Deliver infinite growth having your customers talk about you, exclaim you and tell their friends and colleagues about you.
Michael J. SilversteinOwn one idea. Complete it. Map the current model of purchase and usage. Change how it is done so at least some part of the market uses only your product. Extend from that core user to a much broader universe. Describe your concept in a very short, "six-word story" - a la Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Michael J. SilversteinGet out of the office. Roam the frontline. Be observant. Hold your people accountable for creating the new narrative, a new story, in which your customers are the most important "characters". Because, you know, they really are.
Michael J. SilversteinA curious mind armed with skill, experience, knowledge, and patterns can give birth to big brand revolution.
Michael J. SilversteinThe starting point is to create a qualitative understanding of market drivers. You need to get into the head of the consumer and be able to tell her story. It is both art and science. The purpose of the market map is to define dissatisfactions, hopes, dreams and fears. Winning solutions respond to the distinct and specific needs of a group of consumers.
Michael J. Silverstein