Marketing Is Critical To Success in 2019 and Beyond
As 2019 begins, it’s time to reclaim marketing as a key driver of business. Management guru Peter Drucker once said, “Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two — and only these two — basic functions: marketing and innovation.” Clearly most business leaders embrace innovation as the lifeblood of their companies today, but lately marketing has been relegated to a staff-driven, cost center by many. And that has caused waste, missed opportunities, and failure for many businesses.
Marketing as it was originally intended, in its fullest, truest, and greatest form, is more important today than ever before. The world is awash in innovative products, services, technologies, solutions, business models, etc. today. These new offerings must be brought to market and commercialized in order to generate revenue and profit. Innovation alone cannot sustain a company; it must be paired with marketing.
Check out my new Forbes article, Marketing Matters Now More Than Ever, to learn:
- why marketing has been in decline in recent years
- the importance of marketing in today’s innovation-fueled marketplace
- how marketing needs to be understood, embraced, and valued differently
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