by IanCW | Jun 28, 2019 | Marketing
“How much should I spend on my marketing?” is a question I’m frequently asked by prospective clients – or, “If I spend £XXXX on marketing what will I get?”Those are basically the wrong questions. We need to turn the conversation...
by IanCW | Feb 5, 2019 | Dangerous ideas, Marketing
Customers don’t care about your business – all they’re interested in is what it can do for them. You may be justifiably proud of a new product feature you’ve sweated over. That new system you’ve designed may seem really cool to you. But all the client wants to...
by IanCW | Jan 18, 2019 | Communications, Marketing
In an excellent article in Catalyst, the Chartered Institute of Marketing magazine, Chris Daly (CEO of the CIM) suggests boards and marketers communicate in different languages. He considers whether this may limit marketers’ contribution to the business. Now, surely...
by IanCW | Jan 13, 2019 | Marketing
A new year should be the time for getting marketing plans and strategies in place for the year ahead. However, we live in uncertain times and many businesses are holding off planning. Political turmoil, global trade wars and financial instability cloud the view....
by IanCW | Sep 20, 2018 | Communications, Marketing
In my early days in advertising, before video marketing, we used to have a saying, “Nothing sells like TV.” It was true… and there was sound reasoning behind it. Firstly, the medium had tremendous reach, and of course, TV is a major medium. However, the overriding...
by IanCW | May 24, 2018 | Communications, Marketing
Marketing is a process – the effects should be apparent but not the process.You may find this a pretty obvious statement, and quite inoffensive. For the six or so decades of this still new art (or science?) of marketing, we have held such a truth to be self-evident....
