is one of the most difficult processes anyone faces when executing a marketing or communications strategy. The pressure comes from the fact that these decisions can make the difference between the success and failure of an entire effort. It’s not that we [...]

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Seriously, why bother?

January 17, 2010
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What would it have taken to simply paint over the previous sign or get a new piece of plywood? Want to know why 90% (depending on who you talk to) of businesses fail? Because 95% of people who start them are idiots. (all percentages are my personal estimate). I do like the message they are [...]

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Marketing Schmarketing. It’s not what you think.

December 16, 2009
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What is marketing? Don’t ask me. And don’t bother Googling it either. And, please don’t ask your boss, your wife, your web designer or marketing consultant. It seems that the real purpose of marketing has been lost somehow over the last few years. I’m not even going to tell you that MY definition is correct [...]

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Speak Engrish Much?

December 11, 2009
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A recent email from my trademark law firm got me thinking about how our own orientation and granular level knowledge of our business can make us inscrutable to our prospects. I’m sure I do it. I send something to a prospect with the expectation that they will have the same perspective, experience and language I [...]

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