This is a podcast about value creation, profitable growth and the client/agency relationship. Dom is joined by marketing consultant, David van Schaick and together they seek to equip marketers with methods to navigate the business desert.

Unless you were very blessed, doing business in 2023 was a little bit like being a camel in the Kalahari. It was hard. Hard for camels in the Kalahari, because apart from anything else, they are not a native species, so they don't know where to find waterholes.

Hard for us in business because tougher times are new to many of us.

So, we too struggle to find metaphorical waterholes - budgets to sustain our activities - but we did make it and that fact alone makes us stronger. Now the economists are telling us the year ahead is stagnant. So what should we do?

Listen to find out!

About David van Schaick 

David was part of the leadership team that grew The Marketing Practice from provincial agency to global B2B powerhouse, working with many of the leading marketers in tech along the way. He now consults on marketing and strategy for clients and agencies both. 

Links  

Full show notes: Unicorny.co.uk  

LinkedIn: David van Schaick | Dom Hawes | DVS Strategy 

Sponsor: Selbey Anderson    

Timestamped summary of this episode  

00:02:37 – Introduction to David van Schaick 

00:08:19 - The Evolution of B2B Marketing  

00:09:46 - The Looming Threat to Marketing  

00:12:58 - Impact of External Factors on Marketing  

00:13:58 - The Value of Marketing in Long-Term Value Creation  

00:15:23 - Adjacencies and Market Resilience  

00:16:40 - Account-Based Marketing for Strategic Growth  

00:17:41 - Marketing Beyond Advertising  

00:22:04 - The Crisis in Business Organization  

00:27:37 - The Changing Landscape of Marketing  

00:28:28 - Evolving Agency Relationships  

00:30:24 - Incentives and Commercial Models  

00:33:01 - Shifting Business Models  

00:37:40 - Navigating Uncertain Times  

00:41:30 - Value of Experience in Business  

00:42:12 - Technology's Impact on Productivity  

00:43:32 - The Big Opportunity: Quality of Revenues  

00:45:06 - Quality of Revenue and Pricing Strategy



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