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CONVENTIONAL WISDOM MAY BE CONVENTIONAL, BUT IT AIN'T WISDOM

By Bruce W. Marcus
August 06, 2012

The most corrosive concept in marketing is conventional wisdom. Why?

Because the concept of conventional wisdom trumps the art of innovation and ingenuity in marketing. It distracts from what really works in professional services marketing.

Ultimately, marketing is an art form, the mechanics of which can be learned in a couple of weekends. The artfulness uses imagination to conceptualize, intuition to understand and interpret the market and the best ways to reach and persuade the consumer of your services, skill to use the mechanics effectively, and the competitive urge to drive the process, It transcends the mundane.

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