In the market for new marketing ideas?

Marketing is one of the most important aspects of your business. Even if you think you can away with a mediocre Direct Marketing campaign or a clichéd TV commercial – then think again. Bad advertising can actually harm your business and drive customers away. But when everything’s already been done – what can my business do? Well, for starters, when I need a fresh new marketing idea I go online. I search google, youtube, check my competitors and open my mind. I don’t say that you should copy your ideas, but sometimes, looking at other people’s work can really help you think.

Check out this cool youtube video, it has many innovative ideas – this is the future of marketing:



Straight from TED, here is Marketing guru Seth Godin and he spells out why, when it comes to getting attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones:



And to prove you that even we can take a hit – here’s Bill Hicks on marketing and marketers (watch out for the usual Hicks explicit language…)



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