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Former Five9 Executive Niki Hall Joins Selligent Marketing Cloud as CMO -
Veteran Silicon Valley Leader to Drive Global Marketing Strategy
Global B2C marketing automation company Selligent Marketing Cloud today announced that Niki Hall has joined as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), leading the company’s global go-to-market strategy, including demand generation, product, client, partner and field marketing and communications, and brand initiatives.
According to Forrester, 30% of CMOs will be let go for not mastering the blended skill set of design and analytics.
30% of CMOs will be let go for not mastering the blended skill set of design and analytics.
In the age of customer, the CMO position has risen in complexity and grown in prominence. The expansion of the CMO role will force a redefinition of the way the marketing function operates and the CMO’s assumption of a larger role as the custodian of the customer experience.
In this new world, the CMO will have increased responsibility for setting customer strategy and defining end-to-end customer experiences across the lifecycle.
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By Nick McConnell, Commercial Director at TwentyCi
The flow of consumer data is expanding and the cost of CRM technology is dropping. Add to that the escalation in platforms to reach people – from mobile, social media and apps such as Snapchat to more unexpected places like screens in driverless cars – and you can see why brands are excited at the opportunities for engaging more and more with consumers through CRM. Or are they?
If you have asked yourself the above question as a CMO, it could have been in a wide range of circumstances. You may have had a major product launch to oversee, market share to build or another, completely different objective.
Whatever your own organisation's situation, there's just so much to think about. What's the significance of location? Where should your ideas go? How should those ideas be shared and absorbed? What's the best process for turning those ideas into actions? How should your creations be shared? What are the best approaches for asking questions and obtaining information?
New research results revealed by global advertising technology and services company AudienceScience® show that only 27% of advertisers feel that having the most talented media agency will contribute to the success of their digital advertising campaigns, while 46% of overall advertisers and 56% of Mega advertisers (spend £40m+) believe that a deeper in-house knowledge of digital advertising technology will be the most important factor in bringing them digital advertising success.
Indeed, 43% of advertisers plan on bringing more responsibility in-house for digital planning within the next 12 months. [more…]
Research reveals next wave of digital sales growth in popular retail categories will be driven by older consumers -
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