Understanding the Art of Keeping Your Patrons Hooked Business can sometimes feel like a high-stakes charming competition. It’s as if you are out on a first date, nervous and carefully worded but full of desperate hope you’ll land a second one. Except, with your patrons, you’re aiming for more like a hundred-second date. And let’s […]
Understanding the Role of a Chief Marketing Officer in E-commerce In the neon-lit, speed-of-light world of e-commerce, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) plays a role similar to that of the ringmaster at a particularly frantic circus. Imagine juggling brightly colored balls of SEO, customer insights, advertising and brand strategy, all while walking the impossibly thin
The Real Deal About a CMO’s Image When we speak of a CMO’s image, it isn’t all about the usual snazzy ensemble or the oh-so-suave composure whenever they step out of the Rolls-Royce. No sir, it extends well beyond those expensive Italian leather shoes and custom-tailored suits. The image of a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Understanding the Power of Social Media Celebrities In the quirky, curiously captivating world of the internet, we often find ourselves falling down rabbit holes. At some point, you may have found yourself engrossed in a two-hour long video explaining how to perfectly dice a sweet potato by an influencer with chirpy background music. These global
Navigating the Labyrinth of Morals in Today’s Marketing As marketers in the digital age, we find ourselves much like Theseus in the ancient Greek myth, wandering through a convoluted maze. Instead of a Minotaur, we face the beast of ethical dilemmas. It’s a tricky dance, a tiptoe between personalization and privacy invasion. One wrong step,
Understanding the Power of Visual Storytelling Remember when you were a kid and your teacher would drone on about some historical event while you doodled robot dinosaurs invading planet Saturn in your notebook? Perhaps the lesson would have stuck better if your teacher had taped mustaches on historical figures or mimed famous inventors’ “lightbulb” moments.
Understanding the Love Affair Between Customer Service and Marketing In days of yore, Customer Service and Marketing were treated as two peas in entirely different pods. Customer Service folks would hunker down in their own corner, armed with a ‘bullhorn of aid’, battling customer complaints and queries. Marketing, on the other hand, were killer smooth
Understanding the International Marketplace: A Comedic Take Imagine being dropped into a bustling Moroccan souk, trying to sell a marshmallow. No, really. This is not your typical corporate conference room, instead it’s filled with a cacophonous symphony of haggling voices, vibrant colors and exotic scents. Now replace that marshmallow with your product, and the souk
Understanding the Alphabet Soup: SEO and CMO Imagine being at a business luncheon, and you overhear “The SEO metrics of our company’s online presence have catapulted our CMO’s KPIs beyond the graph.” After a moment of blinking, you might think, “Did I accidentally sit at a table where they communicate exclusively in acronyms?” If you
“Why Marketing Vision Matters: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs” Consider the entrepreneurs, Tom and Jerry. Tom, a risk-taking extrovert, leaped headfirst into business without a well-defined marketing vision. He just peddled appealing products, threw some snappy slogans around, and hoped for the best. In no time, his business resembled a rudderless ship on a stormy