Kelford Labs Daily: Business Camouflage
Marketing is about standing out, not blending in
Marketing is about standing out, not blending in
Focus to grow, expand to shrink
“Strategy is about focus.”
Put your important stuff first.
Demonstrate that you learn and grow.
The key to Scientific Advertising
Success needs more failure.
Cold outreach often sends the exact wrong signal.
It’s never too late to improve your launch.
When we have a new idea, a new business concept, or a new product or service, we’re motivated to move fast. We see everyone else out in the market, seemingly crushing it, and we strive to get in on the action. We think that speed is the key to success. When the opposite is true.
The astronaut Chris Hadfield once provided perhaps the most important lesson in all of business, life, and marketing: “No matter how bad a situation is,” he wrote, “you can always make it worse.”
You’ve probably tried a lot of things to market your business over the years. And you may have noticed that the tough part isn’t coming up with new ideas to try out. The tough part is stopping the stuff that isn’t working.