{"id":7220,"date":"2015-03-22T14:14:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T13:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/?page_id=7220"},"modified":"2024-08-24T18:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T16:57:37","slug":"marketing-cartoons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\/marketing-cartoons","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Cartoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please feel free to use these cartoons in your presentations, university courses, books etc, for free, as long as you drop me a line to let me know what you have planned (telliott at timoelliott dot com),<\/p>\n<p>Top\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cartoon page here<\/a>, including links to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\/analytics-cartoons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analytics cartoons<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/more-analytics-cartoons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more analytics cartoons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\/yet-more-analytics-cartoons\">yet more analytics cartoons<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\/artificial-intelligence-cartoons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial intelligence cartoons<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/marketing-cartoons\">marketing cartoons<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/social-cartoons\">social cartoons<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/innovation-cartoons\">innovation cartoons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/sustainability-cartoons\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">sustainability cartoons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\/work-frustration-cartoons\">work frustration cartoons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/cartoons\/other-cartoons\">other cartoons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing has a branding problem&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketing-has-a-branding-problem.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketing-has-a-branding-problem.jpg?resize=608%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"marketing has a branding problem\" width=\"608\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is your marketing strategy for the birds?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/You-should-only-go-cheap-cheap-cheap-if-youre-a-bird.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21479\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/You-should-only-go-cheap-cheap-cheap-if-youre-a-bird.png?resize=608%2C692&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/You-should-only-go-cheap-cheap-cheap-if-youre-a-bird.png?resize=608%2C692&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/You-should-only-go-cheap-cheap-cheap-if-youre-a-bird.png?resize=900%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/You-should-only-go-cheap-cheap-cheap-if-youre-a-bird.png?resize=768%2C874&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/You-should-only-go-cheap-cheap-cheap-if-youre-a-bird.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purpose marketing is important!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Extra-social-purpose-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Extra-social-purpose-3.jpg?resize=525%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Extra-social-purpose-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C871&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Extra-social-purpose-3.jpg?resize=608%2C517&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Extra-social-purpose-3.jpg?resize=768%2C653&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Extra-social-purpose-3.jpg?w=1216&amp;ssl=1 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, marketing is all about seduction&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Apparently-marketing-is-seduction.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7223\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Apparently-marketing-is-seduction.jpg?resize=608%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cartoon: Apparently marketing is all about seduction \" width=\"608\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who do you trust? marketers or customers?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketing-content-comes-from-customers.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7224\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketing-content-comes-from-customers.jpeg?resize=608%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"marketing content comes from customers\" width=\"608\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The problem with a lot of marketing analytics:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/typical-marketing-analytics.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/typical-marketing-analytics.jpg?resize=608%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"typical marketing analytics\" width=\"608\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being a target can be painful:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/targeted-marketing-without-customer-feedback.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/targeted-marketing-without-customer-feedback.jpg?resize=608%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"targeted marketing without customer feedback\" width=\"608\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big Data marketing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/big-data-marketers-t-shirt.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/big-data-marketers-t-shirt.jpg?resize=372%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"big-data-marketers-t-shirt\" width=\"372\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to tell the truth on social media &#8212; unless&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/man-and-oath-lies-get-more-likes.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/man-and-oath-lies-get-more-likes.jpg?resize=608%2C484&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"man-and-oath-lies-get-more-likes\" width=\"608\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/man-and-oath-lies-get-more-likes.jpg?resize=608%2C484&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/man-and-oath-lies-get-more-likes.jpg?resize=768%2C611&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/man-and-oath-lies-get-more-likes.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to be authentic in your marketing &#8212; which means we have to pretend that we&#8217;re not actually trying to sell them anything&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-key-to-being-authentic-marketing-is-to-pretend.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15924\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-key-to-being-authentic-marketing-is-to-pretend.jpg?resize=608%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-key-to-being-authentic-marketing-is-to-pretend.jpg?resize=608%2C450&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-key-to-being-authentic-marketing-is-to-pretend.jpg?resize=768%2C569&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-key-to-being-authentic-marketing-is-to-pretend.jpg?resize=1024%2C758&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-key-to-being-authentic-marketing-is-to-pretend.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, marketing is NOT THE SAME AS SPIN! Don&#8217;t be this person&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/for-the-last-time-you-marketing-weasel.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/for-the-last-time-you-marketing-weasel.jpg?resize=608%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/for-the-last-time-you-marketing-weasel.jpg?resize=608%2C561&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/for-the-last-time-you-marketing-weasel.jpg?resize=768%2C709&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/for-the-last-time-you-marketing-weasel.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four out of five respondents mistrust marketing research that&#8217;s made up?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/In-a-recent-study-four-out-of-five-people.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/In-a-recent-study-four-out-of-five-people.jpg?resize=608%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/In-a-recent-study-four-out-of-five-people.jpg?resize=608%2C608&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/In-a-recent-study-four-out-of-five-people.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/In-a-recent-study-four-out-of-five-people.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/In-a-recent-study-four-out-of-five-people.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everybody hates fluffy marketing messages &#8212; so why do people manufacture them?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21666\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=608%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=608%2C386&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=1024%2C651&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=1536%2C976&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?w=1792&amp;ssl=1 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Marketing organizations are getting ready for the next kickoff, and the new AI opportunity to spam more people, more often \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marketing-priority-number-one-use-ai-for-more-spam.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marketing's priority for AI? More spam to more people, sadly...\" class=\"wp-image-21744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marketing-priority-number-one-use-ai-for-more-spam.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marketing-priority-number-one-use-ai-for-more-spam.jpg?resize=608%2C608&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marketing-priority-number-one-use-ai-for-more-spam.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marketing-priority-number-one-use-ai-for-more-spam.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends don&#8217;t let friends use complicated diagrams that obscure rather than highlight the point being made:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/and-heres-yet-another-diagram-to-make-things-more-complicated-than-they-need-to-be-1.jpg?resize=875%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/and-heres-yet-another-diagram-to-make-things-more-complicated-than-they-need-to-be-1.jpg?resize=875%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 875w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/and-heres-yet-another-diagram-to-make-things-more-complicated-than-they-need-to-be-1.jpg?resize=598%2C700&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/and-heres-yet-another-diagram-to-make-things-more-complicated-than-they-need-to-be-1.jpg?resize=768%2C899&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/and-heres-yet-another-diagram-to-make-things-more-complicated-than-they-need-to-be-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We only surveil you because we care about you so much as a customer&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dont-worry-the-intrusive-surveillance-is-only-there.jpg?resize=926%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cartoon of a woman in a store, surrounded by cameras, being reassured that &quot;the intrusive surveillance is only there to show just how much we care about you as a customer&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-21765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dont-worry-the-intrusive-surveillance-is-only-there.jpg?resize=926%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 926w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dont-worry-the-intrusive-surveillance-is-only-there.jpg?resize=608%2C672&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dont-worry-the-intrusive-surveillance-is-only-there.jpg?resize=768%2C849&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dont-worry-the-intrusive-surveillance-is-only-there.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You really think the customer agrees with all that surveillance? She&#8217;s not buying it&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/you-really-think-you-need-that-much-surveillance-Im-not-buying-it.jpg?resize=861%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cartoon, woman in a store surrounded by surveillance cameras: &quot;you really think you need that much surveillance? I'm not buying it!&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/you-really-think-you-need-that-much-surveillance-Im-not-buying-it.jpg?resize=861%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 861w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/you-really-think-you-need-that-much-surveillance-Im-not-buying-it.jpg?resize=589%2C700&amp;ssl=1 589w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/you-really-think-you-need-that-much-surveillance-Im-not-buying-it.jpg?resize=768%2C914&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/you-really-think-you-need-that-much-surveillance-Im-not-buying-it.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Increasingly, your customer may not be a human! Instead, people are delegating information gathering to algorithms or letting chatbots and AI-powered search engines determine the best sources. So how do marketers get ChatGPT or Claude to say nice things about their products and services?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=608%2C608&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/please-use-my-marketing-content.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marketing people are far more likely to get fired for using the wrong color on the logo than they are for producing boring &#8220;marketing mush&#8221; content<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dont-be-boring.jpg?resize=796%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dont-be-boring.jpg?resize=796%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 796w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dont-be-boring.jpg?resize=544%2C700&amp;ssl=1 544w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dont-be-boring.jpg?resize=768%2C988&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dont-be-boring.jpg?resize=1194%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dont-be-boring.jpg?w=1311&amp;ssl=1 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Your marketing messages don&#8217;t have to be fluffy! (fast, open agile, etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=1024%2C651&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=1024%2C651&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=608%2C386&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?resize=1536%2C976&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Im-proud-to-unveil-our-latest-fluffy-marketing-messages.jpg?w=1792&amp;ssl=1 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of all of the important roles inside organizations, marketing is the only one that people feel comfortable delegating to somebody who has no professional experience in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/we-think-marketing-will-be-better-without-anyone-in-charge-2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C743&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cartoon: man firing the CMO: &quot;we just think marketing is going to be much better without anyone in charge...&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/we-think-marketing-will-be-better-without-anyone-in-charge-2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C743&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/we-think-marketing-will-be-better-without-anyone-in-charge-2-1.jpg?resize=608%2C441&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/we-think-marketing-will-be-better-without-anyone-in-charge-2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/we-think-marketing-will-be-better-without-anyone-in-charge-2-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1114&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/we-think-marketing-will-be-better-without-anyone-in-charge-2-1.jpg?w=1792&amp;ssl=1 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marketing positioning is an incredibly important exercise, and mostly involves figuring out what you DON&#8217;T stand for&#8230; 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