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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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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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The Other 85% – What Marketers Are Missing in MarTech
Earlier in January this year, I shared my perspective on why only 15% of marketing technologies are utilized at their full capacity by marketers in most organizations. The other 85% remains under utilized largely due to fragmentation at various levels; Silo organization and operating models Isolated skills Fragmented martech ecosystem Data silos Broken agency partnerships…
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The Always-On Customer Obsessed Organization
There are many anomalies in the business world today. None bigger than the intent to put the customer at the center of our ecosystem or being “customer-obsessed”. While 9 out of 10 organizations would claim to do it, 9 out of 10 actually don’t end up doing it. While the customer is at the center…
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Forbes – The Act Of Convergence: How Marketing And Technology Are Connecting The Dots In Healthcare Today
As published on Forbes by Patrick Spenner – I enjoyed my discussion with Patrick as we discussed the transformation in healthcare at the intersection of marketing, technology and data; bringing a fundamental shift from volume of care to value of care. Here is a transcript, take a read: I recently sat down with Mayur Gupta,…
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Inc. – HealthCare Marketing Is About to Get Disrupted
As published on Inc. by Jonathan Lacoste based on my interview with Jonathan Mayur Gupta heads up digital and omnichannel marketing for Healthgrades. I sat down with him to talk about why the health care industry is about to undergo a major shift in marketing. What does health care marketing look like right now? It’s…
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VentureBeat – The right data management platform for an omni-channel view of your customers
View the original post at VentureBeat Big data has been getting a lot of attention for the past few years, but companies also need good ways to solve “smaller” data problems. One small-data problem is “data fragmentation,” where you collect data on your customer on various different devices but have no way to merge all…
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Founding Principles of Enabling an Omni Channel Strategy
There has been enough said and written about Omni Channel Experiences from two perspectives – Firstly, why it is unreal and still a myth through my own posts like The Omni Channel Paradox, Omni Channel Far From Being a Reality and others. Secondly what an Omni Channel experience really means for brands and consumers and…
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The Technology Dilemma – What Fuels your eStore Experience!!!
What Fuels your eStore Experience!!! If you are a retailer or a brand that is trying to get into the business of selling product(s) online through an online store, you would have either asked or been asked this question a hundred times: Should you use your eCommerce platform to enable your store experience or should…