In marketing (as in baking) there’s always some tried-and-tested recipe that people say works. It comes with the kind of directions that seem too easy to mess up. When it comes down to it, marketing is based on science, but it’s still pretty easy to screw up. Why is that?
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Advertising has always been a series of ups and downs. Most people are trying to get something out and it’s just not coming out right. About 3% of the population is trying to make some point that’s being lost on the rest of us.
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While we probably won’t go into all the reasons why clients end up hiring you, we will talk at length about one of the reasons they do. It’s a particularly critical idea to keep in mind no matter what industry you work in. That reason is objectivity.
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At School of Thought, we feel a major part of any company is to offer up fresh perspectives that help their business stay progressive and effectual in our modern society. Bringing on staff with varied personal histories and atypical viewpoints will only further help to stay relevant and prosperous going forward.
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One of our favorite clients is Pat Renzi. She’s a quiet juggernaut in insurance, a director at the consulting firm Milliman. We were interviewing her for a story when she mentioned this program in Seattle, The Ada Developers Academy, designed to help mid-career professionals get into coding.
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