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The principles
A field guide of frameworks
Short, self-contained guides. Read them in order, or jump to the step you are working on today. Each one uses the same example business so the numbers stay consistent.
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Foundations
What marketing really is, the only four pathways to growth, and why your product is your most important marketing.
Read → Step 1Customer view of sales
See revenue as who buys, how often and for how much.
Read →Step 2Your customer gap
Turn a revenue goal into a customer count you can plan for.
Read →Step 3Your marketing map
Name the barriers to buying and the ideas that bust them.
Read →Step 4Acquisition plan
Which tools bring customers, at what cost, and does it pay?
Read →Step 5Marketing plan
Put it on one page with an owner and a date for everything.
Read → SupplementalThe marketer's craft
Execution versus fit, Blue Ocean and 7 Powers, preferentiation, double jeopardy and the habits of thought behind it all.
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