Q&A with David Oksman, Reebok’s Head of Global Strategic Communications and U.S. Activation Interviewed by Ben Cohen, Vice President, Denneen & Company For context, can you help us understand your background? My career began in Ecommerce Marketing for Staples, focusing on all elements of performance-driven digital channels. I had the opportunity to drive creative […]
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A More Strategic and Effective Approach to Organization Design
All companies that are growing, or repositioning for growth, must eventually consider the topic of organization design. The reason why is because organization design – literally how people and work are organized and held accountable – is a critical platform for enabling and fulfilling a company’s over-arching business strategy and vision for growth. To be […]
How to Accelerate Growth by Better Defining “Where to Play”
Three critical elements of defining a growth strategy for your business are: “Where to go” (i.e. vision) “Where to play” (i.e. scope) “How to win” (i.e. competitive advantages) “Where to play” is especially important – and challenging for companies – as it requires prioritizing the key geographies, categories, and end markets that are in scope […]
Why Do Strategic Planning At All?
Companies differ in their appetites for engaging in longer-term strategy development and planning. Some companies can be more process-driven and future-oriented whereas others can be more independent and entrepreneurial. That spectrum is normal. To that end, it is not uncommon for executives to question the value of conducting a longer-term strategy process at all – […]
How to Develop a More Effective B2B Customer Segmentation
Segmentation is one of the most important tools in a marketer’s toolkit, enabling marketers and their organizations to identify and target the most relevant and valuable parts of the market. A well-designed segmentation can become a source of competitive advantage, and a cornerstone for building a brand and a business. Since its formal introduction in […]
How to Assess Marketing Effectiveness
As strategic marketers, we recognize the integral ways that the marketing function drives business growth – from identifying the right target audience to developing a differentiated offer to communicating that offer in a compelling way. However, we are practicing in a time of increasing scrutiny over the value of marketing investments – especially when a […]
Megatrends through 2030 and what you can do to prepare your business
Megatrends – global, sustained, macro forces spread over long periods of time – are by their very definition “out there.” And for that reason, they are rightfully challenging for many companies to consider in their strategy development and business planning. First, there is no single, definitive source for megatrend identification and analysis. Instead there are […]
3 steps for more meaningful marketing metrics
It is estimated that more than a trillion dollars are spent each year through marketing activities – and that between 15% and 30% of those dollars are “wasted.”1 That’s right – wasted. Understandably, senior marketing leaders are under increasing scrutiny and pressure to prove the value of their marketing investments – however two of three […]
“Glocal” Expansion: How Best-in-Class Retail Brands Succeed Abroad
In a previous article, we explored how best-in-class retail brands like Starbucks and McDonald’s execute marketing initiatives so effectively across their vast retail networks. From that analysis, we highlighted the four “keys to success” for companies that excel in executing marketing programs across large retail footprints: Focusing on a few impactful programs Clearly defining success […]
Infographic: How best-in-class retail brands execute marketing programs
This infographic is based on the Denneen & Company article: How best-in-class retail brands execute marketing programs
