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The Accidental Marketer Podcast

The Accidental Marketer Podcast

By: Impact Planning Group
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Summary
I am Tom Spitale, a Partner at Impact Planning Group - welcome to our Podcast! Along with my colleagues and Partners Mary Abbazia and Sean Welham, we are the authors of "The Accidental Marketer" published by Wiley. Through our book and our consulting practice, we help (mostly B2B) Accidental Marketers create unique and compelling strategies that differentiate their products and services from the competition. Our podcast addresses important B2B strategic marketing issues and is designed to help listeners maximize profits in their area of responsibility by creating, communicating and capturing (via pricing strategies) more value for customers than competitors do.All rights reserved Economics Management Management & Leadership Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • You May Be Pricing the Wrong Thing
    30 Oct 2026

    Companies often approach value propositions and pricing from the inside out: What do we make? What does it cost? What are competitors charging? In this final episode of the Opportunities Hidden in Plain Sight series, Tom and Mary explore what happens when companies instead focus on what customers actually value—from a conference provider that increased prices 33% to GE Healthcare's reimagined MRI experience and Rolls-Royce charging for engine flying time.

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    15 min
  • We Think We Know How Apple Will Position Its New Foldable iPhone
    2 Oct 2026

    Apple has revealed its new foldable iPhone—but what position will it ultimately try to own in customers' minds? Mary and Tom explore three possibilities: turn the technology into one powerful functional benefit, leverage the emotional value of the Apple brand, or turn Apple's late arrival into an advantage. Along the way, they show how B2B marketers can use the same principles to develop stronger positioning—and test their ideas against three criteria: Unique, Important and Believable.

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    17 min
  • Stop Trying to Differentiate Your Product
    21 Sep 2026

    Companies often assume differentiation requires inventing something new, but some of the best competitive advantages are already hiding inside the products and capabilities they have. In this episode of the Hidden in Plain Sight series, Tom and Mary explore examples ranging from J&J's new Ottava surgical robot to a late-to-market pharmaceutical product to show how looking at different customers, stakeholders, and benefits can uncover meaningful differentiation that was there all along.

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    17 min
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