The Art in Marketing Strategy ' Creativity vs. Memory <i>The Tools of Marketing Aren't the Strategy</i>

The curse ' and challenge ' of marketing is that it's at the apex of competition, which depends for its success on being ahead of the curve. Competing requires attracting the target audience's attention, generating excitement, enforcing credibility, and, in the case of professional services, building a context and an opportunity for selling. And it's all got to be done better than the competitors are doing it. Then it has a better chance to get to the bottom line ' which is the ultimate goal and value of marketing.

11 minute read October 07, 2008 at 10:32 AM
By
Bruce Marcus
The Art in Marketing Strategy ' Creativity vs. Memory <i>The Tools of Marketing Aren't the Strategy</i>

Many years ago, I worked at an ad agency whose creative director boasted of his ability to generate good advertising ideas. The problem was that his ideas weren't very good.

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