A Brand for social justice
In 2020, brands did something they’d never done before: They spoke up about race.
Customer experience is eclipsing product as a competitive differentiator. CMOs are recognising this shift and talking the talk. But are they also walking the walk?
The number one objective enterprises give for embarking on a digital transformation is to improve customer experiences with new engagement models, according to IDC’s 2017 global study.
As marketing emerges from the black-arts and into the clear light of science, the new availability of data offers a bonus opportunity. Not only will data predict buyer behaviour and make marketing more accountable to the business, it can also ignite a more effective management style – agile.
IDC finds that buyers are evolving their purchase practices faster than vendors are changing their marketing practices. To keep up, the CMO role is quickly moving beyond its traditional boundaries.
Each day, a CMO spends a significant portion of time on things that didn’t even exist 10 years ago. In 10 more years, the changes to the marketing function will be even more acute.
CMO’s State of the CMO is an annual industry research initiative aimed at understanding how ...
CMO’s State of the CMO is an annual industry research initiative aimed at understanding how ...
In this latest episode of our conversations over a cuppa with CMO, we catch up with the delightful Pip Arthur, Microsoft Australia's chief marketing officer and communications director, to talk about thinking differently, delivering on B2B connection in the crisis, brand purpose and marketing transformation.
In 2020, brands did something they’d never done before: They spoke up about race.
‘Business as unusual’ is a term my organisation has adopted to describe the professional aftermath of COVID-19 and the rest of the tragic events this year. Social distancing, perspex screens at counters and masks in all manner of situations have introduced us to a world we were never familiar with. But, as we keep being reminded, this is the new normal. This is the world we created. Yet we also have the opportunity to create something else.
In times of uncertainty, people gravitate towards the familiar. How can businesses capitalise on this to overcome the recessionary conditions brought on by COVID? Craig Flanders explains.