How poker strategy can guide marketing decisions

Joe Zawadzki, founder of Poindexter Systems, an online and site optimisation agency, argues that the goal in poker (as in marketing) is making good decisions on the basis of imperfect and changing information.

How Poker Strategy can Guide Marketing Decisions

Joe Zawadzki

The search for mastery at anything can lead into unexpected territory. Motorcycle maintenance got into Zen. Business warriors got into Sun Tzu. We in marketing have got poker. Putting a spotlight on America's favourite pastime teaches valuable lessons that can be applied both online and offline. Whatever cards you are dealt in the business world, knowing what a smart poker player might do in a similar situation can point the way to making sound marketing decisions.

GOOD DECISIONS FROM NOT-SO-GOOD INFORMATION

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