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The Ten Commandments of Modern Marketing

The Ten Commandments of Modern Marketing

1. Thou shalt not target customers with messages they don’t want.

2. Thou shalt be truthful.

3. Thou shalt respect your customers.

4. Thou shalt make it easy for people to find you.

5. Thou shalt be useful.

6. Thou shalt make it easy for people to pass along.

7. Thou shalt measure and optimize.

8. Thou shalt listen to customers.

9. Thou shalt remove any organizational barriers to speedy, collaborative innovation.

10. Thou shalt not do brand-ing.

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