Don’t Differentiate, ‘Betterate’

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The prevailing wisdom in marketing is that you have to differentiate your product or service in order to create and sustain competitive advantage. In the modern age of omnipresent innovation, constantly fluid markets, and ultra-consumerism, being different is no longer enough…it’s about being better. (Sir) Jonathan Ive highlighted this phenomenon as a central belief and … Read more

Think Small

Think Small

Most employees feel that they have to think and act ‘big’, no matter whether the company that they’re working for is big, mid-sized or even in effect relatively small. In reality, size doesn’t matter, thinking small always works! Just because you’re not in a start-up doesn’t mean you can’t and shouldn’t act like one: be … Read more

The Marketing Hourglass Revisited

New Marketing Hourglass

The SCOPE Planning Model – An Alternative To SWOT Analysis

For generations in marketing and business we’ve used the SWOT model to provide an initial analysis and classification of the issues facing a business as it starts to evaluate it’s position and devise strategy. It has served us well since its inception in the 1960s with it’s simplicity, functionality and intuitiveness; remaining un-changed and un-equivocal … Read more

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