Hard to Market

Great marketing emphasizes meaningful relationships over mere transactions. Discover how becoming a beacon of care, rather than a loudspeaker for sale, can transform your business ethos and skyrocket customer loyalty. Tune in and let's make marketing personal!

Key Points
• People-centric marketing focus
• Deepen and strengthen connections
• Shift from revenue to relationships
• Nurturing customer relationships
• Build a robust referral engine

Best Quotes
00:01 - 00:11 • "It's super easy in the marketing conversation to forget that you are talking to people, that there are people at the other end of that message."
00:18 - 00:25 • "And those people have challenges and problems and issues. And the more you remember that, the more you remember that you're talking to real people."
00:29 - 00:35 • "I think you'll find that your marketing softens in a way, your connection deepens and strengthens."
00:55 - 01:04 • "You become an agent of care as opposed to strictly speaking means for the owner to earn revenue."
01:14 - 01:24 • "Whether or not you had one to start or you're developing one now that developing that relationship and understanding the nature of that relationship."
01:24 - 01:33 • "How do you nurture it from somebody who's struggling with a challenge or an issue or something that they want to do all the way up through the solution you provide."
01:37 - 01:46 • "That really is an architected conversation. It's a relationship that the more you understand, the more you can relate to the people in it."

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What is Hard to Market?

On Hard to Market, we discuss the challenges marketing nuanced products and services in the B2B space. Guests include marketing leaders in diverse industries that have products or services that are tricky to sell. Expect to hear success and horror stories from the marketing front-lines on the very next episode of Hard to Market.