{"id":5175,"date":"2023-09-13T15:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:34:13","slug":"find-your-marketing-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/ro\/find-your-marketing-superpower\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid My 20 Million Dollar Mistake: Find Your Marketing Superpower"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_.png\" alt=\"MarketingAlec\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_.png 512w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4gm5oppmlw0i0651x3vnemu1l8b6yh9wjvsh4.png 100w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4gl6lokc7d0yvh7d216tj9j46nqhit4zfi0g8.png 20w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4gljrbhtlt5ajqjzvop4qj0ppmg926otun6gk.png 50w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4glo574zemiqfto7hkj8gy6kvy0u8n7fzowgo.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/subscription\/\" id=\"HButton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/subscription\/\" id=\"HButton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin 7k+ Subscribers\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avoid-My-20-Million-Dollar-Mistake_-Find-Your-Marketing-Superpower-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"Image Cover for Article Avoid My 20 Million Dollar Mistake: Find Your Marketing Superpower\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avoid-My-20-Million-Dollar-Mistake_-Find-Your-Marketing-Superpower-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avoid-My-20-Million-Dollar-Mistake_-Find-Your-Marketing-Superpower-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avoid-My-20-Million-Dollar-Mistake_-Find-Your-Marketing-Superpower-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avoid-My-20-Million-Dollar-Mistake_-Find-Your-Marketing-Superpower-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Avoid-My-20-Million-Dollar-Mistake_-Find-Your-Marketing-Superpower.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Most marketers get bogged down in the tactics instead of <strong>trusting<\/strong> in their marketing superpower.<\/em> Or worse still, they haven&#8217;t identified their superpower yet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding your Marketing Superpower is important.<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so important that we&#8217;re dedicating our first-ever article to superpowers. It&#8217;s tempting, as a business owner or marketing manager, to tackle it all, but the truth is that you simply can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Great Alec! But what do I do? Simple. You find your main brand strength, your superpower, and you stay 100% authentic to using that power.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I have made the mistake of &#8216;trying to do it all&#8217; <strong>countless<\/strong> times. From big brands like MTV, where I learned the power of a Brand, to the start-up where I helped blow $20 million out the door with little result. \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Don&#8217;t waste time on another pointless Digital Marketing Strategy.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Instead, be \ud83d\udcaf clear on your differentiated Digital Marketing Superpower. \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your-Business-Superpower-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Your Business Superpower\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The World Moves Faster &amp; Faster\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t spend weeks or <em>months<\/em> formulating an already outdated Marketing Strategy.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777; object-fit: cover; width: 724px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is a heresy from a former Chief Strategy Officer that worked with 90 of the world&#8217;s most significant consumer goods brands. I spoke on stage in front of thousands, demanding you have a clear Digital Strategy. \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>I was wrong.<\/strong> Testing what actually works with 250+ businesses, you learn that simpler is better. Teaching, advising, and running a digital agency for the last ten years has shown me your brand needs a simpler &#8216;True North&#8217;. For you. For your team. For your customers.\u00a0\ud83e\udded<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc86\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0fTry This: <strong>Swap <em>Strategy<\/em> for <em>SUPERPOWER<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Answer this: What is My #<\/strong><strong>1<\/strong><strong> Marketing Superpower?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Then Ask: <\/strong><strong>Why me?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You only get <strong>one superpower<\/strong> not 5. Consumer attention is measured in seconds and decreases every day. \u23f2\ufe0f The recommended Instagram reel play time? 7 seconds. \ud83e\udd2f Make sure your message is clear (and quick)!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image-1\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image-2\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Your Superpower then <em>informs<\/em> everything you do. As <a href=\"https:\/\/seths.blog\/2019\/04\/the-elegance-of-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth Goodin famously said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Nike-and-Hyatt-Brand-and-Real-Estate-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Seth Goodin Quote\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83e\udd14 How Does Your Brand Use It&#8217;s Superpower?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Superpower is your Marketing Why Us?! \/ <strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How<\/strong> is the way your Superpower shows up in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What<\/strong> products or services do you sell?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Golden-Circle-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Golden Circle\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc29\ud83d\udc40 Superpower Case Study<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A recent example of this, is the rapidly growing Aussie pet brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/st-argo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St Argo<\/a>. I\u2019ve been helping them with an SEO strategy, and a few marketing roadblocks, when they realized that <strong>COLOR<\/strong> \ud83c\udf08is their Brand Superpower. In channeling their SEO focus into blogs and keywords relevant to their brand&#8217;s specific colors, they have been able to better analyze their SEO efforts.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.5516129032258064; width: 667px; height: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/If-Nike-announced-that-they-were-opening-a-hotel-youd-have-a-pretty-good-guess-about-what-it-would-be-like.-But-if-Hyatt-announced-that-they-were-going-to-start-making-shoes-you-would-have-NO-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"ST ARGO Case Study\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Life got easier for the ST ARGO team when they could build social, SEO, media, and products around their Superpower of color. There are many pet collars in the world, but there is only one ST ARGO that has the perfect color for your fashionable furry friend, after all. \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83e\uddb8\ud83c\udffc<\/strong> <strong>With Great Digital Marketing Power Comes Great Responsibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I still love strategy; if you are a large multinational and can hire Wolff Olins, go for it but then again that&#8217;s how I blew $20 Milllion dollars out the door. In today\u2019s fast-moving world of digital marketing, <strong>Superpowers are better for the rest of us.<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f And maybe Hyatt too?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><strong>In This Blog:<\/strong> #digitalmarketing #superpower #casestudy #strategy<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>[elementor-template id=&#8221;26839&#8243;]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most marketers get bogged down in the tactics instead of trusting in their marketing superpower. Or worse still, they haven\u2019t identified their superpower yet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Finding your Marketing Superpower is important.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so important that we\u2019re dedicating our first-ever article to superpowers. 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