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Wanted Marketing Linchpins

Sep 21, 2014

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A tribute to Seth Godin's new book Linchpin. There comes a time when marketers can continue to be cube dwellers or become indispensable to brands and companies. It's time for all of us to make that decisions and become Linchpins.
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Page 1: Wanted Marketing Linchpins

 Linchpin  

Rich  Meyer  

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 Linchpin  

“Today  I  had  the  choice  of  doing  something  important  that  no  one  would  ever  realize…or  doing  something  that  would  seem  like  an  accomplishment.      

So  I  a>ended  mee?ngs  un?l  I  could  no  longer  appreciate  the  difference”  

Dilbert  

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 Linchpin  

Welcome  to  the  new  world    of  work  

•  We  are  surrounded  by  bureaucrats,  note  takers,  literalists,  TGIF  employees,  map  followers,  and  people  afraid  to  speak  up.  

•  We  are  oGen  led  by  managers  who  do  what  is  best  for  themselves,  not  what  is  best  for  your  customers  or  your  brand.  

•  Processes  are  too  oGen  aligned  around  what  is  best  for  the  company,  not  your  customers.  

•  We  spend  way  too  much  ?me  in  mee?ngs,  and  doing  and  re-­‐doing  Power  Point  presenta?ons.  

•  We  try  too  hard  to  be  liked  by  business  colleagues  because  we  are  oGen  graded  on  how  well  we  “get  along”  with  others.  

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 Linchpin  

How  did  we  get  here  ?  

•  The  economy  and  high  unemployment  rate  have  led  to  fearful  employees  who  will  do  anything  to  keep  their  jobs.  

•  Matrix  organiza?ons  spread  decision  making.    Agreeing  with  the  crowd,  even  if  they  are  wrong,  is  oGen  the  only  course  of  ac?on.  

•  Too  many  employees  are  evaluated  on  how  they  “get  along”  with  others  within  their  organiza?on.    This  includes  Resistance  Leaders  and  Lizard  Brains.  

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 Linchpin  

On  top  of  all  this,  consumer  behavior  also  is  changing  

•  Consumers  have  changed  their  behavior  as  a  result  of  the    recession.  

•  They  are  not  loyal  or  cheap  commodi?es  any  more.  

•  They  have  become  more  skep?cal  of  tradi?onal  marke?ng  and  have  more  power  than  marketers  realize  or  give  them  credit  for.  

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 Linchpin  

And  all  this  is  happening  when    more  employees  are  saying…  

“It’s  not  my  job”  

•  Employees  who  want  to  clear  projects  from  their  desks  and  get  them  done  even  if  it  means  not  doing  them  right.  

•  The  Resistance  loves  processes  and  following  rules.  

•  Consumers  know  which  brands  value  them  as  people  and  which  ones  see  them  as  “profit  centers”.  

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 Linchpin  

The  irony  of  all  this  is  

•  What  companies  desperately  need  now  are  indispensable  employees  who  are  original  thinkers,  provocateurs,  and  people  who  care  about  what  they  do  and  how  it  impacts  customers.  

•  We  need  marketers  who  can  lead,  salespeople  who  are  willing  to  make  a  human  connec?on,  passionate  change  makers  willing  to  be  shunned  to  make  a  point.  

Down  with  the  Resistance  !!!!!  

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 Linchpin  

Working  in  corporate  America  can  be  challenging  today    

The  working  middle  class  is  suffering  right  now:  

•  Wages  are  stagnant  

•  Job  security  is  gone  

•  More  work  with  less  people  equals  more  stress  

•  It’s  easier  for  companies  to  turn  employees  into  replaceable  cogs  in  a  vast  machine.      

•  The  easier  people  are  to  replace,  the  less  they  need  to  be  paid.  

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 Linchpin  

The  only  way  to  stand  out  is  to    become  indispensible    

•  The  only  way  to  get  what  you  are  worth  is  to  stand  out,  to  exert  emo?onal  labor,  to  be  seen  as  indispensible,  and  to  produce  interac?ons  that  organiza?ons  and  people  care  about.  

If  you  want  a  job  where  it’s  okay  to  follow  the  rules,  don’t  be  surprised  if  you  get  a  job  where  following  the  rules  is  all  you  get  to  do.  

                                                                                                                                                       Seth  Godin,  Linchpin  

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 Linchpin  

But  by  becoming  indispensable,    you  may  not  be  loved  

It’s  enGrely  possible  that  once  you  chose  to  become  indispensible,  you  will  no  longer  be  loved.  

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 Linchpin  

So  the  ques?on  becomes,  Do  you  really  want  to  be  a  Linchpin  ?  

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 Linchpin  

What  is  a  Linchpin  ?  

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 Linchpin  

Law  of  Linchpin  Leverage  

The  more  value  you  create  in  your  job,  the  fewer  clock  minutes  of  labor  you  actually  spend  creaGng  that  value.  

hours  of  effort/day  

pay  

follow instructions

insights

“most  of  the  Gme,  you’re  not  being  brilliant”  

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 Linchpin  

Fearless,  reckless,  and  feckless  Organiza?ons  go  out  of  their  way  to  seek  out  people  who  are  fearless,  but  they  also  go  out  of  their  way  to  weed  out  the  reckless.  

•  Fearless  means  “unafraid  of  things  that  one  shouldn’t  be  afraid  of,”  like:  –  Giving  a  presenta?on  to  an  important  customer  without  losing  

a  night’s  sleep.  

–  Taking  intellectual  risks  and  forging  new  paths.  

•  Reckless  means  rushing  into  places  that  only  a  fool  would  go.  –  It  leads  to  big  problems  and  can  cost  your  company  a  lot  of  

money.  –  Reckless  is  what  led  to  the  mortgage  and  liquidity  crisis.  

•  Feckless  is  ineffec?ve,  indifferent  and  lazy.  –  “I’ll  do  just  what  my  job  requires  me  to  do  even  though  I  could  

do  be>er”  

–  “I  don’t  care,  it  will  never  work  anyway”  

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 Linchpin  

Do  you  have  the  ?me    to  be  perfect  ?  

Quan?ty   Quality  

Do  you  spend  all  day  trying  to  be  perfect  (avoiding  mistakes)?      If  so,  you’ll  never  catch  up  and  have  ?me  to  really  think  about  what  you’re  doing.  

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 Linchpin  

Because  you  shouldn’t    be  afraid  of  failure  

Failure  is  only  the  opportunity  to  begin  again  more  intelligently.                                              Henry  Ford  

You  can't  have  any  successes  unless  you  can  accept  failure.                                              George  Cukor  

Nothing  fails  like  success  because  we  don't  learn  from  it.    We  learn  only  from  failure.      

                                         Kenneth  Boudling  

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 Linchpin  

But  beware  the  Resistance,  they  want  to  assimilate  you    

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 Linchpin  

The  Resistance:    Your  Lizard  Brain  

•  The  Lizard  Brain  is  hungry,  scared,  angry,  and  wants  to  eat  to  be  safe.  

•  The  Lizard  Brain  will  fight  you  at  every  turn  and  would  rather  run  away  or  remain  with  the  status  quo.  

•  The  Lizard  Brain  is  more  concerned  with  what  everyone  else  thinks,  because  status  within  the  tribe  is  essen?al  to  survival  and  promo?ons.  

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 Linchpin  

The  Resistance  is  not  to    be  taken  lightly  

•  The  Resistance  (lizard  brain)  can  wreck  people,  teams,  and  brands.  

•  The  Resistance  is  nefarious,  clever  and  is  always  in  mo?on.  

•  It  creates  procras?na?on  &  ra?onaliza?on.  •  “You  can’t  beat  it,  so  you  must  seduce  it.”  

Keep  your  friends  close,  but  your  enemies  closer.  

Don  Corleone,  The  Godfather  

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 Linchpin  

The  Resistance  is  strong    

“See,  I  told  you  it  would  never  work.”  •  The  Resistance  loves  school  

because  school  is  obedience  and  they  can  be  soothed  by  thinking  more  obedience  is  be>er  work.  

•  At  work,  the  Resistance  plays  devil’s  advocate  in  mee?ngs,  they  follow  the  rule  book  and  processes  even  if  they  are  not  applicable.    

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 Linchpin  

The  reason  the  Resistance  can  win  at  work  is  because  “you  might  fail”  

Sure,  you  might  fail,  but  successful  people  think  of  failure  differently.  

•  Successful  people:  

–  learn  from  failure  

–  learn  that  the  tac?cs  they  used  didn’t  work  or  that  the  person  they  used  them  on  didn’t  respond.  

•  You  become  a  winner  because  you  are  good  at  losing.  

In  their  quest  for  for  job  safety,  the  Resistance  is  laying  the  groundwork  for  their  own  eventual  demise.  

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 Linchpin  

Sure  you  can  fail  but  Linchpins  turn  failure  into  success  and  build  on  it  

By  using….  

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 Linchpin  

The  7  abili?es  of  a  Linchpin  

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 Linchpin  

Provide  a  unique  interface  between  members  of  the  organiza?on  

•  Help  lead  and  establish  human  connec?ons.  

•  Provide  a  link  between  your  customers  and  key  influencers  within  the  organiza?on  so  they  can  hear  what  consumers  think  and  feel  when  it  comes  to  your  brand  and  products.  

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 Linchpin  

Deliver  unique  crea?vity  

•  Be  passionate  enough  to  risk  rejec?on  by  bringing  new  thinking  to  problems.  

•  Stay  away  from  spreadsheet  “analysis  paralysis”  because  your  compe?tors  are  using  the  same  spreadsheets.  

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 Linchpin  

Manage  a  situa?on  or    organiza?on  of  great  complexity  

•  Linchpins  make  their  own  maps  and  blaze  new  trails  because  there  is  no  manual  for  rapidly  changing  business  environments.  

•  By  developing  new  processes  and  trails,  you  become  more  valuable  to  the  organiza?on.  

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 Linchpin  

Lead  customers  

•  Consumers  are  seeking  to  connect  more  and  more.  

•  The  new  model  is  interac?ve  and  decentralized  with  people  who  can  solve  customer  problems  without  requiring  tons  of  mee?ngs.  

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 Linchpin  

Inspire  Staff  

•  Understand  your  job  is  to  make  things  happen.  

•  Destroy  the  “it’s  not  my  job”  agtude.  

•  Make  people  feel  they  are  part  of  the  greater  good  that  makes  things  happen.  

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 Linchpin  

Provide  deep  domain  knowledge  

•  Understand  the  issues  from  “what”  to  “why”  and  you’ll  be  able  to  provide  be>er  solu?ons  that  meet  your  customer  needs.  

•  Don’t  rely  on  data  alone,  always  ask  “what  is  this  telling  us  ?”  

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 Linchpin  

Possess  a  unique  talent  

•  The  more  unique  your  talent,  the  more  indispensable  you  are.  

•  Always  keep  learning  and  acquire  new  skills  and  talents.  

•  Be  thought  of  as  an  “expert”  in  certain  capabili?es.  

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 Linchpin  

Remember,  not  every  ar?st      creates  “a  work  of  art”  

“Most  arGsts  can’t  draw,  but  they  can  see”  •  An  ar?st  is  someone  who  uses  bravery,  insight,  crea?vity,  and  boldness  to  

challenge  the  status  quo.  

•  Art  is  a  personal  act  of  courage,  something  that  one  human  does  that  creates  change  in  another.  

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 Linchpin  

Are  you  willing  to    follow  your  passion  ?  

Following  your  passion  is  much  more  desirable  than  watching  the  clock  

•  Passion  is  the  desire,  insistence,  and  willingness  to  give  of  yourself  to  make  others  around  you  be>er.  

•  Passion  isn’t  making  money...it’s  making  a  difference.  

•  Passion  isn’t  project  specific,  it’s  people  specific  .  

•  People  with  passion  look  for  ways  to  make  things  happen.  

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 Linchpin  

Today  could  be  a  turning  point  

“Today  is  a  turning  point,  a  once-­‐in-­‐a-­‐life?me  moment  in  ?me  when  you  get  to  make  a  choice.    Instead  of  focusing  on  complying  with  management  as  a  long-­‐term  strategy  for  gegng  more  stuff  and  being  more  secure,  we  have  a  chance  to  describe  a  powerful  vision  for  our  future  and  to  actually  make  it  happen.    The  new  dream  isn’t  about  obedience,  it’s  about  vision  and  engagement”  

Seth  Godin  

Linchpin  

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 Linchpin  

Sooner  or  later,  we  all  have    to  make  a  tough  choice  

“Sooner  or  later,  marketers  have  to  make  a  choice  between  following  the  crowd  and  being  loved,  or  making  yourself  indispensible  by  doing  what  is  best  for  your  customers  and  your  brand.”  

Richard  Meyer  

Passionate  Marketer  

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 Linchpin  

Don’t  let  it  go…  

because  when  you  do,  you  slowly  lose  your  passion  and  work  becomes  a  job  where  you  are  more  interested  in  watching  the  clock  and  waiGng  for  the  

weekend.  

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 Linchpin  

About  me  

•  Richard  Meyer  

•  My  resume    h>p://www.richardameyer.com  

•  My  marke?ng  BLOG    h>p://www.richsblog.com  •  MY  DTC  BLOG    h>p://www.worldofdtcmarke?ng.com  

h>p://www.twi>er.com/richmeyer  

h>p://www.facebook.com/richardameyer  

h>p://www.linkedin.com/in/richardameyer  

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 Linchpin  Linchpin  

This  presenta?on  is  dedicated  to  Seth  Godin.    You  have  led  me  to  rethink  all  that  I  learned  and  I  use  your  books  as  a  reference  tool  to  apply  what  you  teach.  

Thank  you    

If  there  is  one  book  that  you  need  to  read,  this  is  the  book.  

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