Learning from the structure of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, which believes that “writing cannot be taught but that writers can be encouraged.”
To worship the “Big Idea” exclusively is short-sighted. Integrated marketing communications (IMC) is really about process.
Using the Turing test for marketing communications is becoming necessary, but it’s a red herring. A proposal for a test for brand honesty.
As much trouble as brands reportedly have getting their message in front of us, we as consumers are in even more of a predicament because of the exploding content marketplace.
Management consultants make such a nice living, I suppose, because figuring out the organizational structure that is right for a given business is really hard. It’s important to get right because there is the potential for great reward — there is a proven strong correlation between organizational and financial performance.
There are plenty of well-trod stories [...]