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"Realizing that the good is ever the enemy of the best, we did not seek merely the good, but the best. There was ever before us the idea of excellence. "
~ Dr. Charles Diehl, President, Rhodes College, December 1925

 

 

 

 

 

 

"There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer. Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two and only these two basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results. All the rest are costs."
~ Peter Drucker,
The Practice of Management
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

Table of Contents 

  1. What is The Marketing Chef?
     
  2. When Should You Call The Marketing Chef?
     
  3. Why Do You Need The Marketing Chef?
     
  4. What Differentiates The Marketing Chef?
     
  5. Who is The Marketing Chef?
     
  6. How Does The Marketing Chef Function?
     
  7. How Can  I Contact The Marketing Chef?

What is The Marketing Chef?

The Marketing Chef is a unique marketing author, speaker, strategist, entrepreneur, commentator and consultant. He is the creator of “IRRESISTIBLE MARKETING,” a strategic process to lead clients into new levels of marketing their organization. wouldn't you like to have your target audience salivating in anticipation of your product-service offering?

The Marketing Chef often uses the culinary arts as a metaphor to effectively counsel clients to craft a powerful Marketing Strategy (Foundations), a persuasive and compelling Creative Message (Stock) and better select and combine Marketing and Media Vehicles (Sauce).

When Should You Call The Marketing Chef?

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When your tactical marketing efforts aren't working; you are not getting the results you are used to getting and you know there must be a better way.

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When you are sick and tired of marketing companies that over promise and under-deliver.

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When you are getting mediocre results from your campaigns.

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When you are an early-stage company, you have developed your idea and it's now time to commercialize it. 

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When your message is not resonating with your target audience.

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When your organization is in a state of "marketing inertia"; the "recipe" isn't working anymore.

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When you know that half of your marketing isn't working, you're not sure which half!

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Why Do You Need The Marketing Chef?

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Marketing tactics or ingredients alone do not make the marketing sauce or your marketing plan as good as they can be;

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Most entrepreneurs or business leaders who own or manage a business are often visionary innovators, operationally gifted or great sales people, rarely are they trained marketers;

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Too much time, money and energy are being wasted by companies on mediocre marketing. Efforts are piecemeal without any systematic or integrated strategic approach.

Bottom line: If you are missing the Foundation, Stock or Sauces you need to consider calling The Marketing Chef
 

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What Differentiates the Marketing Chef from Other Marketers?

Just like good cooking, your marketing needs to generate a reaction in your recipient that causes them to salivate in anticipation of your offering. Sadly, most marketing today has been hastily thrown together or pre-packaged and hence fails to satisfy. It lacks flavor and is devoid of nutritional value.

The Marketing Chef likens its philosophy to that of a great culinary chef. Such a chef has the ability to create an explosive dish by determining and integrating the best quality and appropriate ingredients. While the chef does not make each of the specific ingredients, he or she has the ability to know which will interplay the most effectively to produce unique recipes and create special menus.

Unlike many of his marketing colleagues, The Marketing Chef believes

  1. in crafting the strategy first rather than diving headlong into tactical activity to ensure the right message, is delivered the right way, to the right target audience through the right vehicles contributes to greater implementation effectiveness and efficiencies.

  2. in thesolution-neutral approach (as opposed to a predisposition to a particular tactical solution). It is the only way to permit a proper integration of all your efforts across the multiple touchpoints of your marketing and sales cycle.

  3. in the principle of the comprehensive combination of traditional with non-traditional marketing instruments that contributes to significantly higher rates of return on your marketing investments.

  4. in executing the plan with a specific team with seasoned experience and skill-sets that is driven by your specific strategic requirements ensuring you only invest resources identifiably tied to your implementation keeping value high for your investment.

  5. in defining outcomes and measuring results to recognize success and provide a process for iterative improvement to increase revenues efficiently and improve profits effectively.

Bottom line: The Marketing Chef believes that successful strategy starts with the Foundations, Stocks and Sauces of your Marketing are your Strategy, your Message and your Marketing-Media Vehicles. Each are composed of ingredients that must be carefully selected, combined and deployed.

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FOUNDATION: The quality of your strategy determines the effective outcome of your tactical execution.

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STOCK: The creative crafting of your message ensures more persuasive marketing to your target audience.

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SAUCE: The better your selection and combination of marketing vehicles or instruments drives efficiency in your marketing.

Ingredients Impact Results.

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Who is The Marketing Chef?

Author, speaker, strategist, voyager, commentator, consultant, coach and gourmand. Andrew Szabo is the “The Marketing Chef” the leading proponent of “IRRESISTIBLE MARKETING” – the development of strategies to make your target audience simply salivate in anticipation of your product-service offering.

Irresistible Marketing ensures a clients' prospects, customers, referral sources and other stakeholders think of them First, Often and Well … actually better than well … make that simply irresistible!

Just about every facet of marketing imaginable has impacted, influenced or cultivated his experience and skills. The journey has come through CMO of a F100 subsidiary; strategist / biz dev for world’s largest direct marketing agency; boutique or specialized agencies; marketed his own small business; client to agencies; consultant to agencies. Marketed hi-tech, low-tech and no-tech. Both Strategy and Implementation.

Andrew Szabo has a proclivity to remain “solution-neutral” and combine guerrilla marketing with traditional marketing (Certified Guerrilla Marketer). With over 28 years experience in executive management, strategy, business development, marketing & sales providing a seasoned, results-oriented focus and counsel to his clients.

He Founded MarketingStrategy1 in 2001 which has now evolved into Marketing Symphony a virtual agency that combines seasoned talent and creative tactical solutions birthed out of intelligent strategy.

His mantra comes from an old Japanese proverb:
Vision with Action is a Dream
Action without Vision is a Nightmare

His work ethic is simple:
Think strategically like a military General,
Execute skillfully like I had the hands of a heart surgeon, and Serve passionately with the heart of a servant missionary

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How Does The Marketing Chef Function?

  1. Initiates the client relationship with a diagnostic analysis of your current marketing efforts, strategy and programs.
     
  2. Creates the menu:-
    A 10 point Actionable Strategic Plan that defines:
    • Your Marketing Goals and Objectives
    • Your Target Audience profile, attributes, needs and decision-making criteria
    • Your Product-Service Offering
    • Your Competitive Challenges
    • Your Extra-Ordinary Value Proposition
    • Your Branding Personality
    • Your Marketing Instruments
    • Your Marketing Calendar
    • Your Marketing Budget
    • Your Core Story
       
  3. Assembles the tactical team and oversees the execution of the roadmap
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How Can I Contact The Marketing Chef?

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