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Marketing Myth # 4 – “Marketing = Getting You To Buy More (Of The Same)”

Perhaps the most pervasive misunderstanding about marketing is that it fundamentally revolves around getting people to buy more of the things they already have, and do not really need. Where there is no doubt that marketers have earned at least some of their reputation, there is more going on than that.

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Marketing Myth # 3 – “Marketing = 4 (or 5, or 6) Ps”

At some point, someone started adding another P (People) in an effort to expand the model, but no matter how many Ps we add, we cannot continue to avoid the facts: the classic marketing model is broken.

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Marketing Myth # 2 – “Marketing Is (All) About Social Media”

With all the buzz going around these days, I find myself wondering sometimes if there is any getting away from the social media crowd. It seems like everybody has an opinion, and most of them come in the form of Tweets: short, tasty and utterly useless unless seen in a broader context.

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