Four Ps

Anyone with a Business or Marketing degree has likely heard of the following framework from the illustrious marketing professor Philip Kotler.

Marketing is the combination of the 4Ps: Price, Product, Promotion, and Place.

While many can agree with it, when we think of Marketing in most companies and business circles, we tend to focus on a subset of one P: Promotion.

If you reacted to the previous sentence by thinking, “Yeah, that’s kind of true,” you may be interested in taking a few minutes to think if your Marketing team is doing everything it’s supposed to do in your company.

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Controversial Marketing Hot-Take #4

In October of last year, I thought of starting a series of posts on controversial marketing hot-takes. I posted one a day for four days straight. This was the fourth and last one. To make it even more entertaining, I've decided to use sports quotes to illustrate my point. "ð˜—ð˜¦ð˜°ð˜±ð˜­ð˜¦ ð˜¸ð˜©ð˜° ð˜³ð˜¶ð˜¯ ð˜£ð˜¢ð˜­ð˜­ 𘤅

Controversial Marketing Hot-Take #3

In October of last year, I thought of starting a series of posts on ð—°ð—¼ð—»ð˜ð—¿ð—¼ð˜ƒð—²ð—¿ð˜€ð—¶ð—®ð—¹ ð—ºð—®ð—¿ð—¸ð—²ð˜ð—¶ð—»ð—´ ð—µð—¼ð˜ ð˜ð—®ð—¸ð—²ð˜€. I posted one a day for four days straight. This was the third one. “ð˜¾ð™§ð™šð™–ð™©ð™žð™«ð™šð™¨ ð™–ð™§ð™š ð™©ð™ð™š ð™—ð™žð™œð™œð™š…

Controversial Marketing Hot-Take #2

In October of last year, I thought of starting a series of posts on ð—°ð—¼ð—»ð˜ð—¿ð—¼ð˜ƒð—²ð—¿ð˜€ð—¶ð—®ð—¹ ð—ºð—®ð—¿ð—¸ð—²ð˜ð—¶ð—»ð—´ ð—µð—¼ð˜ ð˜ð—®ð—¸ð—²ð˜€. I posted one a day for four days straight. This was the second one. "ð™„ð™©'𙨠ð™£ð™¤ð™© ð™–ð™—ð™¤ð™ªð™© ð™®ð™¤ð™ªð™§ ð˜¾ð™ð™Š ð™£ð…

Controversial Marketing Hot-Take #1

In October last year, I thought of starting a series of posts on ð—°ð—¼ð—»ð˜ð—¿ð—¼ð˜ƒð—²ð—¿ð˜€ð—¶ð—®ð—¹ ð—ºð—®ð—¿ð—¸ð—²ð˜ð—¶ð—»ð—´ ð—µð—¼ð˜ ð˜ð—®ð—¸ð—²ð˜€. I posted one a day for four days straight. This was the first one. "ð™„ð™› ð™®ð™¤ð™ªð™§ ð™˜ð™–ð™¢ð™¥ð™–ð™žð™œð™£ ð™—ð™¤ð™¢ð™—ð™¨, ð™žð™…