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Build the message house before you build the media list
Most placement problems are not media problems. They are clarity problems that appear at the moment of pitching.
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Build the message house before you build the media list
“Most placement problems are not media problems. They are clarity problems that appear at the moment of pitching.”
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03PR
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Voice is brand infrastructure, not decoration
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