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A Path Toward Marketing Technology
Independence
Chief Marketing Technologist Exchange
Jan 2016
Marketing Technology
Evolving toward digital marketing “independence”
What do we mean by “independence”?
How far down the path should you be?
Low
High
Strategicownership
Managed Self-serve
Tactical “activation”
marketer owns “intellectual capital”
agency performs activation
tactics managed by vendor
some call this “in-house”
no agency as intermediary
marketer owns activation
internal engineering resources
fluent with first party data
agency “black box”
tech choices are opaque
tactics are agency-owned
High
Low
Agencydependency
Managed Self-serve
Marketing “activation”
Digital Agency
Ad Tech (vendors)
In-house Tech
Steps toward “independence”
Introduce new dependencies…
The depths of the ad tech “stack”
marketing tech “independence” =
greater autonomy / ownership at deeper
levels in the marketing tech “stack”
but…
desire for independence
readiness to take on these new dependencies
techiness
culture
dna
Framework: are you ready and how far?
“techiness”
Do you have:
• engineers & buy-in from the eng org
• deeper expertise data scientists, algo
experts, etc.
• “martechies”
• a data warehouse
• fluency with said data warehouse
Fundamentally, are you a tech company?
culture
Does your company culture have:
• agility
• incentives for big bets
• tolerance for failure
• cross-org alignment
• progressive outlook
How do your individuals, teams, orgs relate?
dna
Are the following in your “corporate
nature”?
• marketing as a core component
• autonomous pursuits
• ownership of your intellectual property
• not driven by strict ROI exercises
• ability to turn back (without it being
deemed “failure”)
Who are you?
Final thoughts
1. Boat owners dilemma
2. There is an agile / iterative approach
3. Be bold but be prepared
Thanks

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