You can’t do everything. So you essentially have to make some ‘bets,’ for lack of a better word. What is going to have the biggest impact with your audience?
Focus your energy and budget there, to make the biggest splash you can.
OK, that’s a boring way to say it. So I like how my next guest worded it in his podcast guest application – ‘If you're gonna be a bear, be a Grizzly.’
To hear the story behind that lesson, along with many more lesson-filled stories from throughout his career, I sat down with Clinton Bonner, Vice President of Marketing, Launch by NTT Data (https://launch.nttdata.com/).
Launch by NTT Data is owned by NTT, a publicly traded company. It most recently reported annual revenue of over 13 trillion Yen, roughly equal to $85 billion at current exchange rates.
Bonner manages a team of 10 and a $5 million to $10 million marketing budget.
Stories (with lessons) about what he made in marketing:
- Empower your team with top designers
- Think, build, and scale like a product owner
- If you're gonna be a bear, be a Grizzly
- Trust great creative people
- Don’t be afraid to let the deep work be the star
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