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A Dialogue with Scott Brinker – Marketing technology? Digital? It should be #HumanFirst
As posted by Scott Brinker on his blog post chiefmartec.com – Marketing technology? Digital? It should be #HumanFirst Scott was kind enough to talk to me and then publish this dialogue on his blog. Here is an extract from there, take a read: Mayur was one of the first high-profile “chief marketing technologists” at a…
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Huffington Post – The 5 Cs of Digital Marketing
Originally published by Vala Afshar on Huffington Post As written by Vala in his column: One of my favorite digital marketing thought leaders is Gartner research vice president Jake Sorofman – follow Jake on Twitter at @jakesorofman. Sorofman recently wrote a post titled “The ABCs of Digital Marketing” where he used the entire alphabet (excluding…
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The 5 Cs of Modern Marketing in an Era of Consumer and Convergence
5 Cs of Modern Marketin The last few months I have written an awful lot around Seamless Experiences and Omni-Channel complexities, which also reflect my own struggles and desire to learn and understand the space, both from a strategy and execution standpoint. I have tried to focus on reasons why both of these are still…
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AdExchanger – Digital Marketing Technologists Tackle The Data, Content And Commerce Collision
View the original interview on AdExchanger The digital marketing technologist isn’t exactly a new kid on the block in the enterprise, given Gartner’s prediction – in 2012 – that 70% of companies employed one. But the job title has definitely evolved as many of the technologies that fuel brands’ consumer interactions – from data-management platforms…
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Financial Times – Kimberly-Clark competition helps to boost online engagement
View the original interview on ft.com US-based consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark has invested in a number of start-ups in an effort to discover technology that would inspire customers to change their behaviour. In 2013, the maker of consumer household products such as Kleenex tissues, Andrex toilet paper and Huggies nappies set up a digital innovation…
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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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Navigating Through the DMP Outburst – Enabling The Omni-Channel Vision
It’s fascinating and intriguing to see how fast the digital world is evolving and how quickly we are changing directions and unraveling new opportunities to solve consumer needs and gaps. While Big Data has been the old new kid on the block for a while and understandably critical for certain types of organizations more so…
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The Perfect Imperfection – The Technology & Channel Obsession |#HumanFirst?
I think if there is one thing in the world of marketing that hasn’t changed, one statement that has been consistently written with blood, one emotion and desire that everyone regardless of where they sit have unequivocally expressed has been to “PUT THE CONSUMER AT THE CENTER”. Ironically enough though, we have consistently failed in…
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Data Convergence – The Marketing Glue For The Omni-Channel Reality
Data has now become synonymous with “Big Data” which is good and bad. Good because it has brought a huge focus and investment into a reasonably big problem and an even bigger opportunity for the betterment of human life. It is bad because it has overshadowed the need to solve for “small data”, akin to…
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Marketing Technology Breaking The Technology Barrier |MarTech 2015
Marketing Technology Breaking The Technology Barrier I guess it’s my turn now to throw my hat into the ring even though there is nothing much left to share after some inspiring posts and summary from great thought leaders like these ones: 9 big takeaways from MarTech conference by Scott Brinker Highlights from MarTech by Patrick…