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Jon Gatrell

Science – not that actually

Very often marketingt continues to be described as an [tag]art[/tag], as much as it is described a science — both have validity. True enough! Marketing is both a science and an art. So most folks market to themselves and that personal bias introduces a narrow cast which may not deliver an significant value, but you have to attempt to see if your experiences represent a meaningful buying driver. That is in fact is the only real [tag]normalized[/tag] reality – an understood moment and a cohort group, seems like a marketing opportunity.

Marketing is not a science or an art. Science and art – recognize your affinity and spin! This is the science. Don’t get me wrong – I have significant faith in analytics and models, but they evolve and moments in time represent an opportunity to tell a story and witness the story. There is no single model – to that end it is art.

Nevertheless, the ability to determine the response rates and conversions is science. Alas – Art and Science. Arrrgghhh!

I am for sure it will not be effective 🙂

Sign: Caution Wilderness Bowling

wilderness bowling

 

A sign I saw on a dirt road in [tag]Canada[/tag] where basically NO traffic exists.  Just remembered I have this after thinking about my travel.

The Year In Review: Travel 2007

So I thought I would spend some time today and think about 2007 as I prepare to go on vacation to Germany.  Not sure I have anything interesting from a year in review perspective other than my travel.   So here is my confirmed travel, Delta’s sky miles tracking is great.

Jan

  • NYC/[tag]LGA[/tag]

February

  • [tag]DTW[/tag]
  • [tag]IAD[/tag]/Wash DC

March

  • [tag]ORD[/tag]

April

  • Charlotte
  • NYC/LGA

May

  • Manchester
  • [tag]PHL[/tag]
  • [tag]Boston[/tag]
  • IAD/Wash DC

June

  • Phoenix, AZ/PHX
  • Orlando
  • IAD/Wash DC
  • NYC/LGA
  • Boston

July

  • Canada

August

  • DTW

Sept

  • Las Vegas
  • Milan

October

  • IAD/Wash DC
  • Orlando

November

  • Seattle
  • Los Angeles
  • Boston

December

  • PHL
  • Germany
  • DTW – Planned

Apparently June was rough…. 2007 appears to have been a very mobile year.  I did 6 presentations, went to 8 conferences and did a bunch of travel.   I was oddly surprised by the amount of time I spent in DC.   I had 3 periods of PTO, counting today, also odd.
Safe travels to all.

Top 5 Tweets

 So this [tag]top 5[/tag] tweets is as much about content as it is realization on the difficulty of staying on top of things.  Oh the things people tweet.

Why does content from [tag]tweets[/tag] seem so interesting, benign and poignant some times?