That's one of the reasons that a recent study ranked SEO as the third most important marketing priority for startups (behind social media and content marketing).
As Indonesia's startup scene heats up, regional seed and series A funds move away from Indonesia and target Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines (in market priority order).
Women, say gun control advocates and the industry alike, are a high marketing priority.
"I suspect the rapid decline of Apple's software is a sign that marketing has a bit too much power at Apple today: the marketing priority of having major new releases every year is clearly impossible for the engineering teams to keep up with while maintaining quality," wrote Arment, who was Tumblr's chief technology officer for three years.
They were passion projects, done for the love and with little eye to marketing priorities.
The FBI claimed Apple was motivated more by its marketing priorities than in helping the agency investigate terror attacks.
Revlon, whose new chief executive, Jeffrey M. Nugent, came aboard last December, has made substantial changes in its marketing priorities and relationship with retailers over the last several months.
Tony Ponturo, vice president for global media and sports marketing at Anheuser-Busch, said the decision to discontinue the sponsorship was "based solely on a shift in marketing priorities for the brand".
The company thinks the market for what it calls "smart-grid communications infrastructure" could reach $20 billion annually and is one of Cisco's "key market priorities," Lin said.
From the interviews it was apparent that the government has continued to fund R&D institutes and universities without paying much attention to the quality of research being conducted, the use of research outputs, or the relationship of research to the country's economic, scientific, or market priorities.
