20 May Build your toolkit of linked tactics
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You may or may not have heard the term "linked tactics." I consider it so important that I'm going to devote the next couple blog posts to it. First I'll explain it. Then we'll talk about how to derive your set of linked tactics, and how to build your IMC toolkit. Then we'll talk about how to measure those tactics and keep the momentum going.
First, what do I mean by linked tactics ? Marketing people argue about the real power behind the results we see in integrated marketing. Personally, I think linked tactics are the heart of IMC. At a minimum they provide the fuel that accelerates IMC campaigns way past their traditional counterparts. When you link tactics, they become much more powerful than merely executing components in a silo'd fashion. When planned well, the synergy between a set of two or more tactics boosts the results of a campaign astronomically. It's a simple idea - but like so many simple things, it's not so easy to implement.
Why so hard? Because every brand has a unique set of linked tactics.