Daily Lab: Curiosity not commitment
We can’t just deliver on our promise—we have to overdeliver.
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Daily Lab: Experts don’t build brands
To grow a sustainable business, though, marketing costs need to go down over time, not up.
Model: How far away are your customers?
One of the most common questions I get is simply: “Where do I go to reach people?”
Daily Lab: A bitter lesson
If your marketing is struggling, unless you’re doing nothing, you’re probably doing too much.
Daily Lab: Do they need something, or want you?
It’s not enough to merely present ourselves to the market and tell them that we have what they need.
Daily Lab: Are you selling hours or insight?
Which would you rather do? Increase your effort or your insight?
Daily Lab: “I just need a meeting.”
It takes more than selling to do great marketing.
Daily Lab: Your marketing is your work
“What marketing can I do that would make me even better at what my customers value most?”
Daily Lab: What value, what distance?
Before we get to the art or the science, we have to ask ourselves: What’s the value, and what’s the distance?
Commentary: The art OR science of marketing?
When you need to get your marketing done, you can get trapped thinking it’s a simple science, or an abstract art.
Daily Lab: Don’t try to convince
Marketing gets into trouble when it tries to convince people of things. When it papers over flaws or embellishes facts.
Daily Lab: Focus exercise
A quick exercise to hone your marketing focus on your most valuable actions and clients:
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