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A practical guide for inexperienced marketers who have to develop a marketing strategyWith technology being built into products of all kinds, many businesses are hiring scientists, engineers, and designers to fulfill strategic marketing and product management roles. The Accidental Marketer is a practical guide for employees who are now responsible for developing strategy. These marketers will be able to immediately and successfully apply the ten tools featured in the book to create powerful strategies that increase sales and profits for any product in any industry.Explains how great marketers uncover insights about customers that competitors miss and use new insights to create a range of strategic options for their marketing plansShows how the best marketers execute their strategies through developing innovative branding and communication plans and value propositionsThe Accidental Marketer allows any inexperienced marketer to step into a new role and develop an effective strategy.
About the Author
Tom Spitale is the co-author of The Accidental Marketer. He has spent the last 20 years studying and unlocking the mysteries of marketing success. As a speaker, consultant and trainer he has launched thousands of strategic initiatives and plans in the Americas, Europe and Asia for Fortune 500 companies and for lesser-known organizations in highly-specialized markets.Tom creates tools and frameworks that his clients use in workshop settings, helping them uncover the keys to differentiating their products and services in as little as 2 days. His goal is to help elevate the role of marketers in the modern organization to be the "orchestrators of company strategy."Prior to his consulting career, Tom held a variety of marketing, pricing and actuarial positions for Wal-Mart, General Electric and Great American Insurance Company. He is a husband, father, entrepreneur, investor, musician, golfer, sports fan, spiritualist and cook. His hobbies expose him to successful practitioners in many different areas, which he finds extremely helpful in his work as a marketer.
