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Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

The Genius Behind Zara’s Billion-Dollar Business Model

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In episode #2886, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the innovative business model of Zara. They share insights into its founder Ortega's humble beginnings and emphasizes that age should not deter entrepreneurs from starting new ventures.  Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT)  TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: (00:00) The Genius of Zara's Business Model (02:55) Lessons from Zara's Founder and Market Strategy (04:41) That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Go to https://www.marketingschool.io to learn more!   Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next?  Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.   Connect with Us:    Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel X @ericosiu

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0:00.0

Here's the genius of Zara's business.

0:03.8

So number one, the percentage of revenue for ad spend, what do you think it is?

0:08.1

For Zara?

0:08.7

Uh-huh.

0:09.4

1%?

0:10.4

Exactly.

0:10.8

1% right.

0:11.8

1%.

0:12.4

Now, they also buy, they don't, they don't buy real estate.

0:15.5

They look to rent prime real estate because they can't buy everything.

0:18.4

Like if there's a big shopping mall popping up, their real estate that's their marketing channel right because if you're in a big mall for

0:24.4

example at like century city or whatever big malls out there if you're in prime real estate people are

0:29.1

going to talk about you to see you all the time and they're like they're going to know it's our right

0:32.1

the other thing is it's customer driven products so instead of most stores that you go to, maybe you have to wait a long time,

0:38.7

maybe one quarter for the next drop, they're always talking to customers and they're changing

0:42.7

things by the week.

0:43.6

So you have to buy it like that week, right?

0:45.3

So there's built-in scarcity there, which is smart because scarcity works in marketing.

0:48.6

The other thing that I really like, which we kind of talked about earlier, is that the founder

0:53.3

Ortega, so here's what happened when he was a kid. His mom was holding his hand, they're going to a grocery store,

0:59.0

and basically he couldn't see the counter, right? But over the counter, he could overhear the person

1:02.9

saying, hey, Miss, Miss Ortega, Miss Ortega, I can't loan you any money anymore. So she's

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