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You can now filter the 10,000+ martech landscape by revenue, size, age and G2 ratings

chiefmartech

But then those larger, older, consolidated companies get challenged by new startups that better serve marketers on one or more dimensions — features, price, user experience, etc. There tends to be a lot of opportunity for differentiation there. Sure, products do get “consolidated” into larger companies over time.

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When Inflation Bites, Value Fights

Mereo

On January 12, the Labor Department announced that the Consumer Price Index rose by 7% in 2021 — the steepest increase since 1982! Even worse, the Labor Department said on January 13 that its Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level before it reaches consumers, surged 9.7% in the last 12 months alone.

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Best Marketing Books You Need To Read

Brightedge

He disembowels marketers who cut price and race to the bottom as the laziest. Low price is the last refuge of a marketer who has run out of generous ideas." Ellis named and started the growth hacker movement in 2010 after his successes at Dropbox and Logmein. He reminds us that over-reliance on ad spending is for lazy marketers.

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The Dark Future of Native Advertising

Digital B2B Marketing

But content marketers committed to producing valuable and differentiated content have an alternative. Here are just a few examples: Since launching in 2010, Content Marketing Institute has a built a professional services business by establishing its own content brand. It is a downward spiral. Build Your Own Content Brand. You can too.

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Choosing an Email Marketing Software « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

This is to help you differentiate between vendors that offer a similar way to accomplish something but one is clearly better (because it’s easier, or gives more options, etc.) Vendors that score very closely may have some clear differentiators that are not easily measurable. Good luck in your email marketing selection process!

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Taming Your Brand Mascot « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

This entry was posted on Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:45 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Online Marketing , Social Media , Uncategorized. Brand mascots are best for highly competitive market arenas where it is hard to differentiate players. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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11 Underdog Brands That Differentiated Themselves From the Competition

Hubspot

In fact, if a brand that succeeds in reaching its audience with content provided on social media, email, ads, and other media, this alone can differentiate them from other larger brands in their industry that miss the mark. By 2010, Apple exceeded Microsoft in sales for the first time in 10 years. Their 2014 branding is no different.