Marketing is sitting in the wrong meeting room.

Heerenveen · NL · MMXXVI

A chef on dishwashing duty.

Craftsmanship in the wrong place.

Marketing in most companies is treated as the department that makes what others decide.

Ask yourself: who in your company last asked the question of why a customer should choose you in the first place?

The uncomfortable answer is that most companies don't have a clear one. For a long time that was survivable: a vague answer could hide behind enough budget and enough output. Now your competitor buys the same output for a fraction, the answer is the only difference left. That isn't a criticism. It's an invitation.

First the right question.
Then the work.

Most agencies start with the brief. We ask whether the brief is right.

The right question is rarely the one you arrive with. First we find where you alone can win. Executing it afterwards has never been cheaper. Choosing it has not.

Not for everyone.

When did your marketing team last say no to you?

If the answer is "never", you don't belong here. A marketing team that only says yes will only execute. We come in when marketing belongs at the right table.

For directors who feel this is right. For marketing managers who already knew.

What we say no to.

  1. 01 Work without direction.
  2. 02 Reports for the drawer.
  3. 03 AI as a slogan.
  4. 04 Sales execution.
  5. 05 Billing hours.
  6. 06 Pitching.

Marketing that doesn't feel uncomfortable changes nothing.

Agility beats size.

A large agency always sold one thing: capacity. More people, more disciplines, more hours. That is exactly what AI has made cheap. What does not get cheaper is judgement. Knowing which question is right, which part of the market is opening, and what to leave alone. That is why agility beats size. Not because small is nicer, but because size was built on the wrong raw material.

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Heerenveen · NL