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Is marketing undergoing a change in this digital age? Well it seems so. As we spend increasing amounts of time on smartphones, tablets and laptops, different brands are striving to develop campaigns that cater to all these devices and prove effective across e-commerce, display advertising and social media.
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As a result of technological advancements, now brands can communicate and interact with their consumers in real-time through their mobile apps and websites. This has been a driving force in modifying the essence of marketing. Today’s marketing teams need to find the perfect blend of merging the creative side of tapping into consumers’ minds and the technical aspect of analytics, digital engineering and data. However, it is true that both areas do not necessarily mix well all the time. It can be a challenging task to get your technical staff to work in accordance with your creative marketing team.
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Merging Technology & Marketing
So what can this merger of marketing and technology do for your marketers? Let’s see….Marketing is primarily focused on understanding the motivations of your target audience and utilizing this information to develop successful campaigns for promoting your brand and enticing potential consumers to buy your product or service. It is rather an intuitive and creative process. However, the technology your team uses to achieve this objective requires specific skills in computing, statistics and mathematics. The key is in making these 2 areas work together.
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Tanya Cordrey, Chief Digital Officer at Guardian News and Media, said “Where marketing hasn’t changed is the creativity and the passion from brands that have really helped build loyalty and emotion. Those things you still need, but almost all aspects of marketing have changed very dramatically.”
Increasing Reach, Relevance & Speed
Technology has efficiently transformed 3 specific areas of marketing, namely reach, relevance and speed of campaigns. The relevancy of a marketing campaign has been especially enhanced in this digital age. Now you can target your messages to specific groups with the precision of an ace sniper and offer your target audience relevant content.
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Moreover, technology has also greatly increased the speed and reach of various campaigns. You can now easily and instantly reach your consumers through various online platforms like news websites, YouTube, Facebook, mobile apps etc. Mark Singleton, Sportsbook Marketing Head at Paddy Power, said “If you come up with that nugget of an idea, you’ve now got such reach that you can expand that and get tremendous coverage just from a little niche idea.”
Upgrade Yourself
So if you are a marketer, then it’s about time that you upgrade your skills and update yourself in order to take advantage of these highly relevant and fast-paced marketing campaigns via the digital tools available. You will need to create a solid team with your marketers, technical staff as well as social media professionals and web developers.
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According to Charles Wells, Chief Marketing Officer of JustGiving, in the future marketers will have to merge creative and marketing skills with a real understanding of technology. He said “The biggest challenge for the marketer of the future isn’t how do I get skilled up, but how do I get to fit into this machine and which cog am I going to try and be?”
Balance Technology & Creativity
So if you want to make the most of the scenario and get the best of both worlds, then you need to find a balance where both creativity and technology will enable you to develop and advanced marketing campaign. Lisa Bridgett of Net-a-Porter, summed up by saying “The real stars are the ones who can balance a passion for technology, data, fashion and creativity at the same time.”
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How do you think technology is changing your marketing campaign? Do you use digital tools to increase the efficiency of your campaigns? Feel free to share your views and opinions by commenting below.
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