by Samuel Scott | Jul 8, 2020 | Marketing Essays
My new column is out in The Drum: Bill Bernbach once said that “a principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something.” Well, the marketing industry is finally stepping up to the challenge. As of yesterday (7 July), a public Google Drive...
by Samuel Scott | Jun 2, 2020 | Marketing Essays
(Note: I can deliver a keynote speech on this topic — see my marketing speaker page.) Countless marketing pundits have been proclaiming that the coronavirus and resulting global shutdown will change everything in the industry forever. But if the 1918 influenza...
by Samuel Scott | Apr 6, 2020 | Marketing Essays
I will debut my new 2020 talk on brand hypocrisy versus brand purpose at #thefearless2020 virtual event with on April 17. There will be 150+ business and marketing speakers there. Interested? Register at this link here. See you soon — virtually!
by Samuel Scott | Apr 6, 2020 | Marketing Essays
(Note: My biweekly Promotion Fix column no longer has a home, so I’m publishing this special edition myself.) “You, alright! I learned it by watching you!” In July 1987, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America launched what would become one of the...
by Samuel Scott | Mar 30, 2020 | Marketing Essays
I was bored while being stuck at home for the third week in a row, so I created a graphic to illustrate a major problem in the marketing industry. If the diagnosis and guiding strategic policy are wrong, then the tactics will not matter. If the product, price, or...
by Samuel Scott | Mar 17, 2020 | Marketing Essays
My new column in The Drum is out — focusing on what event organizers, sponsors, and speakers should be doing: The best marcom campaigns happen in the real world and not on computer screens. But following the recent coronavirus outbreak, event planners and field...