Don’t Get Comfortable in Marketing Says Josh Miles

Don’t Get Comfortable in Marketing

Josh Miles, CMO for the Society for Professional Services (SMPS) talks with Stacy Gentile about the difficulties marketers are facing today with constant accelerating change, new tools, weak marketing skill sets, and the status of intentional marketing. 

• Why tomorrow will be difficult for marketers
• What he means by so many tools, so little time
• Why multi-dimensional marketing skills will be crucial
• How to think differentially about marketing
• Why the position of marketing director is changing from year to year

 About Josh Miles

Josh Miles is a caffeine and Twitter addict and Chief Marketing Officer at SMPS. Josh previously co-founded MilesHerndon, an Indianapolis-based branding firm specializing in brand strategy, corporate identity, website, and user interface design. His expertise is highly sought after by professional service firms including architecture firms, legal practices, engineering offices and software companies. Josh is also involved in several other start-up tech companies based in Indianapolis.

Josh’s unique point of view on branding, design, and marketing has been sought after by organizations, corporations, and university design programs.

Josh is the author of Bold Brand 2.0: How to leverage brand strategy to reposition, differentiate, and market your professional services firm. Josh Miles speaks from coast to coast on branding, digital marketing, and social media. Josh was honored as one of the Indianapolis Business Journal's 40 Under 40, and was also named 40 Under 40 by Delta Sigma Phi.

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