Strategy: 6 Guiding Principles
When Mike Tyson said, “everybody’s got plans…until they get hit,” everyone knew intuitively what he meant. Simply having a strategy is no guarantee of success.
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When Mike Tyson said, “everybody’s got plans…until they get hit,” everyone knew intuitively what he meant. Simply having a strategy is no guarantee of success.
We have found that a common error advertising agencies commit is equating brand strategy with brand messaging and marketing communication.
I’ve been in the marketing profession for nearly 30 years, mostly running my own marketing communications and brand development agency. In my professional career, and as an agency principal, the extraordinary and profound global change that has shadowed my entire professional life has brought me to an inflection point, certainly to a crossroads.
Much has been made of the economic struggles plaguing young people. But of all the statistics and trend lines being bandied about, one chart in particular stopped me in my tracks recently. One that all brand marketers should take note of.
Procter & Gamble conceived the business strategy of “Brand Management”.