Quick question for marketers: who is your real competitor?
Netflix doesn't compete with just other streaming platforms, they compete with everything people do to relax be it a bottle of wine or game boards.
One reframing but a completely different battlefield.
If you want to think about your category play, we break it down inside RPC Marketing Masterclass
Writer:
Arief Rahardjo
Managing Partner, RPC
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