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Podcast on the Marketing Canvas Method (generated by NotebookLM)
A podcast generated by NotebookLM on the Marketing Canvas Method, based on the content of this website. I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the result. It closely aligns with what I aim to propose with this method.
Marketing Canvas - Step 1 - Market Assessment
Explore the intricacies of the Marketing Canvas method through an in-depth guide, enhanced with a case study from the eco-friendly cleaning products industry. Ideal for marketers and entrepreneurs seeking to build a robust marketing strategy.
Marketing Canvas - Budget
Budget is the 24th Marketing Canvas dimension — scoring not how much you spend, but how deliberately. Learn the four properties, the 3-Cycle allocation logic, and the 90/10 innovation reserve principle.
Marketing Canvas - User Lifetime
Lifetime measures how long customers stay — scored as 1/churn rate. Learn the four properties, the CRC/CAC benchmark, and why a leaky bucket makes every other marketing investment less efficient.
Marketing Canvas - ARPU
ARPU measures whether you are maximising revenue from each customer through frequency, spend, and value growth. Learn the four properties, the revenue equation, and why measurement capability is the prerequisite everything else depends on.
Marketing Canvas - User Acquisition
Acquisition scores four metrics — CAC, conversion rate, CLTV/CAC ratio, and time to conversion. Learn the canonical diagnostic range and why the ratio matters more than the absolute number.
Marketing Canvas - Influencers
The Influencers dimension of the Marketing Canvas scores four properties — purpose alignment, goal clarity, authenticity, and long-term measurement. Learn why follower count is the wrong selection criterion.
Marketing Canvas - Media Strategy
Media is the distribution layer of the Marketing Canvas. Learn how the four media types — owned, earned, shared, paid — work as a system, not silos, and why sequence matters.
Marketing Canvas - Pricing
Pricing errors run in both directions. Underpricing signals low quality and leaves margin on the table. Overpricing creates resentment no feature list can fix. Dimension 330 of the Marketing Canvas scores whether your pricing actively supports your positioning — or quietly contradicts it.
Marketing Canvas - Values
Most brands have values on a wall. Very few have values that change decisions. Dimension 230 of the Marketing Canvas scores the difference — and the acid test is a single question: can you name a decision made in the last year because of a stated value, even when a different decision would have been more profitable?
Marketing Canvas - Positioning
Demystify brand positioning with the Marketing Canvas methodology. Understand its significance, different types, and evaluation process. Enhance your brand's market presence with effective positioning strategies.
Marketing Canvas - Purpose
Purpose is the only strategic dimension that earns its authority by ruling things out. If your brand's purpose permits every decision, it isn't a purpose — it's a slogan. Dimension 210 of the Marketing Canvas explains what authentic purpose actually is, how to score it, and why it drives strategy for Brand Evangelist, Stagnant Leader, and Pivot Pioneer archetypes.
Marketing Canvas - Engagement
Satisfaction and engagement are not the same thing. A customer can score 7/10 on satisfaction and never return. Dimension 140 of the Marketing Canvas explains the difference, how to measure it, and why engagement is the leading indicator that predicts churn before it appears in the revenue line.
Marketing Canvas - Pains & Gains
A list of customer frustrations is research. A list of frustrations mapped to the journey stages where they occur is strategy. Dimension 130 of the Marketing Canvas explains the difference — and why getting it right determines the reliability of every downstream score.
Marketing Strategy Execution - How to start a movement?
Most of the time, I am facing the situation where I need to engage people in executing the strategy. Easy to say but probably the most difficult part of being a CMO (make it happen).
New Business Models in a Digital Future
In a world strongly influenced by new technologies, new business models are emerging for brands. We usually defined this new world as a digital world but what digital really means? In this presentation, I explore the impact of digital and propose some recommandations that could help defining new ways of creating and capturing value.
Questions you should ask with the Marketing Canvas
Marketing canvas is an easy yet powerful tool you can use for assessing your Marketing Strategy. It works for small and very large companies. It can be used by novices or experts. A list of key questions to be asked can be found in this article. Enjoy!
Marketers, You Should Unlock The Next Decade
As CMOs gain more power in the boardroom — and over technology spend — it will be critical that they understand the factors that drive success.
Everyone in Your Marketing Meeting Thinks Their Project Is a Must-Have. Here's How to Prove What Actually Is.
You have been in that meeting. Twelve initiatives, all marked "priority," and no agreement on what to actually do first. The MoSCoW method gives you better language for the conversation. The Marketing Canvas Method gives you the evidence to end it.