Marketing during a Crisis

Marketing during a Crisis

30mIntermediate2020-04-10

Authors

Brad Batesole

Brad Batesole

Marketing Thought Leader, Chief Learning Officer at Madecraft

Madecraft

Madecraft

Full-Service Learning Content Company

Course details

As a crisis unfolds, marketers and brands face a new reality: their strategies must change. The marketing approaches that were already in motion will no longer work, and new plans must be drafted from the ground up. In this course, learn how to reposition your brand during a crisis, what marketing steps to take immediately, how to reevaluate the landscape, and approaches to understand the new consumer mindset.

Topics include:
- Adopting a new marketing strategy
- Identifying the bandwagon effect
- Evaluating new trends
- Deciding what campaigns to pause
- Developing a needs-gap analysis
- Finding a way to be opportunistic
- Developing a rapid priority approach
- Exploring strategy team development
- Generating ways to cut costs

Skills covered

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Concepts

Introduction

  • Responding to marketing challenges

The New Reality

  • The bandwagon effect
  • The need for information
  • Sharing important information

The New Consumer

  • Shifting mindsets and goals
  • Marketing to the new consumer
  • Trends to attach to

Laying the Foundation

  • Needs-gap optimization
  • Continue or pause
  • Are you being opportunistic
  • Cutting costs

Strategies to Evaluate

  • Trust is central
  • Slow down
  • Fast prioritization
  • Developing a strategy team

Moving Forward

  • Marketing in the face of uncertainty
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