by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #6) If you want to change your results, change your measurements
7) Sustainable brands ignore common sense - the underpinning of many of the failings highlighted in the 6 previous rules. Common sense means doing what works - [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #5) Challenge your internal language
6) If you want to change your results, change your measurements
Ultimately it all comes down to Your choice of metric.
I’ve been a long time proponent of integrating long term business metrics alongside [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #4) Make the internal business case for youth
5) Challenge your internal language.
Many CEOs create an introspective “ivory tower” culture that takes too much time in self-referencing and using industry specific languages.
See this post by Dave Knox from [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #3) Build a dialogue using the right channels
4) Make the internal business case for youth
“We’re not a youth brand!” is the classic statement of disconnect.
As the BBC strives to find mid teen programming to keep their [...] [...more]
I’m a big fan of Seth Godin, you probably know already (I’ve already blogged down the line about The Dip). I borrowed one of his riffs earlier when I blogged about Sliced Bread and why we need to challenge the received wisdom. Godin was the first author to switch me on to the idea of [...] [...more]