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"When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, ‘Do fewer things.’ It’s true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that’s taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success."
""Global culture" is of course not a culture: it's the global marketing and imposing of commodities and images for the interests of the few at the expense of the many."
"It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism."
"The future of marketing is philanthropy."
"I got really tired of metal music. How do you pick what's good to sell when you're not totally into what you're listening to and marketing?"
"You should always have a product that has nothing to do with who you are or what people think about you... so that you never start thinking that your product is you, or your fame or your aura."
"I'm making and marketing my films, by any means necessary, and enjoying life while I do so."
"When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done. It's pretty simple really. I just dive in and start digging. Yes, I'm fortunate to know the in's and out's of a true studio-level marketing campaign. But really, anyone who is diligent and well-researched can pull it off too. Its easier for me, but it doesn't make it impossible for others."
"The label YA actually means nothing except that the protagonists, or some of them, are young. Publishers like it because it is a secure marketing niche. But the cost of security is exclusion from literary consideration."
"I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view anything as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or other things like that."
"For purposes of marketing, writers are designated as poets, novelists, or something else. But writing is about matchmaking, an attempt to marry sensations with apt words."
"The marketing department uses many advanced techniques to match products and buyers in a way that mximizes profits. For example, they give away keychains."
"Before any movie of yours gets made, it will be vetted by the studio's marketing department. So, you do have to answer the question: Who is your movie for?"
"To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution."
"I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music."
"AI is not just heading for our industry, it will radically change the machinery we use in marketing."
"If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living."
"If you can't sell to 1 in 1000, why market to a million?"
"Content marketing is the only marketing left"
"Marketing tells a story that spreads. Sales overcomes the natural resistance to say yes."
