What is Hybrid Marketing?
It is an intelligent integration of insightful marketing consulting and innovative marketing communications.

Why would I want to use a Hybrid Marketing firm?
  • More effective - synergy between consulting and implementation

  • Faster - working with a single point is more effective

  • More proactive - single point provides greater understanding, more ideas

  • More integrated - better results, quicker


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  • A recent study noted two-thirds of senior executives saw new products/services along with improved branding/marketing as key growth drivers.1


  • For C-level executives 49% listed bottom line profits as a key growth metric; 37% of marketing management listed top-line revenue. What metric do you use?


  • The "best firms" see almost 50% of profits from new product growth; the "rest of the firms" saw only 25% of profits from new products.1


  • A Product Innovation Charter can help guide your company's new products growth. Do you have one?
Click here to download the complete Product Innovation Charter white paper.



  • In a recent study, 47% of sales of technology products resulted from new product success.2


  • Why obsolete products exist and remain a problem to growth:
    • True resource consumption is underestimated
    • Failure to recognize opportunity cost
    • Residual customers
    • Resources to cleanse the portfolio
    • Little recognition for working on old products

  • For companies innovating strategically, the "share of profits" for new product success increases to 61% from 39% compared to existing market innovation.2


  • Open innovation (vs. closed) often provides benefits such as:
    • Ability to leverage R&D budgets outside the company
    • Extended reach for new ideas
    • Ability to conduct strategic experiments with lower investments
    • Improved innovation culture - learning from the outside

  • How does Public Relations fit into a product launch? A dynamic Public Relations campaign can:
    • Influence what is said and written about your new product from day one
    • Deliver measured results by increasing the market's focus on your company
    • Improve the visibility of your product or service
Click here to download our white paper, "8 Keys to a Successful Product Launch."


1 - Winning at New Products, 3rd Edition, Robert G. Cooper
2 - Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)


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