Looking for a little marketing inspiration? Look no further. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite quotes. Each of these quotes conveys an important truth about the current state of marketing and business.
Enjoy a combination of classic and contemporary pearls of wisdom to spark conversations, generate ideas, and keep your marketing brain operating at peak performance while you’re scrolling through social media.
Contents
- A collection of quotes on buyer-centricity
- A collection of quotes on digital transformation
- Inspirational Sayings on Creativity
- Marketing quotes and sayings
A collection of quotes on buyer-centricity
- “Listen to your customers, not your competitors”- Joel Spolsky
- “The customer expects you to be knowledgeable about their stuff, not just about your products.”- Jeffrey Gitomer
- “Knowing your customer’s expectations is the first step in exceeding those expectations”- Roy H. Williams
A collection of quotes on digital transformation
- “It is no longer the big that beats the small, but the fast that beats the slow,”- Eric Pearson
- When digital is executed properly, it is comparable to a caterpillar transitioning into a butterfly; when executed incorrectly, you are left with a very fast caterpillar. — George Westerman
- “Within nine months, we went from being the Flintstones to being the Jetsons.”- Dan Schulman
- “While 90 percent of CEOs believe that the digital economy will have an impact on their industry, less than 15 percent are actively pursuing a digital transformation strategy.”- MIT Sloan and Capgemini
Inspirational Sayings on Creativity
- “I believe that the secret of great creative people is still their ability to be creative in all aspects of their lives.”- Leo Burnett
- “Creativity is intelligence having a good time.”- Albert Einstein
- “The most accurate way to predict the future is to make it happen.”- Peter Drucker
- “In order to think creatively, we must be able to take a fresh look at things that we are accustomed to taking for granted.” George Kneller
- “One of the most important aspects of being creative is not being afraid to fail.” Edwin Land
Marketing quotes and sayings
- “Sometimes the best ideas come to you as jokes. Make your thought processes as amusing as possible.” — David Ogilvy
- “In marketing, I’ve only seen one strategy that is guaranteed to succeed: market to your best customers first.” — John Romero, Ph.D.
- “If you want to be a successful marketer, you have to be a little crazy.” Jim Metcalf is the author of this piece.
- “Our jobs as marketers are to figure out how the customer wants to buy and then to assist them in doing so.” Bryan Eisenberg
- “Don’t be afraid to be innovative and try new things with your marketing.” Mike Volpe is the author of this piece.
- In the absence of thorough research, your brand will barely float, and at the rate at which industries are moving today, brands will sink quickly. Ryan Holmes
- “Today, it is vital to be present, to be relevant, and to provide value.” — Nick Besbeas
- “Good marketing makes the customer feel knowledgeable.” Joe Chernov
- “Our role as a team is to connect with people and interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get them where they want to go.” Seth Godin
- “Make your marketing so beneficial that people will pay you for it.” — Jay Baer
- “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it”- Simon Sinek
- “The best marketing is the kind that doesn’t feel like marketing.”- Tom Fishburne