Why simplicity can be a business strategy and how you can invest in it – MAF292

This week let’s talk about simplicity.

Simplicity can be a strategy. Simplicity can be your competitive advantage. It’s hard but it’s what customers want.

This week it’s just me and the mic and this is episode 292 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.

Why simplicity can be a business strategy and how you can invest in it - MAF292

What you’ll hear about in this episode:

  • Why are so many businesses complex?
  • How complex language can be a red flag for complicated products and processes
  • What customers think about complexity
  • Four reasons why businesses get complicated and stay complicated
  • Three ways to keep things simple

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When marketing creatives suck – is your strategy to blame? – MAF290

This week let’s talk about that sinking feeling you get when you realise your marketing creatives suck.

It’s easy to blame the agency and to look elsewhere. But maybe it’s all about your strategy. Or lack of it.

This week it’s just me and the mic and this is episode 290 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.

When marketing creatives suck - is your strategy to blame? - MAF290

What you’ll hear about in this episode:

  • The Agency Pitch Meeting and when creatives suck
  • Why it’s likely down to your brief rather than the agency’s lack of creativity
  • How research from the Institute of Professional Advertisers backs this up
  • Why strategy is important to get the brief right in the first place
  • The three questions you need to answer before you brief an agency
  • The Circle of Marketing Simplicity

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More than logos and fonts – how to create a strong brand with David O’Hearns – MAF289

This week let’s talk about brand and positioning.

But we’ll go beyond logos, fonts and colours and look at what branding is really about.

My guest is David O’Hearns and this is episode 289 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.

More than logos and fonts - how to create a strong brand with David O'Hearns - MAF289

What you’ll hear about in this episode:

  • Why branding is more than logos, fonts and colours
  • Brand values and tone of voice
  • How looking at what you hate can reveal what you stand for
  • Why TV’s Apprentice does branding a disservice
  • Sticking to brand values in the long-term but avoiding “brand police”
  • What is positioning and how does it fit with branding?

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