Make sure your marketing is up to speed for 2021

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    We’re days away from 2021. Is your marketing engine refueled with strategic, onpoint and creative ideas? When you are ready to step on the gas, will your campaign sputter to a start or give out a resounding roar?

    After nearly three years, Strategically Aimed Marketing® is still trending big. For less than $30, you can have a roadmap that will guide your marketing to higher sales and a stronger brand. Plus, you’ll have the expertise and know-how of our agency supporting you.

    Media Relations Agency first pioneered performance-based marketing (Pay Per Interview®) in 1987. Because we weren’t getting paid by the hour, we had to get really good at delivering results. We could not have predicted the impact our unique processes would have on our industry now, more than three decades later.

    About three years ago, CEO Lonny Kocina captured our processes in a book: “The CEO’s Guide to Marketing, the book every marketer should read before their boss does.” In it, he named our six-step process Strategically Aimed Marketing, or SAM6® for short. The book is a straightforward, step-by-step guide to better marketing that can be read in about an hour.

    His book has remained an Amazon best-seller and has earned marketing awards and accolades.

    We also have free SAM6 tools on our website, including a handy implementation companion manual. These are tools we use all the time. I’ve lost count of how many marketers have read “The CEO’s Guide to Marketing” and contacted us about doing business together because they were so excited by what they’d learned.

    (And just a teaser: Plans call for Strategically Aimed Marketing to become an accredited marketing class in 2021. Stay tuned for details.)

    As Lonny says, reading “The CEO’s Guide to Marketing” will make you the smartest marketer in the room. And in today’s uncertain marketing environment, you want to own that prime position for your business!

    To return to my opening metaphor: If you want to speed toward greater success in 2021, I suggest that you spend an hour reading this book. Then, gather your team to refuel your marketing engine with a higher octane and more strategic plan. If you have questions along the way, reach out to us, your marketing pit crew, at 952-697-5269 or stay on course by dropping us a note using this form.

    Article by Heather Champine, Chief Operating Officer & Partner

    Heather Champine is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Media Relations Agency, where she serves as a lead publicist and strategic consultant for brands operating in competitive and regulated markets. With more than 25 years of experience, Heather blends marketing strategy, consumer psychology, and media expertise to help clients clarify positioning, shape compelling stories, and earn coverage that drives real business outcomes. She has led integrated campaigns across industries including medical devices, technology, nutraceuticals, and consumer brands, and is known for her ability to quickly understand what motivates audiences to take action. As a senior consultant, Heather works closely with client leadership teams as an extension of their marketing department, building long-term partnerships grounded in trust, clarity, and measurable results.

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