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Marketing as a Growth Engine – Podcast with Erich Joachimsthaler
Recently I had the pleasure to sit down with Erich Joachimsthaler, the CEO and Founder of Vivaldi in his “Business of Platforms, Video Podcast Series”. Amongst other things, we discussed: · The transformation of marketing into a growth engine · The need to drive growth across the brand, the user base and user value · The principles of…
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When Customer Relationship Means Growth
When Customer Relationship Means Growth Marketing has evolved substantially, from the times of the “Mad Men” and witty creative ads and billboards, to driving user engagement and accelerating business growth. The vast amount of data at our fingertips and the evolution in technology has made marketing more targeted, relevant, measurable and more accountable. The change…
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Marketing Needs Growth Planning Not Media Planning
Marketing Needs Growth Planning Not Media Planning Marketing Now Means Growth Evolution in data and technology has changed the world of marketing. Marketing’s impact is now quantified, measureable and attributable. It is not just impact top of the funnel brand awareness but the lower half as well driving performance – conversion, retention and GROWTH. Marketing…
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No Such Thing As A “CRM Campaign”
I recently published an article on AdExchanger on why CRM was way beyond just a technology or a channel. In fact, I strongly question if CRM is even a capability that can be boxed into any single bucket — Consumer Relationship is an objective and if you do the right things, it’s an outcome.…
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HealthCare Marketing Moves From Multichannel To Omnichannel
As originally published in AdExchanger on the shift in healthcare from MultiChannel to OmniChannel Marketing It’s staggering to see the pace at which digital technology is changing the traditional and highly regulated world of health care. The industry has moved from massive health systems with weeks-long waits for an appointment to a world of wearable,…
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Globalization – Marketing’s Biggest Challenge?
Globalization – Marketing’s Biggest Challenge? A great question to ask and I can bet you that 9 out of 10 answers would be around specific technologies and innovation that is happening around us, may be Data or rather “Big Data”, content, mobile and the list can go on. Interestingly though, while technology in general may…
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What Makes a Marketing Technologist – Just Technology?
If there is one thing that struck a very strong chord with me in 2012, it has been the notion of MARKETING TECHNOLOGY and a strong need for MARKETING TECHNOLOGISTS in order to enable Marketing in a Digital World (yes not the same as Digital Marketing). The year of course started with a LOT of…
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The Ecommerce Guide to Big Data [Infographic]
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“Big Data” has been touted as the next “big thing” in ecommerce. But according to research by Edgell Knowledge Network, only 47% of retailers understand how to apply Big Data to their business. We can expect non-retail ecommerce to be similar.Big Data refers to a large set of data too complex to be handled by…
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Omni-Channel Retail: A Term So Confusing, Even Those Doing it Best Don’t Know What it Means
In the late 1990’s, I remember attending an e-commerce trade show and laughing with a group of colleagues about rapid rise of the term “CRM”. It was on the tip of everyone’s tongue in the conference sessions, and the exhibit hall was full of solution providers, most of them new, claiming to have the perfect,…