The Old Rules of Marketing Are Dead: 6 New Rules to Reinvent Your Brand and Reignite Your Business - Hardcover

by Timothy R. Pearson (Author)

6 strategic principles for reinventing your products, your services--and your company's future

The digital age has completely transformed business--and marketing has not kept up. From research frameworks and traditional concept development to planning to budgeting to distribution channels and media placement, marketing has not advanced--which may be why Chief Marketing Officers often don't get a seat at the table. In order to have a future, marketing must play a direct role in driving profitable sales and increasing revenues.

The Old Rules of Marketing Are Dead offers the new rules for reinventing your brand, including:

• Defining the product's essence
• Creating metrics to ensure accountability
• Developing a core message
• Disseminating the brand

Marketing needs to lead, not follow. The Old Rules of Marketing are Dead shows how to reinvent marketing and position it as a strategic business partner for any organization.

Table of Contents

Rule 1: The Core is Everything; Rule 2: You Have Nothing Without the Foundation; Rule 3: There are Many Choices But Only One Customer; Rule 4: Do the Right Things for the Right Reasons; Rule 5: Infrastructure is More Than Just Pipes; Rule 6: Lead and Others Will Follow

Author Biography

Timothy R. Pearson was president and CEO of Zyman Group, a leading international management consulting firm serving the Global 1,000. He has also served as Vice Chair, Global Managing Partner, Marketing and Communications (and first Chief Marketing Officer) for KPMG, the global Big 4 accounting, tax, and consulting firm; and has been president of several advertising agencies. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway, and on the Harvard Business School's Dean's Research Society. Pearson has received numerous honors in the marketing arena, including but not limited to Advertising Age's Best, The Wall Street Journal's Best, and multiple Belding, Cable, Clio, Echo, Golden Phone, Lulu, Proto, PRSA, and Sunny awards.