Don’t be a #DeadMarketer: 13 scary examples to avoid

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As September became October, we decided to bring a few decorations into the office, including a full-scale skeleton that quickly made himself comfortable on our lobby couch.

But that wasn’t enough for Brian Hansford. Over the next several days, Brian started tagging the poor bastard with paper tombstones making his cause of death clear and decidedly marketing-related.

And thus, the #DeadMarketer hashtag was born.

Below are several examples (13 of them, scary!) from Brian’s #DeadMarketer series. And now that Halloween is upon us, we wanted to broaden the discussion and get your input as well.

  • What marketing activities will lead to an additional #DeadMarketer?
  • What misguided “lack” of activity or strategy will lead to a #DeadMarketer?
  • What unsuccessful, unmeasured, irrelevant or wasteful marketing efforts will create the next #DeadMarketer?

We’d love to hear your ideas in the comments below, plus join the #DeadMarketer discussion on Twitter by completing the following statement:

“You’ll soon be a #DeadMarketer if……”

viralvideo

sqlmql

salesexecs

brochureware

QRcodes

nevertalkedtocustomers

neglectedblog

marketingautomation

crmintegration

buyersjourney

brochures

blacklisted

batchandblast

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Matt Heinz
Prolific author and nationally recognized, award-winning blogger, Matt Heinz is President and Founder of Heinz Marketing with 20 years of marketing, business development and sales experience from a variety of organizations and industries. He is a dynamic speaker, memorable not only for his keen insight and humor, but his actionable and motivating takeaways.Matt’s career focuses on consistently delivering measurable results with greater sales, revenue growth, product success and customer loyalty.

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