How I Made it in Marketing Brand Marketing: Look in people’s closets (Episode #18)
“Remember the prospect is a person. Do not talk AT them; talk TO them.” This quote comes from Flint McGlaughlin in Above-the-Fold Psychology: How to optimize the top 4 inches of your webpage (https://meclabs.com/course/lessons/above-the-fold-psychology/).
And it exemplified the conversation with our latest guest, who literally went into people’s homes and looked in their closets to better understand and communicate to her brand’s customers. Lindsey Lindemulder is the Brand Marketing Director for Merrell (https://www.merrell.com/US/en/home), where she manages a team of five. The hiking footwear and outdoor gear company is a wholly owned subsidiary of shoe industry giant Wolverine World Wide.
Some lessons from Lindemulder that emerged from our discussion:
- “There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.”
- Strong customer insights are the foundation of great creative.
- Look in people’s closets.
- Mindfulness at work is essential.
- Woman can and should be in leadership positions.
- Work hard, do cool shit, and be humble.
Related content mentioned in this episode
Corporate Creativity: Managing your marketing team (and career) to balance innovation and execution (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/marketing/corporate-creativity-jeff-stibel-lisa-nirell/)
Not Enough Lobster In The Ocean: Trusting their gut leads to 90,000% revenue growth at Mint Mobile (Podcast Episode #11) (https://marketingsherpa.com/article/interview/revenue-growth-podcast)
The Hidden Side of Email Marketing: The once-and-done option, A/B testing and a supersmart kind of dumb (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/consumer-marketing/challenge-marketing-status-quo/)
About this podcast
This podcast is not about marketing – it is about the marketer. It draws its inspiration from the Flint McGlaughlin quote, “The key to transformative marketing is a transformed marketer” from the Become a Marketer-Philosopher: Create and optimize high-converting webpages free digital marketing course (https://meclabs.com/course/).
Join us for our next interactive session from the course on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 – How to Craft Your Value Proposition: A live, working session with Flint McGlaughlin (https://meclabs.com/course/how-to-craft-your-value-proposition/).
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