In general, Marketing is a Good ThingTM. It’s how we learn about new products. It’s where we get info on how to differentiate between products. It can help us decide a particular product’s suitability for specific purposes.
The folks in Marketing in the IT industry often take a lot of flak. There are several reasons for this.
IT is, by its very nature, technical. The vast majority of folks in Marketing don’t have technical backgrounds. Also, many Marketing folks have never been the customer for the product they’re marketing. This creates two hurdles when trying to market to technical customers.
Also, I’ll admit it — technical folks tend to be picky, sometimes even nit-picky.
I’ve always said that I brought two big advantages to any Marketing-type position:
- I have a technical, not a Marketing, background.
- I have been a customer.
So, while IT-related Marketing sometimes takes the blame for things that aren’t their fault, sometimes they do things that really are their fault. Below, I’ll cover the five things that Marketers need to just STOP right freaking now.
