Tiffany & Co’s controversial brand campaign is on the mark
When you have an iconic brand you can safely take risks that might make some marketing people wince. But that isn’t what Tiffany & Co.
Perhaps you know what is wrong and just need a plan to fix it. Or maybe you can’t quite put your finger on the problem.
I’m a fractional CMO. I work with companies who want to take their marketing to the next level, but don’t want, or aren’t ready, to employ a full-time senior marketer.
How do I do that? Well not with a logo, or an identity refresh or some smart new brochures and a website.
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Growing companies often go through a phase where they need the advice and guidance of a chief marketing officer (CMO) or marketing director but they either can’t afford or aren’t ready to employ one full time.
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For example, you can work with me full-time for a few weeks to define your brand or sales strategy then work with me a few days each month to execute the plan. You could bring me in to lead and develop your marketing team a few days a month and then choose to use me for strategic projects. Or you could use my skills to build your annual promotional calendar, then hire me to manage your agencies and freelancers as they build and run the campaigns.
The important thing is that you have the flexibility to use as much of my services as your business needs without paying for a permanent, full-time member of staff. In other words, you have access to an experienced senior marketing leader at a fraction of the cost of employing one.
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Unlike many consultancy firms or marketing agencies I don’t walk in with a fill-in-the-blanks template or framework downloaded from the internet. Instead I use a very classic approach to building marketing plans: I understand your objectives, I understand your market, I understand your customers, I understand your sales strategy and I understand your limitations, then we (you and I) build your plan together. Just as a full-time marketing director or a CMO would.
I have a proven track-record of delivering revenue and profit growth, winning market leadership, building & mentoring successful marketing teams and taking products and services to market. I apply my passion for sales and marketing, my experience and my network to growing your company at a seniority level you might not yet be able to afford full-time.
From brand strategy to promotional planning to marketing campaigns. From sales strategy to sales and marketing alignment. From go-to-market to pricing to launch campaigns to brand renovation. From organisation building to mentoring and managing. From brand building to lead generation to lead nurturing to sales activation to retention. We agree on a strategic plan and your priorities and I get on with it.
You decide the amount you want to spend, the amount of involvement you need and when to increase it or reduce it. For example you may decide to start with a strategic brand and marketing plan, and then work on campaign planning and execution. Or perhaps you have misaligned marketing and sales teams and want to resolve that before taking implementation support. It could be that you need a period of full-time support to build up momentum before dialling back to once a week or once a month guidance and mentoring. We can work together in any way that works best for your business.
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Combine these strategic services with fractional support to help you to implement them or take them as standalone services.
Build a standout, top-of-mind, preferred brand that dominates your category.
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Revitalise, relaunch or rebrand without damaging your brand equity.
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