Vol. 4 , No. 2     January 13, 2004

 


In this Newsletter:

  1. It Takes a Village to Build a Brand
     
  2. Best Practices and Case Studies: Be Very Afraid
     
  3. SWOT Team Ponders the 4 P’s: Are They Still Relevant Today?
     
  4. Making Marketing Matter to the CEO: Strategies from Jack Trout
     
  5. How to Gain Control of Your PowerPoint
     
  6. Being Jakob Nielsen
     
  7. Ten Secrets to Selling in China
     

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William Arruda
It Takes a Village to Build a Brand

Innovative business leaders are waking up to the fact that successful brands are built by people. By creative employees, not robots. By loyal customers, not CRM systems. By committed partnerships, not relationships du jour. By visionary leaders, not those with a short-term focus.

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Best Practices and Case Studies: Be Very Afraid

Often, it’s not clear what it means for some practice to be “best." Best at what? And by what standard?

What works well for one of your competitors or another company doesn't necessarily mean it will work well for your organization. Following in the footsteps of other companies is called mimicry, and while it might be flattering, it is often very dangerous.

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Yvonne Bailey and Hank Stroll
SWOT Team Ponders the 4 P’s: Are They Still Relevant Today?

Do you still rely on the 4 P’s in your organization? Have you replaced them with Web or customer-centric principles of your own? Weigh in with your own opinion: Do the 4 P’s still hold relevance in your world today?

Also, read your answers to the previous dilemma: Is it better to have more detailed data or less?

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A Note to Readers

Give and Take

Greetings, discerning readers!

Each week, I get many work-related questions from you, our readers. Sometimes you are looking for resources; other times you are looking for some advice about a marketing nightmare you've living.

Your questions are often excellent, and varied. But, frankly, many of them are well outside my areas of expertise.

So, today, we are introducing a new discussion forum here at MarketingProfs. The Know-How Exchange is a collaborative community that you can join to get answers to your thorny questions. In turn, you might be able to help out a colleague.

As Publisher Allen Weiss says, “It’s a place where MarketingProfs experts can help people (and members can help each other) and have fun doing so.”

If you are one of the 100,000-plus people who receive this newsletter, you can ask our experts your marketing questions. You can also share your own brand of expertise by answering the questions of others. As with any relationship, the Exchange works best with a little give and take.

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Making Marketing Matter to the CEO: Strategies from Jack Trout

Although marketing is rarely a priority on the CEO’s agenda, marketing guru Jack Trout says that leaders of all organizations must make marketing the centerpiece of the business strategy. In his latest book, Trout offers a roadmap.

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Ten Secrets to Selling in China

China’s accession to the World Trade Organization is a significant global occurrence. China is poised to become an economic superpower, profoundly affecting the globally competitive capabilities of small and multinational corporations alike.

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