Getting Back to Basics on Marketing…

“Marketing is too important to be left to marketers.” by Dan McDade on July 28, 2015 This saying always amuses me. Partly because it’s true, partly because it’s funny, but also because it’s often misunderstood. It’s funny because it sounds like marketers are too stupid to be in charge of marketing. And, as a marketer, I love laughing […]

“Marketing is too important to be left to marketers.”

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This saying always amuses me. Partly because it’s true, partly because it’s funny, but also because it’s often misunderstood. It’s funny because it sounds like marketers are too stupid to be in charge of marketing. And, as a marketer, I love laughing at myself and those who do what I do. But my take on what it really means is that marketing is so important that it should be an integral part of the fabric of a company’s mindset, culture and strategy.

Here’s the problem: Marketing is increasingly viewed as a separate entity, an outsider to what the company’s business is all about, when in fact, it is inseparable. One cannot exist without the other.

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