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10 Ideas If You Need to Update Your Marketing Now…

August 11, 2022
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I was chatting with my friend, Angela. She runs a marketing firm for live entertainment in Sydney and we were discussing ideas around branding, market segmentation, and sales. That got me to thinking about the workshop I led on marketing and sales for sports teams with a league in Australia and New Zealand a few […]

August 10, 2022
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I originally published this on LinkedIn back in 2014. But I’ve been going through my blogs and articles, trying to come up with some sort of organization system for a project I’m working on. I thought this one still provided some value. So I’m reposting it today. This weekend I had friends in town and […]

Value and Differentiation

One of the core ideas that I find myself teaching when I teach strategy to companies is the need to differentiate themselves. Or, in the way that I help frame the conversation: “Why you?” In studying differentiation models over the years, I’ve found a couple different POVs on the art of differentiation. Rosser Reeves taught […]

My Philosophy on Strategy…

I have been clearing out my bookmarks and saved articles from Twitter the last few days to help put some stuff in my ticket newsletter, to find ideas for new products or services, and for inspiration. I’ve been working from the bottom up, don’t know why, but I came across this piece from Tom Roach titled […]

10 Lessons On Boosting Attendance…

1. The Big Story: Is scheduling behind the AFL’s decline in attendance? Big Ideas: You must revisit your value proposition now. Do you understand who your competition is? Really? How much money is doing things the old way costing you? I’m going to do this one a little different than normal because it can sometimes be […]

Segmenting a Market

3. How To: Segment a Market: Big Ideas: You aren’t your customer. Behavioral segmentation…duh! Your customers aren’t just “your” customers. I’ve mentioned here before that for my money Roger L. Martin is the best strategy teacher in the world. So seeing him enter the chat around market segmentation is a great opportunity to share Roger’s writing […]

Concert Prices Jump: Big Time!

2. The Road to Recovery: Concert ticket prices jump, a lot: Don’t believe me, look at the situation that Bruce Springsteen dealt with. Inflationary pressures are real. Get while the getting is good, yeah?! We’ve covered this a great deal lately. So I won’t belabor any of this today. Instead, I’ll just point out a few things: […]