Periodic Table of Marketing

A framework for marketing strategy

The Period Table of Marketing is a proprietary marketing strategy framework that enables organizations to:

  • Audit the components of the marketing mix
  • Identify marketing risks and opportunities
  • Prioritize marketing tactics
  • Optimize the marketing and sales funnel

The framework comprises 14 Tactical Groups, all representing a vital part of a high-performance marketing engine. Each group contains Marketing Elements, each a key component to tactical success.

Investigating and documenting the status, opportunities, and priorities of each Marketing Element provides organizations with a clear marketing roadmap, showing what they should do next to push the needle.

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Tactical  Groups

The Periodic Table of Marketing includes the following tactical groups, critical components of the marketing mix.

Marketing Strategy

A clear strategy in marketing ensures that every effort aligns with business goals, driving consistent and measurable results.

Demand Generation

Demand generation is essential in marketing because it builds awareness, nurtures interest, and generates high-quality leads.

Content Strategy

Content is crucial in marketing because it educates, engages, and builds trust with your audience at every stage of the buyer journey.

Lead Generation

Lead generation is crucial in marketing because it fuels the sales pipeline and helps convert interest into revenue.

Email Marketing

Email delivers personalized, direct communication that nurtures relationships and drives conversions.

Event Marketing

Events are important in marketing because they create personal connections, foster engagement, and build lasting brand loyalty.

Data & Analytics

Analytics turns guesswork into data-driven decisions, allowing you to optimize strategies, messaging, and improve ROI.

Marketing Automation & AI

Marketing automation streamlines workflows, nurtures leads at scale, and improves efficiency across the funnel.

CRO

UX design and CRO optimize user journeys, reduce friction, and turn more visitors into leads, pipeline, and customers.

Product Marketing

Product feeds, tag management, visualization, and product optimization are crucial to e-commerce success.

SEO

SEO increases visibility, drives organic traffic, and connects your brand with people actively searching for solutions.

Sales Enablement

Sales enablement equips sales teams with the right content, tools, and insights to close deals more effectively.

Earned Media

Earned media builds credibility and amplifies your brand’s reach through trusted third-party endorsements.

Traditional Media

Traditional media remains important in marketing for broad reach, brand awareness, and connecting with audiences offline.

Practical Use

The Period Table of Marketing framework is used to audit, document and prioritize marketing risks and opportunities. This usually starts with a full audit or a partial audit (limited to one or multiple Tactical Groups). 

The audit provides a roadmap and a visual overview in a spreadsheet, showing the current status of each Element and providing practical recommendations to improve performance. The recommendations can be implemented in-house or through an agency.

As every component of the marketing mix acts as a multiplier, every improvement leads to a more effective and robust marketing engine, improving brand equity, conversion rates, and sales.

 

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