The Marketing Canvas Method

Marketing has always needed a structured language. This is it.

A shared vocabulary for strategy, so two people looking at the same situation reach the same conclusion. Twenty-four dimensions to describe your marketing, nine archetypes that are derived and not chosen, six steps from diagnosis to a twelve-month plan.

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100+ teams have used the method, built and tested across a decade of cohorts at Solvay Brussels School.

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Find your archetype

The archetype is not chosen. It is derived. Answer three questions and the matrix returns one of nine strategic operating systems. Same inputs, same archetype, every time.

Step 1 of 3
01Where is your market right now?

M3, the growth curve. The stage of your category lifecycle.

02What kind of value do you really sell?

M4, judged from your customer's point of view. Most companies sit lower than they think.

03Which revenue lever are you pulling?

Your goal for this cycle. One lever, full pull.

Where are you starting from?

Pick your path.

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What people say

Not a discussion. A diagnosis.

It gave me a real diagnostic of every step that needed doing, and what still had to be done. You leave knowing exactly what to work on tomorrow and how to move your marketing forward concretely.

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The Marketing Canvas really structures your strategy. You are not always aware of all the connections between the different elements. This method makes those links visible and gives everything consistency.

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A perfect complement to the Business Model Canvas. Where the BMC maps your business model, the Marketing Canvas gives you the full picture for building your marketing strategy on top of it.

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What comes next

Run it with your team.

A workshop or a mentoring engagement takes you through all six steps, from a scored canvas to a named archetype to a twelve-month roadmap your team owns. Methodology is only half the job. The other half is making it stick.

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The Book

Marketing is the only core business function without a shared operating system. This book provides one.

24 strategic dimensions with scoring guidance
9 archetypes as pre-built strategic operating systems
20 case studies: Tesla, Patagonia, Nokia, LEGO, Airbnb…
A 6-step process you can apply this week
Book cover titled 'Marketing Strategy, Programmed' by Laurent Bouty, featuring a binary code background and subtitle about a 6-step method for workshops and AI, with the phrase 'Zero Guesswork' included.
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