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The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist – HBR
View the original post on HBR – The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist. Here is a quick peek: A transformation is occurring within companies as marketing is rapidly becoming one of the most technology-dependent functions. Gartner predicts that by 2017 chief marketing officers will have a bigger technology budget than chief information officers. At…
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The History & Future of Marketing Technology
A few weeks back, I worked with the editing team at Kapost on a whitepaper on the “Future of Marketing Technology”, you can download your copy by clicking here. A quick extract from the original site with a description of the whitepaper: There are more than 1,870 technologies that specialize in social, search, email, analytics,…
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CMSWire – Fragmentation Is Holding Marketing Back
In one of my recent posts on CMSWire, I shared some of the key “FRAGMENTATION” challenges holding brands back from achieving the ultimate omni-channel consumer experience and possible areas of “CONVERGENCE” needed to overcome the gaps. Take a read: What do omnichannel marketing and winning a Formula One race on flat tires have in common? Simple…
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MobileMarketer – Building brands in a digital world requires versatile specialists
Originally published by Lauren Johnson March 6, 2014 Kimberly-Clark’s products SAN ANTONIO, TX – A Kimberly-Clark executive at eTail West 2014 discussed a series of digital trends that are moving conventional marketing skills to include a comprehensive understanding of creative, strategy and finance. The CPG brand executive laid out the trends in the “Driving Business Strategies…
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Harvard Business Review – The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist
The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist by Scott Brinker and Laura McLellan Artwork: Markus Linnenbrink, EVERYWHEREALLTHETIMEEVERYTHING, 2009, epoxy resin, pigments, 20″ x 39″ x 82″ Marketing is rapidly becoming one of the most technology-dependent functions in business. In 2012 the research and consulting firm Gartner predicted that by 2017, a company’s chief marketing…