David J Carr·Oct 15, 2024Competitive Advantage through Distinctive ExperienceThere’s a delivery and language gap that is driving a decline in customer experience and business effectiveness.A response icon1A response icon1
David J Carr·Jun 28, 2022The Vibe Shift in Digital Marketing & Business TransformationIn February 2022, Allison P. Davis wrote a widely read and shared article in The Cut titled “A Vibe Shift Is Coming.” Writing about the…
David J Carr·Apr 28, 2020eCommerce in a recession: silver linings, ESOV and DTCIn early April I wrote a piece for WARC, looking at the lessons from past recessions and what, if anything, we could learn and bring to…
David J Carr·Jan 28, 2019What Value do you Create? Marketing’s 3 Types of ValueAfter “Strategy”, value is probably the most abused word in marketing.A response icon21A response icon21
David J Carr·Jan 17, 2019Strategy books 📖Last week I shared a screengrab of a “mini-primer” of books about strategy on Twitter. Since then I’ve had a few requests for the text…
David J Carr·Jan 7, 2019Daddy, what did YOU do in the great mattress war?Direct-to-consumer brands are “shaking up retail” & “killing the big brands”? Maybe…but don’t believe the hype or the contrarians.A response icon1A response icon1
David J Carr·Dec 10, 20183 Free Data+Tech Creative Ideas, 0 Previous OwnersAre strategists allowed to have creative ideas?
David J Carr·Sep 11, 2018A Map of Amazon and Modern Marketing“Amazon is like pornography…everywhere, hard to define, but you always know it when you see it.”A response icon4A response icon4
InStartups & Venture CapitalbyDavid J Carr·Jan 17, 2018Data is the new oil: dirty, misunderstood, polluting the world & pulled from all the wrong placesMarketing is an industry built, not on science or evidence, but aphorisms.A response icon1A response icon1
David J Carr·Dec 1, 2017What are creative strategy craft skills?Strategists face increasing pressures as they ply their role in creating communications, products, services or experiences that solve real…A response icon5A response icon5