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Marketing in survival mode
I hesitated to share these tips for worry of adding the noise and confusion out there at the...
How Inside Travel Group got their marketing stars aligned
“A printed copy of the Watertight Marketing Team Alignment and Benchmark engagement report has been on my desk permanently since I received it well over a year ago because we refer to it all the time as a guiding light for our ongoing marketing decisions.” Simon King, Director
What skills does a marketing director need to be really effective?
A typical client for a full Watertight Marketing Transformation Programme has typically just recruited, or is about to recruit, into their first marketing leadership role. That is, their first head of marketing or marketing director as a key strategic member of the team. Finding the right person is rarely simple. Let’s explore why this is.
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Tackling the marketing ‘should do’ list
How do you move those key marketing tasks from your ‘should do’ list to ticked off and delivering for your business? Bryony Thomas gives a rundown of the best ways to get stuff done.
Do you have the tools to match your skills?
You can grow a business on sales skills alone, but why would you make your life harder than it needs to be. Investing in tools to match your skills will get you further faster. In this post, Bryony looks at the difference between tools and skills and why a scaling business needs both.
Marketing in survival mode
I hesitated to share these tips for worry of adding the noise and confusion out there at the...
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Touchpoint Leaks™
Business blogs – the good, the great and the gratuitous
All this week, I’ll be blogging about blogging – sharing tips, hints and musings on how to make a blog the hub of your new business operation. A business blog is one of the simplest ways of overcoming Leak #7 (Information Overload) of the Thirteen...
Six internal business benefits of blogging
All this week, I'll be blogging about blogging - sharing tips, hints and musings on how to make a blog the hub of your new business operation. A business blog is one of the simplest ways of overcoming Leak #7 (Information Overload) of the Thirteen...
What are the Thirteen Touchpoint Leaks?
This post is also available over on our PodBlog I'm yet to encounter a small business that isn't leaking profit in the way they approach their marketing. If you're not supporting every step in a person's buying decision, you are necessarily losing business. Here's a...
Logic Sandwich
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The Time Triangle
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Influencer Icecream
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Profit Purpose Matrix
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Posts by Touchpoint Leak™
The Touchpoint Leaks™ framework is introduced in Chapter 2 of the Watertight Marketing book. You can use this to create a Touchpoint Leak™ Traffic Light Report to find your focus Leak. Then please use Part Three of the book, and these posts to #tweakyourleaks
"Watertight has made a massive difference to me and our business... I’m a sales person but knew we needed the support of marketing to further our growth. We’ve achieved 500% growth in 4 years; I attribute a lot of that success to working with Watertight."
Leak 1: Forgotten Customers
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Leak 2: Poor On-Boarding
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Leak 3: No Emotional Connection
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Leak 4: No Gateway
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Leak 5: No Critical Approval
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Leak 6: No Proof
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Leak 7: Information Overload
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Leak 8: How (format)
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Leak 9: Where (channel)
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Leak 10: When (timing)
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Leak 11: Who (Influencers)
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Leak 12: What
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Leak 13: No Emotional Impact
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