{"id":54399,"date":"2018-04-25t01:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-25t05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=54399"},"modified":"2023-10-05t09:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05t13:18:59","slug":"10-reasons-partners-dont-understand-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/04\/25\/10-reasons-partners-dont-understand-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"10 reasons why partners don\u2019t understand marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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one of my more popular and controversial blog posts is \u201cwhy your marketer doesn\u2019t understand your firm\u2019s business.\u201d the title alienates marketers before they get to the first sentence. it satisfies partners because it recognizes what they might think but would never say aloud.<\/p>\n

more at 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 on: marketing<\/a>, practice development<\/a>, sales<\/a>, growth strategies<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

not being one to avoid controversy or healthy debates, i thought it would make sense to share a marketer\u2019s point of view about why \u201cthe line\u201d lacks a grasp of marketing.<\/em> my sincere and ambitious goal is to reconcile and build the collaborative power of both parties.<\/p>\n

following are 10 reasons why practice leaders and partners don\u2019t understand marketing.<\/p>\n

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1. partners have taken one or two general marketing courses \u2013 at most. <\/strong><\/p>\n

most partners have degrees in accounting, law, it or architecture. a few have earned mbas. it doesn\u2019t matter what business school a partner or practice leader attended; if they did not get a marketing<\/em> degree, then they\u2019ve only completed marketing 101 or 201.<\/p>\n

believing a non-marketer can grasp a concept as complex and dynamic as marketing in a couple of classes is absurd. it\u2019s like me saying that i understand an erp system implementation because i got an a in my sql course. or that i fathom international tax law because i have filled out a 1040 tax form while i was an exchange student in madrid for a semester. or that i comprehend contract law because i bought a house. a few courses in anything (and having an opinion on a super bowl commercial) gets a person nowhere close to grasping the topic. period.<\/p>\n

2. partners don\u2019t have time to understand it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

partners, and practice leaders, in particular, are pulled in a million directions. here\u2019s a typical practice leader\u2019s day:<\/p>\n