Hayes Roth was formerly the chief marketing officer at Landor Associates, one of the largest branding firms in the world. He oversaw global marketing efforts for Landor's 24 offices and 750 employees across 19 countries. The annual marketing strategy and planning process at Landor began in mid-summer, with a SWOT analysis and evaluation of priorities in September. The marketing team would propose a budget, which would then be negotiated with finance and the CEO through the fall. A core strength of Landor's marketing strategy was its consistent focus on being the preeminent idea and design leader in its industry through thought leadership pieces, media coverage, and awards. Landor targeted its exclusively B2B clients among the 5,000-10
This edition of The SoDA Report On… explores the creative agency’s perspective on the state of agency workflow management, processes and tools. Created in partnership with Deltek, the findings of the research highlight key issues that agencies face, the challenges they need to address, and delivers valuable insight into the current state of workflow management. In addition to the research component, the Report includes original articles by the industry's finest minds.
HipBrand Group is a marketing firm that builds customized marketing programs for companies throughout the Southeast. They create brand positioning, advertising, digital tools, interactive campaigns, and social media programs. Their team has extensive experience developing brands and strategic messaging. They provide services including branding, digital media, public relations, social media, and more. Their client list includes companies in various industries such as healthcare, banking, and food.
This edition of The SoDA Report On… explores project management challenges and successes that agencies are facing in 2016 and how best practices can help with margin predictions, managing client expectations, nurturing the agency’s creative team, and much more. This Report includes original articles by the industry’s finest minds.
This document provides an overview of BlackInk Solutions, a company that offers print, design, and marketing solutions. It describes BlackInk's vision, mission, and value proposition, highlighting their focus on excellence, innovation, and customer centricity. The document outlines BlackInk's range of specialized services, including corporate identity design, web design, print design, event design, content development, and marketing solutions. It also describes BlackInk's approach, which involves thorough research, concept development, design execution, and project evaluation. BlackInk aims to be a trusted partner that delivers world-class solutions and exceptional client experiences.
Why Blogs and Social Media are Effective Marketing ToolsMiriam Schwab
Companies today really need to consider adding social media and blogging to their marketing strategies. This presentation makes the case for why, and is particularly useful if you want to try to convince your boss to take your company's marketing strategy into the 21st century.
Syndicate Creative Branding Business PlanRebecca Ralph
Syndicate Creative Branding is a Los Angeles based graphic design and visual communications firm launching with a team of 6 people. The company will focus on branding, marketing, and advertising for emerging and established apparel companies. Co-owners Rebecca Sato and Catherine Asanov both have over 10 years of experience in freelance art and design work in Los Angeles. They aim to provide clients with reasonably priced, creative design solutions that add more value than competitors. Syndicate Creative Branding expects to reach profitability by month 9 and generate $550,000 in revenue by year 1.
Tag 8 is an independent brand consultancy working hard and smart to make a positive impact in the world we share. We have spent the last decade helping leading organisations and brands to innovate faster and smarter. Whether via brand-led innovation, design thinking, strategy or creative content, we are particularly proud of the meaningful work and brands we have built.
BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2011Kantar
This document introduces the sixth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands report. It highlights that the total value of the top 100 brands grew to $2.4 trillion in 2011, more than the GDP of Great Britain. Apple is ranked as the most valuable brand with a value equivalent to Peru's GDP. The report provides insights into how brands are building value across different sectors and regions. It also examines trends influencing brands, such as the digital revolution and generational shifts. New this year are in-depth analyses of brand development in Brazil, China, and India.
This edition of The SoDA Report On… explores the creative agency’s perspective on the state of agency workflow management, processes and tools. Created in partnership with Deltek, the findings of the research highlight key issues that agencies face, the challenges they need to address, and delivers valuable insight into the current state of workflow management. In addition to the research component, the Report includes original articles by the industry's finest minds.
HipBrand Group is a marketing firm that builds customized marketing programs for companies throughout the Southeast. They create brand positioning, advertising, digital tools, interactive campaigns, and social media programs. Their team has extensive experience developing brands and strategic messaging. They provide services including branding, digital media, public relations, social media, and more. Their client list includes companies in various industries such as healthcare, banking, and food.
This edition of The SoDA Report On… explores project management challenges and successes that agencies are facing in 2016 and how best practices can help with margin predictions, managing client expectations, nurturing the agency’s creative team, and much more. This Report includes original articles by the industry’s finest minds.
This document provides an overview of BlackInk Solutions, a company that offers print, design, and marketing solutions. It describes BlackInk's vision, mission, and value proposition, highlighting their focus on excellence, innovation, and customer centricity. The document outlines BlackInk's range of specialized services, including corporate identity design, web design, print design, event design, content development, and marketing solutions. It also describes BlackInk's approach, which involves thorough research, concept development, design execution, and project evaluation. BlackInk aims to be a trusted partner that delivers world-class solutions and exceptional client experiences.
Why Blogs and Social Media are Effective Marketing ToolsMiriam Schwab
Companies today really need to consider adding social media and blogging to their marketing strategies. This presentation makes the case for why, and is particularly useful if you want to try to convince your boss to take your company's marketing strategy into the 21st century.
Syndicate Creative Branding Business PlanRebecca Ralph
Syndicate Creative Branding is a Los Angeles based graphic design and visual communications firm launching with a team of 6 people. The company will focus on branding, marketing, and advertising for emerging and established apparel companies. Co-owners Rebecca Sato and Catherine Asanov both have over 10 years of experience in freelance art and design work in Los Angeles. They aim to provide clients with reasonably priced, creative design solutions that add more value than competitors. Syndicate Creative Branding expects to reach profitability by month 9 and generate $550,000 in revenue by year 1.
Tag 8 is an independent brand consultancy working hard and smart to make a positive impact in the world we share. We have spent the last decade helping leading organisations and brands to innovate faster and smarter. Whether via brand-led innovation, design thinking, strategy or creative content, we are particularly proud of the meaningful work and brands we have built.
BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2011Kantar
This document introduces the sixth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands report. It highlights that the total value of the top 100 brands grew to $2.4 trillion in 2011, more than the GDP of Great Britain. Apple is ranked as the most valuable brand with a value equivalent to Peru's GDP. The report provides insights into how brands are building value across different sectors and regions. It also examines trends influencing brands, such as the digital revolution and generational shifts. New this year are in-depth analyses of brand development in Brazil, China, and India.
This document provides the resume of John O. Blythe. It summarizes his experience as an executive in sales, business development, and marketing roles over 25 years, including current work as an independent consultant. Key highlights include closing multimillion dollar deals, growing sales and new clients by double digits, and receiving praise and recommendations from former executives he worked with.
This document summarizes the services provided by the public relations firm ThinkInk. ThinkInk specializes in strategic communications campaigns that produce results with less money and hype, focusing on meaningful visibility and impact. Unlike large agencies, ThinkInk focuses its resources on select industries like travel, marketing, and non-profits. ThinkInk works closely with clients as partners to understand their businesses and create customized strategies. The goal is to maximize awareness, interest, and transactions through both traditional and non-traditional publicity efforts.
The 10 most empowering women in mortgage industry, 2021Merry D'souza
The mortgage industry has transformed itself and has continued to lend its reliable services to its clients straightforwardly. Industry leaders, especially women, are now implementing a fully integrated and seamless digital approach to mortgage lending that simplifies the borrowing experience and streamlines the process for employees in the community and credit unions.
Constructing a Winning Inbound Marketing Blueprint for ManufacturersJanalee Silvey
This document provides an overview of inbound marketing strategies for manufacturers in 2017. It contains contributions from 23 marketing agencies with experience in the manufacturing industry. The document includes sections on inbound marketing, lead generation, reporting and ROI, and a conclusion. It provides tips on developing compelling content, buyer personas, and website optimization to attract and convert leads through inbound tactics.
The Corporate Profile for And All.
And All is a media, publishing and content outfit, run by Devangini M Chauhan.
Check us out on facebook: www.facebook.com/studioandall
Our Website: www.studioandall.com
We helped Fresh Express achieve measurable ROI by developing a product traceability microsite to provide consumers information about their bag of salad by entering a product code. This increased traffic to their website by 800% within 10 days. We also helped transform their marketing by adding 40,000 newsletter subscribers and signing up 130,000 people for a sweepstakes in just 8 weeks. For Chiquita, we raised brand awareness of their targeted audience from 18% to 36% in six weeks and increased their website traffic by 700% in four weeks by developing an integrated website, CRM, social media and PR program.
2012 Marketing’s 12th annual Salary benchmark report. Aside from the salary estimates, a panel of industry recruiters share insights and observations about the current marcom job market.
How to Build a Great Creative Services DepartmentJon Anderson
This document provides guidance on building an effective in-house creative services department. It discusses setting department objectives, organizing the department structure, determining required deliverables and talent, defining project types and timelines, setting performance metrics, implementing processes like creative briefs and workflows, utilizing project management and branding tools, and validating costs. The overall message is that with the right planning and coordination across marketing, a creative services department can efficiently and cost-effectively support all aspects of a brand's marketing needs.
Cup O'Joe: Caffeine Tracker is a mobile app that tracks daily caffeine intake. In year one, it will pursue self-distribution through partnerships with 10 local Seattle coffee shops to promote the app and website to its target market of businesswomen ages 30-32. The app and website will help educate customers and build relationships through blog posts and FAQs. The primary goal is to increase brand awareness and acquire new users.
2015 Salary Guide from The Creative GroupAmi Chang
The document provides salary information for creative industry jobs. It discusses trends in the creative industry like high demand for talent and a focus on digital skills. It also lists 9 in-demand jobs such as account manager, content strategist, and front-end web developer. Starting salary ranges are given for over 100 creative positions across design, interactive, and content fields.
Prime Creative is a marketing communications agency based in St. John's and Halifax with 18 professionals. They specialize in strategic planning, brand management, creative development, digital and social media solutions. They take pride in developing insightful strategies and creative solutions to change how people think and behave. Their clients include Munn Insurance, NL Centre for Health Information, and Tourism PEI.
HipBrand Group is a marketing agency that specializes in financial services branding and digital marketing. They have 25 years of experience working with banks and other financial institutions in the Southeast. Some of their notable clients include Superior Bank, Regions Bank, Aliant Bank, and BBVA Compass Bank. For these clients, they have provided services such as website development, social media management, advertising campaigns, public relations, and brand strategy and positioning. HipBrand Group's team has extensive experience across marketing disciplines and a deep understanding of the banking industry.
I reached out to eight CMO’s, VP’s and Marketing Directors and asked them ten questions to help Marketing Leaders shape your department, to help you to consider what training will be needed for you and your team and what skills and developmental areas are going to be so important to make 2022 successful.
The questions asked:
What was your biggest Marketing lesson from 2021?
What are the most important skills to have for Marketing leaders to succeed in 2022?
Which skills are you looking for your team members to improve in 2022?
What three skills are you going to personally improve in 2022?
Which channel(s) do you expect to explode in popularity and must be used in 2022?
Which brands really impressed you in 2021 and why?
What are your three big Marketing predictions for 2022?
How would you recommend Marketing leaders keep their company up to date with important industry shifts and performance changes?
What is your best piece of advice for Marketing Leaders managing their fellow management team members?
Do you have two pieces of advice that will help Marketing leaders to thrive in 2022?
A huge thanks to John Oberlin-Harris, Sophie Collins, Paul Lewis, Lorna Perrin, Charlotte Rush, Harry Lang, Jess Hall, Nick Bottai
Thanks for reading,
Danny Denhard
The document provides an overview of BoB School, a 6-day entrepreneurship programme founded by Linzi Boyd. The programme teaches entrepreneurs how to build famous brands, maximize physical and non-physical assets, and disrupt their industries. It helps identify entrepreneurs' unique brand assets and build strategic plans to leverage channels, create compelling products, and launch effective marketing campaigns to achieve scale. Past students commend how the customized programme equipped them to strengthen their brands and businesses.
Judging creative idea guide, this material will help the marketer especially those who work on advertising or brand to be able to formulate rational and structured thinking of judging creative idea
This document summarizes the services of BRANDSavvy, a branding agency that helps businesses build their brands. It discusses how the agency will help clients build a brand that suits them, understand their market and offering, launch or relaunch a brand, and unlock the full potential of their brand. The agency offers branding workshops, market research, marketing strategies, brand identities, PR, website design, and other integrated marketing services using expert consultants for each project.
Max Collins is the founder of Social Media Business Boosters (SMBB), Australia's first social media marketing franchise. SMBB has experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2011, now having a network of franchisees across Australia and plans for international expansion. Collins discusses how SMBB provides structure, training, and results to its clients in social media marketing, which has become a critical channel for businesses. The franchise continues to grow its network of franchisees to expand its services and better serve multi-location clients.
Why business brands need big ideas. - McCann EnterpriseMcCann Brussels
The document outlines an approach to developing energizing ideas for business brands. It discusses how brands need dynamic ideas that engage both internal and external audiences. These "energizing ideas" create synergy and energize the enterprise. The document uses examples to show how energizing ideas can be developed through discovery of a brand's essence, exploration of its vision and values, and expression through integrated creative efforts. It also provides a case study of how an energizing idea was developed for Deloitte around the Olympics that improved employee engagement and shifted perceptions of the company's expertise. Another case study outlines developing an energizing idea for a fiber company to resolve tensions between innovation and customer service. The process involved defining the brand's vision,
Este documento presenta un resumen del plan anual de secuencias didácticas para el ciclo escolar 2014-2015 de la Lic. Rosa María Martínez Balderas en la asignatura de Artes. Incluye una reflexión sobre 11 grupos, evidencias del grupo 1o.A y ejemplos de dos alumnos con problemas de aprendizaje. Además, contiene la planeación didáctica para el primer bloque enfocada en la expresión corporal, vocal y gestual de los estudiantes.
Este documento contiene los resultados de varios partidos de fútbol y fútbol sala entre diferentes equipos locales y visitantes en diversos campos los días 15 y 16 de diciembre de 2012, con la hora en que se jugó cada partido.
El documento es una canción de amor que expresa el creciente afecto del cantante hacia su amada. Repite que la ama más que nunca y que planea besarla de pies a cabeza. Pregunta retóricamente quién podrá quitar las espinas del corazón de su amada, asegurando que solo él puede hacerlo ya que es su religión.
This document provides the resume of John O. Blythe. It summarizes his experience as an executive in sales, business development, and marketing roles over 25 years, including current work as an independent consultant. Key highlights include closing multimillion dollar deals, growing sales and new clients by double digits, and receiving praise and recommendations from former executives he worked with.
This document summarizes the services provided by the public relations firm ThinkInk. ThinkInk specializes in strategic communications campaigns that produce results with less money and hype, focusing on meaningful visibility and impact. Unlike large agencies, ThinkInk focuses its resources on select industries like travel, marketing, and non-profits. ThinkInk works closely with clients as partners to understand their businesses and create customized strategies. The goal is to maximize awareness, interest, and transactions through both traditional and non-traditional publicity efforts.
The 10 most empowering women in mortgage industry, 2021Merry D'souza
The mortgage industry has transformed itself and has continued to lend its reliable services to its clients straightforwardly. Industry leaders, especially women, are now implementing a fully integrated and seamless digital approach to mortgage lending that simplifies the borrowing experience and streamlines the process for employees in the community and credit unions.
Constructing a Winning Inbound Marketing Blueprint for ManufacturersJanalee Silvey
This document provides an overview of inbound marketing strategies for manufacturers in 2017. It contains contributions from 23 marketing agencies with experience in the manufacturing industry. The document includes sections on inbound marketing, lead generation, reporting and ROI, and a conclusion. It provides tips on developing compelling content, buyer personas, and website optimization to attract and convert leads through inbound tactics.
The Corporate Profile for And All.
And All is a media, publishing and content outfit, run by Devangini M Chauhan.
Check us out on facebook: www.facebook.com/studioandall
Our Website: www.studioandall.com
We helped Fresh Express achieve measurable ROI by developing a product traceability microsite to provide consumers information about their bag of salad by entering a product code. This increased traffic to their website by 800% within 10 days. We also helped transform their marketing by adding 40,000 newsletter subscribers and signing up 130,000 people for a sweepstakes in just 8 weeks. For Chiquita, we raised brand awareness of their targeted audience from 18% to 36% in six weeks and increased their website traffic by 700% in four weeks by developing an integrated website, CRM, social media and PR program.
2012 Marketing’s 12th annual Salary benchmark report. Aside from the salary estimates, a panel of industry recruiters share insights and observations about the current marcom job market.
How to Build a Great Creative Services DepartmentJon Anderson
This document provides guidance on building an effective in-house creative services department. It discusses setting department objectives, organizing the department structure, determining required deliverables and talent, defining project types and timelines, setting performance metrics, implementing processes like creative briefs and workflows, utilizing project management and branding tools, and validating costs. The overall message is that with the right planning and coordination across marketing, a creative services department can efficiently and cost-effectively support all aspects of a brand's marketing needs.
Cup O'Joe: Caffeine Tracker is a mobile app that tracks daily caffeine intake. In year one, it will pursue self-distribution through partnerships with 10 local Seattle coffee shops to promote the app and website to its target market of businesswomen ages 30-32. The app and website will help educate customers and build relationships through blog posts and FAQs. The primary goal is to increase brand awareness and acquire new users.
2015 Salary Guide from The Creative GroupAmi Chang
The document provides salary information for creative industry jobs. It discusses trends in the creative industry like high demand for talent and a focus on digital skills. It also lists 9 in-demand jobs such as account manager, content strategist, and front-end web developer. Starting salary ranges are given for over 100 creative positions across design, interactive, and content fields.
Prime Creative is a marketing communications agency based in St. John's and Halifax with 18 professionals. They specialize in strategic planning, brand management, creative development, digital and social media solutions. They take pride in developing insightful strategies and creative solutions to change how people think and behave. Their clients include Munn Insurance, NL Centre for Health Information, and Tourism PEI.
HipBrand Group is a marketing agency that specializes in financial services branding and digital marketing. They have 25 years of experience working with banks and other financial institutions in the Southeast. Some of their notable clients include Superior Bank, Regions Bank, Aliant Bank, and BBVA Compass Bank. For these clients, they have provided services such as website development, social media management, advertising campaigns, public relations, and brand strategy and positioning. HipBrand Group's team has extensive experience across marketing disciplines and a deep understanding of the banking industry.
I reached out to eight CMO’s, VP’s and Marketing Directors and asked them ten questions to help Marketing Leaders shape your department, to help you to consider what training will be needed for you and your team and what skills and developmental areas are going to be so important to make 2022 successful.
The questions asked:
What was your biggest Marketing lesson from 2021?
What are the most important skills to have for Marketing leaders to succeed in 2022?
Which skills are you looking for your team members to improve in 2022?
What three skills are you going to personally improve in 2022?
Which channel(s) do you expect to explode in popularity and must be used in 2022?
Which brands really impressed you in 2021 and why?
What are your three big Marketing predictions for 2022?
How would you recommend Marketing leaders keep their company up to date with important industry shifts and performance changes?
What is your best piece of advice for Marketing Leaders managing their fellow management team members?
Do you have two pieces of advice that will help Marketing leaders to thrive in 2022?
A huge thanks to John Oberlin-Harris, Sophie Collins, Paul Lewis, Lorna Perrin, Charlotte Rush, Harry Lang, Jess Hall, Nick Bottai
Thanks for reading,
Danny Denhard
The document provides an overview of BoB School, a 6-day entrepreneurship programme founded by Linzi Boyd. The programme teaches entrepreneurs how to build famous brands, maximize physical and non-physical assets, and disrupt their industries. It helps identify entrepreneurs' unique brand assets and build strategic plans to leverage channels, create compelling products, and launch effective marketing campaigns to achieve scale. Past students commend how the customized programme equipped them to strengthen their brands and businesses.
Judging creative idea guide, this material will help the marketer especially those who work on advertising or brand to be able to formulate rational and structured thinking of judging creative idea
This document summarizes the services of BRANDSavvy, a branding agency that helps businesses build their brands. It discusses how the agency will help clients build a brand that suits them, understand their market and offering, launch or relaunch a brand, and unlock the full potential of their brand. The agency offers branding workshops, market research, marketing strategies, brand identities, PR, website design, and other integrated marketing services using expert consultants for each project.
Max Collins is the founder of Social Media Business Boosters (SMBB), Australia's first social media marketing franchise. SMBB has experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2011, now having a network of franchisees across Australia and plans for international expansion. Collins discusses how SMBB provides structure, training, and results to its clients in social media marketing, which has become a critical channel for businesses. The franchise continues to grow its network of franchisees to expand its services and better serve multi-location clients.
Why business brands need big ideas. - McCann EnterpriseMcCann Brussels
The document outlines an approach to developing energizing ideas for business brands. It discusses how brands need dynamic ideas that engage both internal and external audiences. These "energizing ideas" create synergy and energize the enterprise. The document uses examples to show how energizing ideas can be developed through discovery of a brand's essence, exploration of its vision and values, and expression through integrated creative efforts. It also provides a case study of how an energizing idea was developed for Deloitte around the Olympics that improved employee engagement and shifted perceptions of the company's expertise. Another case study outlines developing an energizing idea for a fiber company to resolve tensions between innovation and customer service. The process involved defining the brand's vision,
Este documento presenta un resumen del plan anual de secuencias didácticas para el ciclo escolar 2014-2015 de la Lic. Rosa María Martínez Balderas en la asignatura de Artes. Incluye una reflexión sobre 11 grupos, evidencias del grupo 1o.A y ejemplos de dos alumnos con problemas de aprendizaje. Además, contiene la planeación didáctica para el primer bloque enfocada en la expresión corporal, vocal y gestual de los estudiantes.
Este documento contiene los resultados de varios partidos de fútbol y fútbol sala entre diferentes equipos locales y visitantes en diversos campos los días 15 y 16 de diciembre de 2012, con la hora en que se jugó cada partido.
El documento es una canción de amor que expresa el creciente afecto del cantante hacia su amada. Repite que la ama más que nunca y que planea besarla de pies a cabeza. Pregunta retóricamente quién podrá quitar las espinas del corazón de su amada, asegurando que solo él puede hacerlo ya que es su religión.
Folleto remachadora EMHART POP PRO SET 3400 - abril 2013Suministros Herco
La remachadora ProSet® 3400 ofrece un alto rendimiento con una relación fuerza-peso líder en su clase. Es liviana pero robusta, y facilita la colocación rápida y segura de remaches de varios diámetros y materiales. Incluye características como desconexión rápida del portaboquillas y caja de mordazas para facilitar la limpieza, y es compatible con otros sistemas de automatización.
Este documento proporciona una introducción al autoconsumo y vehículos eléctricos, incluyendo conceptos básicos de autoconsumo, ventajas del autoconsumo, tipos de autoconsumo, proceso de legalización de instalaciones, soluciones para autoconsumo y una nueva normativa técnica sobre infraestructuras para la recarga de vehículos eléctricos. También presenta diferentes tipos de vehículos eléctricos, modos de recarga, equipos de recarga y estaciones de recarga.
Nomads is a large independent hostel chain with over 30 hostels across Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. They provide advertising opportunities within their hostels and Mad Travel shops, as well as in their Mad Guide book and card. Nomads is seeking operators interested in various advertising packages to promote their brands throughout Nomads' extensive hostel network.
RedLink Network SSP 2015 (New and Noteworthy)Deepika Bajaj
RedLink Network is a community driven platform which aims to streamline information exchange across all channels of the Academic Publishing Industry. Academic Publishers, Institutions and Agencies will have the opportunity to move away from traditional and noisy sometimes emails and base the communication on a network that provides direct and easy access to information with regard to each other.
La txaranga malatxo actúa en varios lugares durante las fiestas de San Fermín en Olite, Artajona y Sartaguda, así como en Tafalla y en otros lugares como Miranda de Ebro, Murillo el Fruto, Lodosa y Francia.
Email Marketing Tips, Tricks and Trends From Brands Winning In the Inbox (5/2...Emma Email Marketing
Want to learn the secrets and strategies of rockstar marketers like Tito’s Vodka, Dogfish Head, Mario Batali, and ReturnPath?
You'll learn easy-to-implement tips and strategies that you can put to work today, so you can drive excellent results for the rest of the year – and beyond!
GIMH es una empresa española que ofrece tecnología para la gestión de reservas y comercialización de hoteles. Proporcionan un motor de reservas completo con diseño personalizado, posicionamiento en centrales de reservas y redes sociales, y análisis de competidores. Su sistema permite gestionar reservas a través de múltiples canales de forma simultánea, recomendando precios óptimos en función de la demanda y disponibilidad.
Este documento presenta el programa de un congreso sobre innovación forestal que tendrá lugar el 1 de diciembre de 2009. La agenda incluye sesiones sobre instrumentos de financiación de I+D a nivel europeo y nacional, así como proyectos singulares estratégicos de cadenas de valor forestales. También habrá una sesión sobre sinergias con otras plataformas tecnológicas españolas relacionadas con la biomasa, el CO2, la construcción y el medio ambiente.
Una cámara fotográfica o cámara de fotos es un dispositivo utilizado para cap...endrades
Este documento describe los componentes básicos de una cámara fotográfica, incluyendo el elemento fotosensible que captura la imagen, el visor que se usa para encuadrar, el objetivo que enfoca la luz, el diafragma y obturador que controlan la exposición, y una breve historia de cómo han evolucionado las cámaras a través del tiempo. También se mencionan diferentes tipos como las cámaras compactas, SLR y digitales, así como los controles comunes como el anillo de enfoque.
Investigar el comportamiento de consumo en InternetAyerViernes
El documento describe varias formas de investigar el comportamiento de consumo en Internet, incluyendo encuestas, netnografía, análisis web, simulaciones de compra con seguimiento ocular, y paneles en línea. Explica que los paneles en línea de calidad son una buena forma de acceder a muestras poblacionales específicas y provee un ejemplo de cómo un gimnasio podría utilizar un panel en línea para encuestar a su audiencia objetivo.
The document discusses improvements in CADISON R14 including improved usability features such as integrated construction sets containing both 2D and 3D objects, new undo functions, ability to give target coordinates for displacement, and ability to preview report templates before generating reports. It also discusses a new CADISON Steel Professional module and enhancements to the CADISON Pipe Support Modeler and Electric Designer modules to improve productivity. Finally, it provides an example of using CADISON's hierarchical structure to plan brewing plants with a modular approach through copy and paste of logical plants and associated piping, valves and measuring points.
User initiative for improving OOXML integration in LibreOffice/OpenOffice.orgMatthias Stürmer
Dr. Matthias Stürmer organized a workshop to improve OOXML integration in LibreOffice. Participants included public institutions and developers. They identified issues like layout differences and prioritized use cases to address, like formatting of frames and tables in DOCX. The initiative aims to solve the collective action problem by coordinating funding and implementation. The next steps are to publish requirements, seek an implementing partner, and integrate improvements upstream into LibreOffice. The goal is to better support OOXML to increase LibreOffice adoption.
Boletín correspondente ás últimas incorporacións ao fondo de adultos durante os meses de xullo e agosto de 2015 na Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Narón.
The document introduces Intel GPA (Graphics Performance Analyzers), a tool that can optimize PC, mobile, and Ubuntu games. It summarizes the key features of Intel GPA, including its system analyzer, frame analyzer, and platform analyzer. The system analyzer monitors real-time metrics while gaming, the frame analyzer examines individual frames to find bottlenecks, and the platform analyzer shows CPU and GPU activity. Intel GPA allows optimizing games without code changes through experiments and analysis tools.
In this slidecast, Yoram Novick from Maxta describes the company's new software-defined, VM-centric Storage solutions.
"The complexities and high costs of traditional enterprise storage are magnified in the virtual data center," said Yoram Novick, Founder and CEO of Maxta. "After being told repeatedly that expensive storage arrays are the only way to support enterprise applications in virtualized environments, IT organizations finally have an alternative to storage arrays that significantly reduces complexity and cost. Maxta has broken the code for integrating storage and compute into a converged virtual data center."
Learn more: http://maxta.com
Watch the video presentation: http://wp.me/p3RLEV-1wl
This document provides information about the multi-level marketing company Forever Living Products (FLP). It discusses FLP's origins and founder Rex Maughan's vision to create a business combining health and financial freedom. It outlines FLP's direct sales model and vertically integrated supply chain controlling production from plant to final products. The document presents FLP as a vehicle for achieving one's dreams and greater time and financial freedom through the income opportunities of building a business and downline organization within FLP's marketing plan. Testimonials from distributors discuss how FLP has positively impacted their health, finances, careers and ability to help others.
Effective Social Media Strategies for Your Small Business Technology has changed many things over the past few years, marketing being one of them. We haveTechnology has changed many things over the past few years, marketing being one of them. We have watched marketing evolve greatly and change the way we perceive it. Long gone are the days of door-to-door marketing or relying on traditional forms of advertisement such as print and TV. As we enter the digital world, we witness the digitalization of marketing. Social Media Marketing is the new talk of the town and it’s definitely here to stay. Studies have shown that social media usage in the US alone has grown from 7% to 65% in the last decade!
Social media success in the real world Robert Knop
Using social media for business can prove challenging in a highly regulated
industry. But the financial services firms that grasp the opportunity have seen the power
of social selling firsthand. This publication provide case studies from myself and other social selling experts regarding how to drive results in the financial services industry.
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Introduction: A Little about Me and My Life at Landor
I am the former chief marketing officer for Landor Associates, one of the
largest and oldest branding and design firms in the world. At Landor, where
I worked for nineteen years, my primary job was to oversee all marketing
worldwide for the agency. At the time I left the firm in spring of 2014,
Landor had grown to twenty-four offices, with some 750 people in nineteen
countries. My global Marketing Communications team and I were
responsible for leading and coordinating all major Landor marketing
initiatives and helping with business development across the different
offices. The team itself resided in both New York and San Francisco, with
direct responsibility for managing the website, our global outreach efforts,
our public relations agency and programs, and leading and managing any
marketing initiatives that were executed on a cross-office scale. In addition
to that, I was the senior executive leader on major branding programs for
such clients as the World Trade Center, the Moody’s Foundation, Concern
Worldwide, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Hartford Healthcare,
plus countless other projects over the years.
One of the more interesting aspects of my position was that I essentially
held a dual role managing the marketing of a relatively small but highly
respected B2B (business-to-business) company while also advising Fortune
500 clients on their own branding and marketing. This meant I often wore
two hats, one being to understand how to market a small professional
services business to a high-level B2B audience and the other helping clients
position and market themselves from a branding perspective.
Selling in the Annual Marketing Strategy and Plan
For Landor, the process of starting the yearly marketing plan begins right
around mid-summer. In September we usually performed a SWOT
(strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of some kind,
including a competitive assessment, then evaluated our core priorities from
a marketing standpoint, including those initiatives we generally do year in
and year out, and what our upside opportunities were. We would also look
at what programs we wanted to do that budgets or resources had
prevented us from accomplishing in the past, plus new ideas and
initiatives we wanted to try.
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The Marketing Communications team would then submit a budget that, of
course, always totaled more than what the corporation had to spend,
leading to the traditional negotiating dance through the fall, with much back
and forth with finance and the chief executive officer before finally
winnowing the wish list down to the most critical priorities.
The primary leaders of the strategic planning process from the Marketing
Communications side would be myself and the corporate communications
and digital marketing heads, but we would also work closely with
Knowledge Sharing, essentially the webmaster, whose team was responsible
for actually making all digital efforts happen. They are more of an
information technology function at Landor but have always worked closely
with the marketing group so the team would ultimately be in synch. Then
we would present our recommendations to our chief financial officer and
chief executive officer as well as the chief talent officer. We would also
make sure we involved the rest of the marketing managers and managing
directors for each of Landor’s offices and regions in the dialogue. This
would include sending out questionnaires asking for their special priorities
and needs. “Listening to the field” is always a critical success factor in any
marketing program.
When to Update Your Marketing Strategy
There are a number of different, sometimes conflicting, issues at work in
the development of any marketing plan. First, there is always the struggle
for resources and budgets that rarely increase. The Landor marketing team
prided itself on getting more efficient about what we did; in some ways we
actually did more with less every year, but that was a reality we had to deal
with. Obviously social media has changed marketing for everyone and we
were no different at Landor. Used judiciously, it can be very cost-effective,
whether keeping the company Facebook page up to date, leveraging
alumnae groups on LinkedIn, or pushing thought leaders in the firm to blog
and tweet about relevant topics on a regular basis. We evolved Landor
towards two primary selling tools. First and foremost is Landor.com, which
is updated monthly with new topic areas. Depending on the subject for that
month, the team makes sure relevant white papers and case studies are
accessible on the web. Secondly, there is outreach through an emailed alert
called “On Deck,” which is distributed to the firm’s entire database
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highlighting that month’s website topic area with links to the key stories being
featured. All of that was developed within the last two to three years. It
clearly does not involve any type of physical send-out at all—it is all digital.
So that made a big difference in terms of generating relevant visibility to a
targeted audience on a regular basis. There are a number of other selling
materials created that are also primarily digitally distributed.
Rebranding a Branding Firm
Landor actually retooled its brand about five years ago, and my team and I
led that effort. It was very much the classic “cobbler’s children” scenario
wherein the agency is terrific at recommending and delivering great
branding solutions to its clients, but pretty resource challenged when it
came to addressing its own branding needs. In the end, we changed our
brand signature typography very modestly but our house style underwent a
fairly dramatic makeover. That was a big initiative and took a lot of people’s
time, with no shortage of opinions shared in the process. Changing the
website was even more painful for a company heavily populated by world-
class designers. Needless to say, it was difficult to get agreement on all of
the necessary components. At some point in these situations, one actually
has to stop listening to all the opinions and say, “No, this is what we are
going to do,” and simply get the job done.
About 2010 the social side of digital became really important, as did
interactivity between companies and their constituents—meaning Landor
itself, its clients, and its partners—which significantly included all of the
nearly 200 firms in the WPP Inc. universe, of which Landor is one small part.
There are many other major advertising, public relations, direct marketing,
research, and digital agencies that work alongside Landor or partner with
them on multiple projects. Most of these are within the WPP family, but
others are outside as well. They are a major constituency and audience for
Landor marketing, since much of what the firm does for its clients ultimately
must interact with their other communications agencies. Then there is the
critical internal audience: Landor employees themselves. To attract and
inspire them, it was recognized that Landor.com had to become a much more
engaging and creative site. To accomplish this, Landor partnered with VML,
one of WPP’s leading digital agencies. Together, we created the site that is
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today’s Landor.com, which is extremely interactive. The firm earned
numerous awards from it and has tracked significant increases in visits,
interaction time, and all of the other standard measures that indicate it is a
well-used and regarded resource. That whole process took about a year—and
not a few gray hairs on the part of most of us involved.
We had a clear vision and a good partner, but we pushed ourselves to be
technologically advanced at the time because it needed to truly sell Landor’s
competence and understanding of the medium as well as provide strong,
compelling content. When you get to the bleeding edge, it can often make
for extreme challenges in getting everything to work as planned. We pushed
the boundaries, in some cases farther than maybe the technology was ready
to go at the time, with virtually every corner of the site serving as an active
design element. But we got it done and, I think, set a new standard for our
competitors. Which only means, of course, that someone is going to have
to update it again in due course as others start to copy it. A website is like a
retail storefront, after all—it must be kept fresh and engaging, which means
nearly constant reimagining and engineering.
Keeping the Marketing Strategy in Synch with Current Trends
I do not know if anyone is truly up to date these days, because the very
meaning of “up to date” is so rapidly changing and so intangible that it is a
constantly moving target. Landor may have big visibility in terms of the
work it creates, but it is small in terms of sheer numbers. This creates
resource issues, as no medium-sized firm can afford twenty people working
on its corporate marketing—it is simply impractical. Like any smart firm,
the company tries to keep abreast of trends and competitive actions using
the resources it has. That said, there are really only five or six branding and
design firms in the world that would be considered to be true Landor peers.
They are all good at what they do and are respected rivals, but there is no
vast universe of firms capable of handling big-league clients with complex
branding challenges. Moreover, with corporate brands in particular,
effective solutions must usually endure for ten to twenty years at
minimum—it is cost prohibitive for big corporations to redo signage,
uniforms, product templates, and systems around the world to
accommodate frequent logo updates. Purely trendy ideas cannot support
that kind of gravitas and longevity, so good firms generally recommend
sustainable ideas and design solutions that are timeless versus timely.
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From an internal database standpoint, Landor was among the first in its
industry to create a wholly owned system that tracked all of its clients and
prospects back in 1999 and 2000. This databank has continuously evolved,
but now with standardized software like Salesforce.com and all of the other
non-proprietary CRM systems that virtually anybody can buy, the challenge
is whether to fix what exists or invest in the next new thing. It is a tough
call, as all options are time-consuming and expensive, yet essential to
staying technologically relevant and maintaining a strong business
development program.
Areas of Strength in Marketing Strategy
I think a core strength of Landor’s marketing strategy has always been its
consistent focus on being the preeminent idea and design leader in its
category. This gets reinforced via the updated website every month and the
wide range of papers, thought pieces, media quotes, articles, and awards the
firm produces and earns throughout each year. I would go so far as to say
Landor has some of the best—in terms of quality and accessibility—
intellectual capital available in the branding world right now.
And it is not just about fresh content, but also how it is coordinated.
Landor.com is like a digital magazine, with each new centerpiece supported
by ancillary stories, cases, and white papers on the website every month.
That takes real work. But it generates noticeable bumps in traffic every time
it is updated. There are great anecdotal comments too, from people saying,
“I thought your article or case on this or that was great.” The other major
marketing initiative is a print piece, which is distributed to thousands of
prospects, clients, and partners every year. It is called Perspectives, and it is an
annual compendium of the best articles, thought pieces, white papers,
research, and reports published by Landor people around the world every
year. It is even available as an iBook, free for downloading (via the iBooks
app), along with a very cool soft-cover version that is attractively and
intelligently designed and printed. This book gets tremendous response
when it is distributed each year.
Managing Breakthrough Creativity and Strategic Rigor
Landor has been around for nearly seventy-five years. It started as a
packaging design firm, but it was always about taking a thoughtful approach
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to how design impacts a customer’s decisions. Walter Landor understood
that the design business needed to be customer-driven. He did a great deal
of research to better comprehend what they responded to visually and
verbally in brand and packaging design.
Today, some of Landor’s branding is more creatively oriented while other
clients are more strategically driven. But the firm has always striven to be at
the intersection of those two disciplines. Creative intelligence is about
balancing the cutting edge of creativity and strategic rigor for a productive
result. That is a hard place to stay. It is extremely difficult because if you
stray too far into the creative side, you start to lose credibility from a
business perspective and clients start to think of you as the company with
the color crayons that does logos. If you go too far into the strategy side,
however, you lose that defining and differentiating element of what defines
a world-class design firm. In the end, we all gravitate to the tangible,
physical manifestation of an idea, whether it is a logo, a physical space, a
product, a set of compelling words, or a well-designed web page.
Difficult as this balance is to maintain, I have long believed it was the right
place for Landor and it is historically where they have always led. It is a
perspective I think most clients want and need: the confluence of great
strategic thinking and truly creative solutions that help them build their
business. Simple to say; hard to do.
B2B Targeting
Landor is exclusively a B2B firm. It sells only to other organizations that
need design and branding help. There are probably some 5,000 to 10,000
people in the world who could actually buy what Landor and its key
competitors deliver because it really has to be the chief marketing officer,
chief executive officer, or senior marketing director of a Fortune 1000
organization who has the authority (and the budget) to authorize a major
branding initiative. This list can also include ambitious non-profits and
institutional clients, plus the occasional well-funded start-up, but it is
generally mid- to large-sized corporations that have the means to invest in
what first-tier branding firms cost and take advantage of the broad range of
services they offer. This is a fairly finite world. Given that reality, targeting
can and should be reasonably precise. But, at the same time, it is prudent to
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reach more broadly when possible to attract first-rate talent and other
potential influencers, including academics, partner firms (ad and public
relations agencies), local and national government services, non-
government organizations, and even professional organizations serving the
industry. In the end, a solid new business opportunity can emerge from
virtually anywhere, so the importance of high-profile networking, speaking
engagements, and frequent press mentions in business-related media should
never be underestimated.
Keeping the Message Current
It is difficult to ensure that any brand messaging remains long on point in
view of constantly evolving trends and technologies. It means keeping ears
open and hiring people of all cultures and backgrounds, so the firm’s output
stays relevant yet not overtly trendy. Major industry conferences are a good
way to stay attuned to what is going on in the rest of the world and what
best practices are deemed to be. The annual ANA Masters of Marketing
conference is a great forum for this, as are other industry conferences like
TED and numerous design and branding-focused events. In recent years,
for example, Landor has enjoyed great success at the annual Cannes Lions
International Festival of Creativity, winning coveted Lions for outstanding
brand design work, including the first ever award given out for product
design in 2014. For this latter honor, a Landor team created an innovative
design for the recycling cans in New York’s Central Park on behalf of the
Central Park Conservancy. Not a typical “branding” project, to be sure, but
it says volumes about non-traditional thinking and innovation at Landor.
An achievement I suspect even Walter Landor himself would have been
proud to celebrate.
The Challenge of “Brand-Speak” and Keeping Our Meaning Clear
One common problem in the branding world is that everybody uses—and
misuses—the same language. Branding itself is a much abused term. People
in and out of the industry now use the word daily, yet I would argue few of
them truly know what it means. Most think it simply refers to a logo. So, it
is desirous to stay fresh in our language but, at the same time, if you get too
advanced or trendy and continually invent new, “proprietary” words for
fairly standard practices, people will not know what you are talking about.
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This is especially critical for tools like search engine optimization, where we
need to use accepted terminology to ensure our websites are at the top of
the search list. Landor’s Marketing Communications team takes pains to
avoid the overly trite terms we hear so often in our business while making
sure the most common terminology is at least visible on its site. This means
screening every published story, case study, or white paper to make certain
they do not fall back on clichéd phrases or indecipherable jargon. That
takes quite a bit of time, but the goal is to make certain Landor practices
what it preaches to its clients. Importantly, effective use of language is, in
large part, driven by its audience. Landor must connect its messaging with
chief marketing officers and chief executive officers—seasoned pros who
generally possess a highly tuned “BS radar” and are not overly impressed
with brand cant.
Successful Modes of Marketing
Ironically, for most advertising, public relations, and branding service firms,
the cost of actually advertising in appropriate business and trade press,
whether print or online, is usually prohibitive. Few agencies can rationalize
investing hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars in Wall Street
Journal and Fortune ads. It has therefore long been my strong belief that
good public relations, properly managed and executed, is one of the best
weapons in a B2B marketer’s arsenal. We employed this strategy behind
Landor, seeking to get the firm’s experts quoted and mentioned often in the
right places, on the right topics. This approach was then bolstered by the
intellectual capital and thought leadership materials distributed via the
website and other vehicles, including direct mailings.
The historic challenge with marketing in general and especially in B2B
marketing for professional services, of course, is to know how and where
one’s efforts are paying off. It is extremely difficult to measure success
outright because one of the first problems is defining what “success” really
means in a marketing campaign. The obvious answer is “increased sales,”
naturally, but most professional service relationships are the result of a very
long and considered purchase by the client—in the case of branding services,
usually involving the entire client C-suite, from the chief executive officer and
chief marketing officer down to the head of sales or development, plus
human resources, procurement, regional marketing leaders, and sometimes
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even the information technology department. No one ad or public relations-
planted story or quote can guarantee a result like that, and tracing direct leads
from virtually any marketing initiative is rarely easy.
What can be measured is general awareness, whether prospects and clients
can play back differentiating characteristics for the firm, the volume of
website hits and what is being looked at and downloaded most frequently,
and even anecdotal comments from target audiences who receive send-outs
and mailings. Fairly soft data, usually, but useful nonetheless.
Still, if you took a poll tomorrow of leading marketers of the world and
asked them to name three global branding firms, it is unlikely (in my
experience) they would come up with more than one, if any. Over the past
twenty years, our best information suggested only about 10 to 20 percent of
the B2B Fortune 1000 population knows who is who in the branding world.
This is largely because, for the most part, clients only think about branding
firms when they need them. And most companies in the B2B space are not
rebranding more than once a decade at most. This is somewhat different
among consumer packaged good companies where brand “refreshes” are a
requirement to stimulate awareness and relevance in the minds of
consumers. Branding firms like Landor, who have large consumer
packaging design capabilities, may therefore be a bit better known among
marketing professionals because of the nearly constant demand for new
thinking and design in packaging.
Use of Social Media
In my new life as an independent marketing consultant, LinkedIn has
already become a lynchpin for HA Roth Consulting. The price is right and
virtually everyone I need to connect with is on it. There is a Landor alumni
group on LinkedIn the agency has actively engaged so they are kept up to
speed on what the organization is doing and to build a potential network
referral base. Landor itself is also active on Facebook and Twitter and
explores all the latest social networking tools as appropriate. This requires
having people within the firm responsible for managing its visibility every
day in the social media world and being aware of trends and topics of
relevant interest. If there is a new case study or substantive piece of news or
a public relations announcement, Landor’s Marketing Communications
team is very facile at getting the word out through its various channels.
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Shifting Customer Attitudes toward Marketing Strategies
I think there are a number of inherent complexities in the marketing of
branding services, especially on the corporate side. Unless a company is
going through a major merger or acquisition/divestiture, or has a new chief
executive officer, is experiencing a sea change in their industry (i.e., Apple
introduces a smart phone and turns that category upside down), or faces
some major shift in their competitive set (see above), corporations generally
are not especially interested in what a Landor or its competitors are selling.
They may need advertising, digital marketing, and public relations on a
consistent basis, but branding tends to be project and event driven.
It can also be episodic in terms of who firms talk to and when. Landor has
sought to broaden its appeal to prospects by expanding its range of services
and product lines—trying to make sure they are not just seen as logo
designers because there is so much more to branding than creating logos.
When looking at the range of articles available on Landor.com, many are
about brand strategy and portfolio management, environmental innovation,
and brand engagement, which is internal branding. This latter is a critical
element in successful, brand-led business cultures. How do you get
employees aligned around the corporate brand story in ways that are
relevant to their daily jobs and their interaction with customers and
suppliers? It is not about changing the logo; it is getting the workforce to
become real brand ambassadors. That broadens the conversation with
clients and prospects and even gets into the corporate human resource
department. It is a terrific door opener—and it helps keep it open long after
the design process is completed.
Staying Up to Date with Marketing Trends
I was a creative writing major in college and have spent much of my career
practicing and, I hope, perfecting the art of professional business writing.
There is a website called Ragan.com that I read religiously because it has daily
tips largely related to public relations ideas and writing skills. It covers social
media trends and a broad range of communications-related topics, from
how to plan a career in communications, to writing good cover letters and
résumés, to search engine optimization tips, and words to use, lose, and not
misuse. It also has a great deal of good information for young people on
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how to handle their first interviews, etc. I regularly recommend it to anyone
serious about the marketing communications business.
In addition, I obviously pay attention to world and business news, whether
through CNN or the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. I get Crain’s
New York Business digital update every day, whose format lists “ten things
you need to know” in the city. Though I do not get Ad Age and Adweek
anymore, I would certainly urge anyone in the advertising industry to make
sure they read them often. The Hub is a publication targeted to senior
marketers that is published every other month; I think they do a good job
of informing high-level audiences of best practices in our business from a
chief marketing officer perspective. Landor has long been an active
participant in conferences and, of course, the Association of National
Advertisers is virtually a must for professional networking. They have an
annual Masters of Marketing meeting that Landor has attended for the past
six years or so. We would attend this massive event (some 1,600 agency and
client participants) and make detailed notes on each speaker, which we
would then share internally and with clients. In three days you can listen to
best-in-class marketers presenting whatever they are doing to build their
brands. By the time you walk out of there, you are pretty well aware of what
is hot and what is not in the world of marketing.
Return on Investment of an Up-to-Date Marketing Strategy
There can be no return on investment if a company does not keep its
marketing strategy up to date and reasonably funded in the first place.
Marketing is too often looked upon as an “expense” versus an investment
and is quick to be cut when times get lean. Yet it is good marketing that
keeps the firm’s name visible among its target audiences and its message
relevant and well communicated—which is an essential preamble to
virtually any sale.
Companies like Landor grow and prosper through a very sophisticated,
consultative selling process. Marketing cannot offer a “buy one, get one
free” direct sales incentive in our business. Its purpose, rather, is to generate
informed awareness among the right audience, open some doors, and create
a going-in preference, if possible. In military terms, one might call it
“ground softening.” We decided some time ago that, given the project-
driven nature of the branding business, we had to ensure the right people
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were aware of who Landor was and what they did so when the time came
to seek branding help, they knew who to call. Usually there are at least four
or five firms in our field that prospects are talking to about a given
assignment. Marketing’s job is to make certain Landor is one of those being
considered. Once invited to pitch, it is up to the pitch team to have the
information, insights, ideas, and, we hope, inspired presentation necessary
to win the business. There are, needless to say, many factors that go into
actually winning a pitch once invited. But about all a good marketing
program can do in our industry is to bring the horse to the water. The pitch
team is responsible for getting it to drink.
Yet, because the actual pitch process is so critical to agency success, several
years ago Landor’s Marketing Communications team engaged Relationship
Audits and Management, a British firm that specializes in client/agency
relationship assessment. They would provide us post-pitch-decision win/loss
reports for most of our major new business efforts, based on professional,
third party interviews. These were very helpful in understanding both what
may have gone wrong and/or what the agency did right in the actual new
business process, including the actual presentations. A good tool for course-
correcting problems and essential for a firm like Landor, which engages in
multiple new business pitches every week around the world.
But all of these evaluative tools cost money—especially quantitative and
qualitative market research. So the question of finding out what our prospects
and customers think invariably devolved to “Do we spend money to learn
what outside perceptions of the firm are or do we spend that same money
hiring a new designer or business development person who might directly
impact sales? Or should we invest that money in evaluating current customer
relationships?” Because the real economics of the marketing communications
agency business demonstrate over and over again that the most efficient way
to grow billings is through one’s existing clients. A happy client is usually a
good partner who is seeing positive results from the relationship—and they
tend to then invest more money in the agency’s work.
There are some sophisticated ways of evaluating ongoing client/agency
relationships, and we employed Relationship Audits and Management at
Landor for some help here as well. This involved both online polling of
clients as well as qualitative interviews resulting in detailed reports. Of
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course, all of this data and the insights it produces are only valuable if the
client team chooses to actively apply the learning. The most successful
agencies recognize this, fortunately, and are using these tools to make sure
they are listening properly to their clients and offering the kind and caliber
of service that has been promised and is expected.
Greatest Challenges in Maintaining an Up-to-Date Strategy
The greatest challenge in virtually any marketing-driven organization is the
perpetual tendency to diminish resources, get by with smaller teams, and
place bigger demands on constantly demonstrating return on investment—
proving that marketing initiatives are driving business. It is hard to maintain
enthusiasm and inspire new thinking when there are internal “experts” who
challenge every expense and question every marketing program. At the
same time, without results, marketing is a luxury, hence the constant need
for justification.
In my new life at HA Roth Consulting, a very small business thus far, my
biggest challenge is now to generate awareness of HA Roth selectively
among potential clients, build on whatever reputation I have managed to
develop over the last forty years I have been in the business, and leverage
my limited personal resources. Essentially the same strategy we operated
against at Landor, but now at a micro level. I cannot afford advertising but
I do plan to be aggressive about what I offer by way of LinkedIn and other
outlets (like this book). I will undoubtedly do some digital outreach for
certain opportunities. It is still the constant challenge of where one best
applies resources to assure the most bang for every buck.
Key Takeaways
• One of the hardest things to do in the marketing communications
business is to focus on the central selling proposition or the
“central point” of your business. If you do not have a focal point,
you will not be able to communicate effectively to a prospect. This
is sometimes called the “elevator speech” or pitch; we all need one,
whatever we do.
• Marketers must balance creativity and strategic rigor to ensure
consumers understand both the strength of a world-class idea in its
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creative representation as well as believe the company will be able
to deliver on its promise.
• Being disciplined about target marketing is essential, but do not
forget to focus first on your employees—if they get and embrace
the brand, your job as a marketer becomes exponentially easier
because they are your best brand salespeople. It is they who deliver
the brand promise, every day.
• Marketing tools and techniques are in an ever-escalating state of
flux. The demand for new ideas and new ways to communicate
them will therefore only accelerate. Yet the fundamentals of sound
branding—a clear proposition; creative inspiration tempered by
strategic discipline; focused, informed targeting; and a passionate
commitment to keeping your promise to your customers— have
never been more essential.
Hayes Roth is founder and principal of HA Roth Consulting LLC
(harothconsulting.com), a marketing consulting firm specializing in strategic positioning,
brand development, and client/agency relationship building. Previously, he spent nineteen
years at Landor, one of the world’s most respected branding and design firms. For the last
twelve of those years, he created and then led Landor’s global marketing team, responsible
for marketing and business development initiatives across the firm’s twenty-four offices
worldwide. While at Landor, he also led branding programs for Cleveland Clinic,
Columbia University, ITT, New York Stock Exchange, Panasonic, Citi, the Council
on Foreign Relations, the PGA of America, Hartford HealthCare, the United Negro
College Fund, the World Trade Center, and the Moody’s Foundation, among many
others.
Prior to joining Landor in 1995, Mr. Roth ran his first marketing services company,
Roth Marketing Communications Inc., with clients including the Perrier Group, Price
Waterhouse, and T. Rowe Price. Before starting Roth Marketing Communications in
1987, he was vice president and management supervisor at Saatchi & Saatchi,
responsible for several Procter and Gamble brands, and previously a vice president at
Young & Rubicam advertising. During his advertising career, he led assignments ranging
from Procter and Gamble’s first NASCAR program to repositioning Jell-O. Earlier
career experiences include the national introduction of General Mills’ Nature Valley
granola bars and Yoplait Yogurt while at Campbell Mithun in Minneapolis.
Mr. Roth lectures at leading business schools, including Cornell, Columbia, and
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Wharton, and provides expert industry-related commentary for television news as well as
the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, AdWeek, PR News, and related
professional publications. He holds a BA from the University of Miami and is a member
of the College of Charleston’s Department of Communications Advisory Council, the
Cornell Johnson School Executive Advisory Committee, the Wharton Future of
Advertising 2020 Council, and is on the board of directors of the Advertising
Educational Foundation.
Dedication: To my intrepid and faithful marketing communications team: Mindy
Romero, Trevor Wade, Larry Green and Marissa Winkler.
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