‘6 Recent Marketing Campaigns That Were Pretty Awesome’ – ‘Entrepreneur’ Blog
Ann Handley says, “I’ve been thinking about some great marketing campaigns of recent months—those I might consider the “best.”
But I find myself wondering: What does best mean, exactly? Or, more simply: Is popular the same as best? If something is popular, can it also be good?
Hemingway would say no. “If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work,” he famously declared.
But we’re marketers, not novelists. Business effectiveness is what matters, right? Yes and no. Effective by what measure? For marketers, rearview-mirror metrics are only part of the story. The other part is the sensibility, creativity, inspiration and artfulness we bring to the work we do“.
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