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Podcast: Hugh MacLeod, Rogue Marketer
26-10-2006
by Tom Raftery
In the second of a series of pre-event podcasts interviewing speakers attending the 2006 IT@Cork Business and Technology Conference, Tom talks to Hugh MacLeod. Hugh is a blogger, cartoonist and rogue marketer.
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Amongst other claims to fame, Hugh coined the phrase 'Global Microbrand', referring to the extremely low-cost, hyper-efficient brand strategies he used to gain two small companies global recognition.
Here are the questions Tom asked Hugh and their times during the interview.
How did a cartoonist get into marketing? - 0:22
For anyone who is unaware, can you tell us about the Cluetrain Manifesto and then segue from that into the term you have coined, the Global Microbrand? - 07:43
But you have used blogs as a cheap way to get brands out there... - 14:17
And you have done the same for a small South African vineyard, Stormhoek... - 20:24
Can you speak to sales increases for Stormhoek over the last 12 months? - 25:51
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