Marketing team discussing strategy

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Are you building a steady fire with your marketing mix?

There’s a classic analogy we often employ when working with clients during planning sessions: kindling and logs. It’s from the well-known marketer Seth Godin, and we use it to help balance the different goals associated with long-term strategies (logs) and short-term promotions (kindling).

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