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The CMO Solution Guide to
Leveraging New Technology & Marketing Platforms
CONTRIBUTORS
CMO’s Role Today:
• Establish Clear Customer
Experience Vision
• Be The Customer Champion
• Become An Active Technology
Stakeholder
• Work Cross-Functionally To
Achieve Customer Vision
• Redesign Teams And Break
Down Process Silos
3
“My job now is to look
at the decision journey
of the customer, and
optimize based on what
the customer wants.”
Executive Summary
• Only 13% of CMOs
thought they were able to
truly deliver a seamless,
personalized consistent
customer experience across
all touch points.
• 66% felt they had a ways
to go in creating a unified
approach.
• 21% said they were “not
sure where to start”
The Inherent Challenge
“You have to
understand the
experience before
you deliver on it.
The Inherent Challenge
2.98
3.06
3.08
3.14
3.83
5.02
Development Areas
(1 = highest priority)
Identifying The Entire Customer Experience Across All
Channel
The Mapping Of Each Customer Journey Back To Each
Touch Point Within The Overall Customer Experience
Developing A True 360 View Of The Customer
Measuring The Impact Of Each Touch Point
The Technology Platform You Need To Enable Seamless
Execution
The Consulting Support Required From Major Tech
Vendors To Map The Solutions Into A Unified Experience
2.7
2.3
2.8
2.2
3.0
1.9
2.8
2.4
3.1
1.8
2.6
2.8
Internal silos Budget issues Staff My existing
marketing platforms
Just Getting Started Middle of the road Fully Mature
Roadblocks
(1 = greatest challenge)
Solution 1:Solution #1
Be The Customer Champion
Solution 1:Solution #1
Be The Customer Champion
“CMO’s lack an understanding
of how important digital can
be at the top of the funnel for
branding and customer
awareness.”
“CMOs need to trust their gut”
Solution 1:Solution #1
Be The Customer Champion
B2B
B2C
Solution 1:Solution #2
Become BFFs with Your CIO
Common Terms. Different Language.
Solution 1:Solution #2
Become BFFs with Your CIO
Collaborate. Plan. Vision.
Get Excited and Involved
Solution #3 Co-design the Optimal
Customer-Driven Technology Roadmap
Create new cross-
functional teams
Hire left-brain and
right-brain talent
Solution #4 Rethink Your Marketing
Organization and Processes
Be Vigilantly Agile
& Risk Receptive
Test. Learn. Repeat.
Solution #5 Establish a System for
Continuous Improvement
The CMO Role in the Future “will continue to expand as
marketing platform and tools make it easier for us to
measure success of customer experience changes led
by marketing.”
Warning:
“loss of loyalty and patronage and a
negative impact on brand reputation.”
Conclusion
Contact
Steve Olenski
Sr. Content Strategist
steve.olenski@oracle.com
@steveolenski
Nadine Dietz
CMO
nadine@thecmoclub.com
@NadineDietz1

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Nadine dietz the cmo solution guide to leveraging new technology and marketing platforms at oracle modern marketing[2]

  • 1. The CMO Solution Guide to Leveraging New Technology & Marketing Platforms
  • 3. CMO’s Role Today: • Establish Clear Customer Experience Vision • Be The Customer Champion • Become An Active Technology Stakeholder • Work Cross-Functionally To Achieve Customer Vision • Redesign Teams And Break Down Process Silos 3 “My job now is to look at the decision journey of the customer, and optimize based on what the customer wants.” Executive Summary
  • 4. • Only 13% of CMOs thought they were able to truly deliver a seamless, personalized consistent customer experience across all touch points. • 66% felt they had a ways to go in creating a unified approach. • 21% said they were “not sure where to start” The Inherent Challenge “You have to understand the experience before you deliver on it. The Inherent Challenge
  • 5.
  • 6. 2.98 3.06 3.08 3.14 3.83 5.02 Development Areas (1 = highest priority) Identifying The Entire Customer Experience Across All Channel The Mapping Of Each Customer Journey Back To Each Touch Point Within The Overall Customer Experience Developing A True 360 View Of The Customer Measuring The Impact Of Each Touch Point The Technology Platform You Need To Enable Seamless Execution The Consulting Support Required From Major Tech Vendors To Map The Solutions Into A Unified Experience
  • 7. 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.2 3.0 1.9 2.8 2.4 3.1 1.8 2.6 2.8 Internal silos Budget issues Staff My existing marketing platforms Just Getting Started Middle of the road Fully Mature Roadblocks (1 = greatest challenge)
  • 8. Solution 1:Solution #1 Be The Customer Champion
  • 9. Solution 1:Solution #1 Be The Customer Champion “CMO’s lack an understanding of how important digital can be at the top of the funnel for branding and customer awareness.” “CMOs need to trust their gut”
  • 10. Solution 1:Solution #1 Be The Customer Champion B2B B2C
  • 11. Solution 1:Solution #2 Become BFFs with Your CIO Common Terms. Different Language.
  • 12. Solution 1:Solution #2 Become BFFs with Your CIO Collaborate. Plan. Vision. Get Excited and Involved
  • 13. Solution #3 Co-design the Optimal Customer-Driven Technology Roadmap
  • 14. Create new cross- functional teams Hire left-brain and right-brain talent Solution #4 Rethink Your Marketing Organization and Processes
  • 15. Be Vigilantly Agile & Risk Receptive Test. Learn. Repeat. Solution #5 Establish a System for Continuous Improvement
  • 16. The CMO Role in the Future “will continue to expand as marketing platform and tools make it easier for us to measure success of customer experience changes led by marketing.” Warning: “loss of loyalty and patronage and a negative impact on brand reputation.” Conclusion
  • 17. Contact Steve Olenski Sr. Content Strategist steve.olenski@oracle.com @steveolenski Nadine Dietz CMO nadine@thecmoclub.com @NadineDietz1

Editor's Notes

  1. Having a clear customer experience vision. Becoming the customer champion responsible for identifying and mapping the euphoric customer journey. Working together with technology counterparts to ensure the customer experience vision is mutually understood and the basis for technology success. Redesigning teams and breaking down process silos to ensure cross functional collaboration. Not owning it outright, but becoming an active stakeholder in the application of each technology within a well designed, integrated platform to achieve your marketing vision.
  2. Of the 110 CMOs Surveyed: …. Brand promise is inherent in the customer experience, and you set your brand up for failure if you don’t get that right away.”
  3. “There are so many solutions out there. Managing it all requires a substantial time investment. I want a partner who can lay out a roadmap for me. We have 57 vendors just in marketing technology. And you need a data scientist who has the keys to unlock what you’re sitting on.” —JENN MCMILLEN, VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING & CRM AT MICHAELS STORES
  4. Which of the following areas do you feel you need to develop further as you take on this challenge? Please rank in priority order: Identifying the entire customer experience across all channels including marketing channels as well as internal channels including sales and support The mapping of each customer journey back to each touch point within the overall customer experience What’s interesting is if you break that group apart based on maturity levels—both those that are most advanced and those that are just getting started—they say “The mapping of each customer journey back to each touch point within the overall customer experience” is their top priority area for advancement. This is a clear indicator that we still have a long way to go in really understanding the customer experience at each touch point and serves as a good reminder to not only start with a map, but also continuously revisit the plan with each new advancement to ensure your customer understanding remains current.
  5. What roadblocks are most problematic in terms of you ultimately meeting and succeeding in this challenge? (1 = highest priority) Budget and Existing Platforms
  6. “Brands today have an enormous amount of data from Google Search and how it impacts the bottom of the purchase funnel. What CMO’s lack is an understanding of how important digital can be at the top of the funnel for branding and customer awareness. CMOs need to trust their gut when it comes to branding and spend at the top of the funnel because it can be so hard to quantify. Even without complete ROI data, digital branding is incredibly important and deserves investment.”
  7. “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” —Bill Gates
  8. Source: The CIO-CMO Omnichannel Crossroads, from The CMO Club, CIO Magazine and EPAM, July 2014 http://thecmoclub.com/resource/cio-cmo-crossroads/ Just one example of many
  9. “If you are a CMO and are not excited and engaged with technology, I question how long you will be in the job.”—CAMMIE DUNAWAY, PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL CMO, KIDZANIA, INC. “I regularly reach out to our CTO and schedule time to sit down with him to review a “straw man” road map that we have developed, revised or significantly re-written due to changes in business priorities, shifts in EBITDA and CapEx funding targets, new technology advancements that are impacting consumer expectations, competitive shifts, etc.” Julie Lyle ** There is a whole page in the Guide from Julie on the role of the CMO and the role of the CIO for optimal collaboration “A company’s success will be centered on the customer centricity focus across the C-Suite. The CMO’s expertise on customers and the CIO’s expertise on customer-centric IT/ digital platform delivery will be the alignment point for success or failure.”
  10. Cammie Dunaway invited her CIO to join her at a Kidzania property in Mexico where together they walked the floor. From there, they rolled up their sleeves to evaluate every aspect of the customer experience and identify how technology should not just deliver, but inspire their customers in new ways. Rose Hamilton not only oversees marketing, but also technology. She is truly a CMTO—a Chief Marketing Technology Officer—and is able to fully implement a cross-functional, integrated team. Among all the work processes redesign, she leveraged seating arrangements as a way to break down silos and ensure marketing and technology are working together. “It’s very important to build marketing teams based on digital and technology capabilities and how skillsets align with overall marketing objectives and strategic priorities for the company. When we create that alignment, we enable results that can be truly transformative for our campaigns and the company.” Mary Beth Parks, SVP Global Marketing of Hilton Worldwide “I report up into our CMO, Clive Sirkin who in partnership with our CIO has given us the platform to establish a global marketing technology organization that works very closely with the brands, marketing planning and agency teams. —MAYUR GUPTA, GLOBAL HEAD, MARKETING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION, KIMBERLY-CLARK “All the technology available is only as good as the people driving it.” —Michael Williams, CMO, The Grand Prix of America, Formula 1
  11. “Technology has completely changed what fast means. We are on an agility mission right now because speed is different than agility. What we’re trying to build is the capability to go in new directions fast, not just go straight ahead fast, and that’s a really different muscle for us to build.” Jeff Jones “The focus shouldn’t be to always stay ahead of technology. The speed and succession in which the platforms change is mind-boggling. The focus should be aimed at making sure that you are investing in the technology that makes the most sense for your specific business and customers.” —Michael Williams, CMO of Grand Prix of America, Formula 1 “By being curious and humble and not becoming a victim of “shiny object syndrome.” This is one area where you have to slow down to speed up. No one knows the right answers, but you can’t be afraid to ask the questions.” Seth Farbman “Technology enables us to monitor how customers respond to the experience we offer at each touch point. We can test enhancements, track impact (from the customer’s POV), and leverage the insights we garner for continuous improvement.”—Julie Lyle, CMO of hhgregg
  12. The CMO Role in the Future: “My role will continue to expand as marketing platform and tools make it easier for us to measure success of customer experience changes led by marketing.” “The danger for not delivering a consistent positive customer experience across all touch points are many, but at the top of the list are loss of loyalty and patronage and a negative impact on brand reputation.” Christine Nashick, Chief Customer Officer of DHL US