Four Lessons From the Festival of Marketing FoM18 blew my mind. We all know that there’s good marketing and there’s bad. But I left the conference pondering the gulf of distance between marketers and their customers. Such a disconnect gives fuel to outdated, ineffective and frankly tiringly stereotypical marketing. But…
Author: Jane Franklin
…is co-founder of Difference Engine. Jane has deep experience in communications, inbound and outbound marketing for a range of organisations from Microsoft and OS to the Greater London Authority and NFU Mutual and many others in between. Should anyone ever want to bribe Jane, focusing on a mixture of rock, comedy, cheese and cider will probably do the trick.
Are We All Tired of Brand Purpose?
Is setting your business’ purpose a futile ride on a tired bandwagon? A self-indulgent waste of time? A shallow marketer’s hack for brand engagement? It’s 20 years since Cluetrain and it’s 10 years since Sinek proposed we Start With Why. Famously, Cluetrain told us that “companies attempting to “position” themselves…