One of the most oft-asked questions that I encounter by early-stage startups is "Do I really need to spend time on marketing? Why not focus on just building the product and let it lead the path of marketing? And if I have to start, from where do I start?"
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/324541/
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With most of the rhetoric in the digital economy focused on placing the customer at the heart of all strategic thinking, it would be fair to assume a company's chief marketing officer or chief customer officer would have a seat at the top table.
Unfortunately, this is still not the case in Australia although it is happening internationally...
http://www.afr.com/news/special-reports/future-now-series/marketing-needs-to-be-at-centre-of-strategic-planning-20171204-gzy1do/
The new year is a time to reflect on the past year and to commit to doing better in the coming year. This is true for us both personally and professionally. To get insight into what is on the minds of top marketing leaders about their focus for 2018, I asked several leading CMOs to complete the following sentence. “Based on what I learned in 2017, I resolve to …” Here’s what they had to say.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnellett/2018/01/10/provocative-and-surprising-new-years-resolutions-from-top-cmos/#5434295b4d17/
The mindsets of chief marketing officers have evolved from a product-centric mindset to a more customer-centric one, as it is no longer just about developing eye-catching campaigns. They also serve as both the representative of the brand and the voice of the customer.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/11/20/sap-cmo-alicia-tillman-marketers-evolving-role-brand-safety-and-implementing/
This is the fifth of the eight-part episode tutorial on the topic MEMS and Sensors Marketing, Oxymoron or Opportunity. The topic of this episode is putting the “s” back into MEMS and the challenges of doing so. Welcome back to those who have been following this bi-weekly tutorial series and a cordial welcome to those who are joining us for the first time.
It is interesting to consider that this tutorial series focuses on the theme of ‘oxymoron’ from a marketing perspective. Additionally, and for this episode, the topic of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) itself is truly another oxymoron or misnomer from several perspectives...
https://www.sensorsmag.com/components/sensor-mems-marketing-oxymoron-or-opportunity-episode-five/
Gartner made some interesting predictions about customer experience (CX) and the marketing technology associated with it in early 2017. The research firm suggested customer experience management would continue to top CEO, CMO and CIO agendas, calling it the “watchword of our age.” On the technology side, Gartner predicted CMO technology spending would exceed that of CIOs and that eventually, the CIO role will fall under the CMO organizationally.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/surveying-the-customer-experience-technology-landscape/
In many conferences in 2017, the buzz has all been around the customer experience, customer journeys or customer engagement. These topics come up in almost every presentation in a banking, hospitality, marketing or retail conference. However, there was little linkage between these “buzz” topics with loyalty nor branding. There is a correlation between the customer experience and how that impacts loyalty and an organisation’s brand. How does a brand inspire loyalty and how does the customer experience elevate a brand?
http://www.marketing-interactive.com/features/synchronizing-loyalty-customer-experience-and-branding/
Sales cure everything. But what if I were to tell you that sales have very little to do with customers? What if I were to tell you that strategies like designing buyer personas and marketing to them aren’t about customers or their journeys, but you? It's true. What I’m about to share with you will change the way you look at customers and marketing forever.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/08/01/the-customer-is-always-last-looking-at-marketing-from-a-different-perspective/#46cc77ca4bdd/
As the year draws to a close, Return asks its senior team to reflect on 2017 and offer predictions for 2018. Topics raised include programmatic and shoppable video, voice search, and shifts in online search and targeting...
http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2017/12/20/the-future-digital-marketing-predictions-2018/
Customer experience is undergoing a massive shift — similar to how smartphones took hold ten years ago. At that time, if your brand didn’t have a mobile strategy it’s likely you didn’t survive. Today, we’re on the precipice of the next catalyst: Voice.
In her annual Internet Trends Report, influential analyst Mary Meeker named voice one of the top trends of the year, noting the rise in mobile voice and improved voice recognition. We’re entering a new era of customer communication as people transition to mobile-only and voice assistant usage — which surged by an estimated 130% in 2017.
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/319668/the-rise-of-voice-are-marketers-listening.html/
