Why Does (most) Marketing Suck? CM Summit Presentation
Ian Lurie Nov 24 2008
Just wrapped up my Conversational Marketing Summit presentation titled ‘why does most marketing suck?’.
In it, I review:
- A brief history of marketing, as told by beer.
- Why and how you should select, rather than accumulate, customers.
- How you can better listen to your audience.
- The meaning of life. At least as a marketer.
I also answer several specific questions about social media, PPC and the like.
Here’s the recording:
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Ian Lurie
CEO
Ian Lurie is CEO and founder of Portent Inc. He's recorded training for Lynda.com, writes regularly for the Portent Blog and has been published on AllThingsD, Forbes.com and TechCrunch. Ian speaks at conferences around the world, including SearchLove, MozCon, SIC and ad:Tech. Follow him on Twitter at portentint. He also just published a book about strategy for services businesses: One Trick Ponies Get Shot, available on Kindle. Read More