PRESENTATION OUTLINE
scott brinkley - chiefmartec
technology has changed marketing
- There are 940+ companies in Marketing Technology
- ...across over 40 software categories
- Fueled by massive innovation and investment
- "I feel more like a CIO than a CMO!"
CAN'T MEGA-BRANDS CONSOLIDATE THIS?
the cloud computing revolution
- Cheap IaaS and PaaS scalabilty
- SaaS business models
- Open Source, and API's
- Access to global talent and knowledge
- Inbound marketing tools
BACKBONE SOFTWARE VENDORS BUILDING ECOSYSTEMS
MARKETERS CAN DELIVER UNIQUE SOLUTIONS
- We don't control our environment
- We don't control the consumer
- We want to be differentiated
- We want to earn our customers love
SO, WHO CAN balance THESE REQUIREMENTS?
chief marketing technologist
QUALITIES OF a chief marketing technologist
- Embrace technology
- Appreciate research & analytics
- Have a flair for storytelling
- Proritise practical design
- ..and align this all to business priorities
THE NEW SCHOOL PARADIGM
- CMT'S will control more IT revenue than CIO's by 2017
- They will heavily influence IT and Procurement
- They run multi-discipline marketing departments for their CMO
- They will empower CMO's to be as important as CFO's
- 81% of businesses claim to have someone in this role
5. adapt to fragmentation
6. look for triggers & events
7. personalise your message
8. align to business objectives