The nature of competition has changed dramatically in the last decade.
We no longer live in a world where information is limited and controlled, where the old truism that information is power gave the few power over the rest of us applies.
It is no longer a competition amongst a few cashed up suppliers to use the power of advertising in a few tightly controlled communication channels to stuff the supply chain to limit our choices.
It is no longer a supply chain controlled by a very few of those who are able to supply, it is a demand chain, under the personal control of those who have a need.
It is now a competition for our attention.
Those with the money in their pockets, or at least access to it, have all the power, as there are literally millions of channels by which we can be reached.
I love the work of Hugh McLeod, have been following him for a long time, as those regular readers of StrategyAudit will know from the numerous times I have used his images as headers. It is because he is able to do with a few squiggles, what Albert Einstein recommended when he said ‘everything should be made as simple as possible, no simpler‘.
This post, and the borrowed header, I felt really reduced the marketing task down to its simplest form. Gain the attention of people who care, those to whom your value proposition is relevant, and you have a chance to make a difference.
