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Marketing First, Technology Second

Strategy Driven

Whenever someone asks me to define marketing, I tell them that a marketer’s primary responsibility is to differentiate because when two competing products are perceived as being the same, consumers are forced to make their choice based on price. Tech-First Paradigm. A lack of focus equates to a lack of positioning.

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7 Considerations When Opening An Auto Repair Shop

Strategy Driven

Understanding the local market can give you a better idea of the types of services and pricing that you should offer. Your plan should include a mission statement, potential services and costs, marketing strategies, operational procedures, financial projections , and long-term goals. Create an Effective Business Plan.

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How to Develop a Clear Brand Strategy

Strategy Driven

Implicit in this promise is also a marketing angle, a differential that separates one brand from another. Consistency refers to how relevant your advertising is across different platforms; this means relevance to your brand’s meaning or message. This is relevant in every walk of life, including brand marketing and advertising.

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9 Useful Tips for Hiring Veterans and Assisting the Community

HR Digest

Create a Clear Mission Statement and Hiring Program If you want to focus resources on hiring veterans, avoid combining it with existing diversity hiring programs and create a separate team to focus on hiring them. Providing a fulfilling career for them is not difficult, but it does require a dedicated approach.

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Do You Have a Mission Statement, or Are You on a Mission?

Harvard Business Review

But adjacent to those words, in a font four times the size, and in bold, mind you, are the words, "Mission Statement." Which made me wonder, is this Red Cross's mission, or its mission statement? A person or organization on a mission is inspiring. A mission statement is an abstraction.

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3 Questions to Ask Before Adopting a Platform Business Model

Harvard Business Review

While eBay and Airbnb’s platforms rely on the internet, platforms don’t always require technology and are not necessarily a new approach. Amazon’s affiliate link program monetizes sidebar or in-link advertising as an additional rider on the established e-commerce platform. Consider Avon, founded by David H.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

65 Content Marketers List the 44 Content Marketing Agencies Crushing It (Plus 70 Tips & 78 Myths Dispelled) ​Digital marketing is becoming harder to ignore as we now live in a world of internet ubiquity. Click "READ MORE" to see the 44 content marketing agencies and 70 related tips from the experts!

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