My daughter is in an interesting phase: She can read but she can’t comprehend fully what she’s reading. A picture book with a few sentences per page is perfect for her developmental stage. No, she wants to read a chapter book without any pictures. She proclaims proudly: “I’m on page 55.” When I ask her about the content, the answer is very sparse.
When she gets her homework, she wants to get it done in a few seconds: “Easy peesy, lemon squeezy.” Once I note a mistake, she freaks out and never wants to touch any homework again.
Typical behavior for brands in the emerging marketing space
Many brands have not yet fully deployed all basic digital marketing tools. Instead of focusing on getting the fundamentals right, they rather develop a comprehensive Social Marketing strategy.
Others have deserted Facebook/Twitter/YouTube presences. Why bother improving these important platforms for their brand? Let’s just start a Google+ page.
The fancy commercial not matching the dirty store layout.
The radio spot not matching the horrendous attitude of your employees.
The list is endless.
We should strive for innovation and amazing ideas.
First, we need to clean-up the store.
Change the attitude of employees.
Get the fundamentals of marketing right.
Get the fundamentals of the business right.
Then, and only then, should you consider the newest platform aka toy.
