The Mind of a Marketing Manager
Thinking: The mind of a marketing genius
Thinking: The mind of a marketing genius
* Where are the best opportunities for your business today? How do you stand out in crowded markets? How do you deliver the best solutions for customers, and the best returns to shareholders? * Where should you focus amidst this complexity? What is your competitive advantage? Which markets, brands, products and customers should you prioritize in order to maximize value creation?
* What is your defining purpose? How do you reflect the aspirations of your stakeholders? How could you make more of your brand, in new markets or applications? And how do you capture its full impact over time?
* Who are the customers for your business? How do you gain real insight into what they want? How do you embrace CSR, and address wider ethical issues? How do you create a truly cus tomer-centric business?
* How do create more radical innovation? How do you disrupt the existing market conven tions in order to create a significant and sustainable difference? How do you innovate markets and business as well as the solutions themselves?
* TRACK 4 STRATEGY Designing your business from the outside in
'Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking what nobody has thought. '
Albert Szent-Gyorgi 'What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desired results? The answer to this you can call strategy. '
William Rothschild
'Ultimately, we wanted Nike to be the world 's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don 't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour. '
Phil Knight
Most business
Thinking: The mind of a marketing genius
* Where are the best opportunities for your business today? How do you stand out in crowded markets? How do you deliver the best solutions for customers, and the best returns to shareholders? * Where should you focus amidst this complexity? What is your competitive advantage? Which markets, brands, products and customers should you prioritize in order to maximize value creation?
* What is your defining purpose? How do you reflect the aspirations of your stakeholders? How could you make more of your brand, in new markets or applications? And how do you capture its full impact over time?
* Who are the customers for your business? How do you gain real insight into what they want? How do you embrace CSR, and address wider ethical issues? How do you create a truly cus tomer-centric business?
* How do create more radical innovation? How do you disrupt the existing market conven tions in order to create a significant and sustainable difference? How do you innovate markets and business as well as the solutions themselves?
* TRACK 4 STRATEGY Designing your business from the outside in
'Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking what nobody has thought. '
Albert Szent-Gyorgi 'What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desired results? The answer to this you can call strategy. '
William Rothschild
'Ultimately, we wanted Nike to be the world 's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don 't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour. '
Phil Knight
Most business