In episode #904, we discuss whether marketing is actually an engineering problem. Tune in to hear our verdict. We have committed to throwing a FREE Marketing School Live Event in Los Angeles, once Marketing School reaches 1M downloads in a 30 day period. Take action: Rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE. Check the progress here! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:27] Today’s Topic: Is Marketing Really Just Marketing? [00:40] There is someone from Pinterest who talks about how everything is just an engineering problem. [00:50] Isn’t marketing just another engineering problem? [01:14] Who would be better at marketing: a person or a machine? [01:35] Marketers are also the people that come up with ways to automate marketing. [02:10] If you look at Google, it was created by Engineers. [02:25] Engineers are the ones solving a lot of problems. [02:35] People that are running marketing nowadays are “growth hackers”. [03:00] Dropbox grew through a referral program. [03:30] Eric and Neil need Engineers to help them with their marketing solutions. [04:20] Marketing is really just an engineering problem. [05:15] How can someone learn to be more creative? [05:30] Draw inspiration from different areas/industries. [05:48] That’s it for today! [05:52] Go here to see how many downloads the show is getting. Also rate and review to help us meet our goal of 1 Million downloads per month. Hopefully, we’ll see you at the live event in L.A.! Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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