Organic Growth

Throughout 2009, EMM Group released free marketing resources around several organic growth themes, including Segmentation, “Spend Less, Get More,” and “Winning Share”. Take a look at our Best of 2009 post.

In the coming weeks, we will release exciting resources around Bust the Silos, a new book from our own Hunter Hastings and Jeff Saperstein. Bust the Silos shows how to prepare your organization for sustainable and profitable organic growth.Read more

We wanted to call your attention to a poll being run by Adweek on the best marketing of the decade. They have many categories, but the one that caught our attention is the best marketer of the decade . I think the #1 slot is a foregone conclusion with Steve Jobs getting the well-deserved spot at the top of the list. The rest of the line-up for the top 5 places is still hotly contested.

Driving organic growth in an organization is not as simple as implementing a strategy or rolling out a new framework. It is a complex multi-component program that usually takes many years to implement. While framework and tools are essential ingredients, the success of the program is rooted in managing the culture change in the organization and creating hunger within the organization for a new, customer-centric approach.Read more

I recently read the Six Rules of Brand Revitalization which discusses the turn-around at McDonald’s and the role that marketing and brand management played in that revitalization. The book is written by Larry Light who was CMO at McDonald’s during the turn-around and Joan Kiddon who was consulting with McDonald’s.Read more