Everything Is Marketing,
Everyone Must Be Agile
        by Scott Brinker
President & CTO, ion interactive
 http://www.chiefmartec.com
    Twitter: @chiefmartec
By 2017, the CMO will spend
  more on IT than the CIO.
                     – Gartner
“I feel more like a CIO than a CMO! I have
marketing automation, CRM, listening platforms
    — I’m up to my eyeballs in technology.”
What does this have to do with agile?
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
This leads to two
transformational mandates:

1. Everything is marketing.

2. Everyone must be agile.
These two mandates are intertwined.
By “agile,” I do mean little-a agile.
 But Big-A Agile methodologies
  help us achieve such agility.
* We may need to adjust
  these methodologies
  for different contexts.
But first, why is everything marketing?


   (I do mean little-m marketing.)
“Business has only two basic functions:
      marketing and innovation.”
                           – Peter Drucker
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
The traditional multi-month marketing cycle:

        Plan
                Create
                         Distribute
                                      Measure

 Time


           (Does this look familiar?)
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
“Big, large, glass
buildings do not
 buy software.
  People do.”
    – Jonathan Becher
      CMO, SAP
Our customers are now agile.
That’s a problem, because this isn’t agile:

       Plan
              Create
                       Distribute
                                    Measure

Time
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Observations of this new kind of marketing:

      •    Individuals and interactions
      •    Responding to change
      •    Customer collaboration
      •    Working “experiences”

          (Does this sound familiar?)
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
This new kind of marketing is about more
than advertising, PR, communications, etc.

It’s about end-to-end customer experience.
This new kind of marketing is more strategic.

Strategic        7
                                                                                                                    5.9
                 6

                 5                                                            4.8

                 4
                                        3.2
                 3

                 2

                 1
Tactical
                              Two Years Ago                                 Today                        Two Years From
                                                                                                              Now

    Source: Gartner Marketing Change survey with high-tech and telecom provider marketing executives conducted September 2011, N = 309
This is why everything is now marketing.
“Marketing is too
important to be left
 to the marketing
   department.”
          – Seth Godin
      ( – David Packard )
Employees are consumers too, and they’re
  seeking the same dynamics at work.
This is why consumerization of IT is thriving.
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Observations of this new kind of organization:

        •   More participation
        •   More responsiveness
        •   More independence
        •   More transparency

     (The spirit of agile methodologies.)
In this environment, technology is more
  than infrastructure—it is capabilities.
A perfect storm for marketing technology.

 Marketing    Migration from
               old to new       Large market
  Spend




                                               New Ventures
   Cloud      Migration from
 Computing      IT to SaaS
                                 Relatively
                                easy to sell
 Trackable     Measurable
 Medium           ROI


 Disruptive     Opportunity
 Innovation   for new players
                                Low barriers
                                  to entry
  Software      Low cost,
 Economics     high margin
Marketing Technology Landscape                                                                                                                       August 2011

MOBILE MARKETING                                MOBILE APPS                     GAMING/FACEBOOK APPS        CREATIVE TOOLS         DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT



TARGETING              DISPLAY AD               E-COMMERCE                                                  PERSONALIZATION        LOYALTY MANAGEMENT
                       MANAGEMENT


                                                VIRTUAL EVENTS          VIDEO CONTENT     APIs              EVENT MANAGEMENT           CALL TRACKING


CREATIVE
OPTIMIZATION       VIDEO AD MANAGEMENT          SEO TOOLS        CORE WEBSITE           CUSTOM WEB APPS                                      CRM
                                                                                                             MARKETING AUTOMATION



SEARCH AD MANAGEMENT
                                                                                        WIDGETS/PLUG-INS


                                                                                                                                            SALES AUTOMATION

SOCIAL MEDIA AD MANAGEMENT
                                                                 LANDING PAGES BLOGS         COMMUNITIES     EMAIL MARKETING
                                                                 & MICROSITES

                                                                                                                                            CUSTOM DATABASES
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING MANAGEMENT




                                                                WEB TESTING & OPTIMIZATION                   BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE



SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS                          WEB ANALYTICS                                CUSTOMER ANALYTICS           MARKETING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT



MULTI-CHANNEL MARKETNG MANAGEMENT               INTEGRATED SUITES & ENTERPRISE MARKETING MANAGEMENT AGILE/PROJECT MANAGEMENT



  External Promotion      Customer Experience    Marketing Management                                      by Scott Brinker @chiefmartec http://www.chiefmartec.com
The Golden Age of Marketing Software.
Software is our interface to the digital world:

     •   Analytics shapes perceptions
     •   Automation guides processes
     •   Optimization hones tactics
     •   Listening leads engagements
     •   Targeting defines segments
     •   CRM structures relationships
Software is defining
the new customer experience.
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
“Programming” projects are where
      agile processes thrive.
Digital agility from the bottom-up.
Disruptive innovation beyond marketing.
This is why everyone must be agile.
To adapt agile in other
 contexts, we need to
     make a few
    adjustments.
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
An“agile marketing” manifesto?
Individuals and actions
over processes and tools.
Responding to change
over following a plan.
Remarkable customer experiences
over rigid customer management.
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Testing and data
over opinions and conventions.
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Beware the HiPPO!
Numerous small experiments
   over a few large bets.
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
“The best way to have a good idea
    is to have a lot of ideas.”
                    – Dr. Linus Pauling
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
From principles to methodologies…
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile
“The first thing you should do is think about
 culture—because culture eats strategy for
     lunch (and breakfast, and dinner).”
                              – Jonathan Becher
                                CMO, SAP
Agile needs champions.
“Innovation is anything,
 but business as usual.”

        Scott Brinker
        President & CTO
        ion interactive, inc.
        http://www.ioninteractive.com

        Chief Marketing Technologist blog:
        http://www.chiefmartec.com

        Twitter: @chiefmartec

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Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile

  • 1. Everything Is Marketing, Everyone Must Be Agile by Scott Brinker President & CTO, ion interactive http://www.chiefmartec.com Twitter: @chiefmartec
  • 2. By 2017, the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO. – Gartner
  • 3. “I feel more like a CIO than a CMO! I have marketing automation, CRM, listening platforms — I’m up to my eyeballs in technology.”
  • 4. What does this have to do with agile?
  • 6. This leads to two transformational mandates: 1. Everything is marketing. 2. Everyone must be agile.
  • 7. These two mandates are intertwined.
  • 8. By “agile,” I do mean little-a agile. But Big-A Agile methodologies help us achieve such agility.
  • 9. * We may need to adjust these methodologies for different contexts.
  • 10. But first, why is everything marketing? (I do mean little-m marketing.)
  • 11. “Business has only two basic functions: marketing and innovation.” – Peter Drucker
  • 13. The traditional multi-month marketing cycle: Plan Create Distribute Measure Time (Does this look familiar?)
  • 18. “Big, large, glass buildings do not buy software. People do.” – Jonathan Becher CMO, SAP
  • 19. Our customers are now agile.
  • 20. That’s a problem, because this isn’t agile: Plan Create Distribute Measure Time
  • 23. Observations of this new kind of marketing: • Individuals and interactions • Responding to change • Customer collaboration • Working “experiences” (Does this sound familiar?)
  • 25. This new kind of marketing is about more than advertising, PR, communications, etc. It’s about end-to-end customer experience.
  • 26. This new kind of marketing is more strategic. Strategic 7 5.9 6 5 4.8 4 3.2 3 2 1 Tactical Two Years Ago Today Two Years From Now Source: Gartner Marketing Change survey with high-tech and telecom provider marketing executives conducted September 2011, N = 309
  • 27. This is why everything is now marketing.
  • 28. “Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.” – Seth Godin ( – David Packard )
  • 29. Employees are consumers too, and they’re seeking the same dynamics at work.
  • 30. This is why consumerization of IT is thriving.
  • 33. Observations of this new kind of organization: • More participation • More responsiveness • More independence • More transparency (The spirit of agile methodologies.)
  • 34. In this environment, technology is more than infrastructure—it is capabilities.
  • 35. A perfect storm for marketing technology. Marketing Migration from old to new Large market Spend New Ventures Cloud Migration from Computing IT to SaaS Relatively easy to sell Trackable Measurable Medium ROI Disruptive Opportunity Innovation for new players Low barriers to entry Software Low cost, Economics high margin
  • 36. Marketing Technology Landscape August 2011 MOBILE MARKETING MOBILE APPS GAMING/FACEBOOK APPS CREATIVE TOOLS DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGETING DISPLAY AD E-COMMERCE PERSONALIZATION LOYALTY MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL EVENTS VIDEO CONTENT APIs EVENT MANAGEMENT CALL TRACKING CREATIVE OPTIMIZATION VIDEO AD MANAGEMENT SEO TOOLS CORE WEBSITE CUSTOM WEB APPS CRM MARKETING AUTOMATION SEARCH AD MANAGEMENT WIDGETS/PLUG-INS SALES AUTOMATION SOCIAL MEDIA AD MANAGEMENT LANDING PAGES BLOGS COMMUNITIES EMAIL MARKETING & MICROSITES CUSTOM DATABASES SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING MANAGEMENT WEB TESTING & OPTIMIZATION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS WEB ANALYTICS CUSTOMER ANALYTICS MARKETING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MULTI-CHANNEL MARKETNG MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED SUITES & ENTERPRISE MARKETING MANAGEMENT AGILE/PROJECT MANAGEMENT External Promotion Customer Experience Marketing Management by Scott Brinker @chiefmartec http://www.chiefmartec.com
  • 37. The Golden Age of Marketing Software.
  • 38. Software is our interface to the digital world: • Analytics shapes perceptions • Automation guides processes • Optimization hones tactics • Listening leads engagements • Targeting defines segments • CRM structures relationships
  • 39. Software is defining the new customer experience.
  • 41. “Programming” projects are where agile processes thrive.
  • 42. Digital agility from the bottom-up.
  • 44. This is why everyone must be agile.
  • 45. To adapt agile in other contexts, we need to make a few adjustments.
  • 48. Individuals and actions over processes and tools.
  • 49. Responding to change over following a plan.
  • 50. Remarkable customer experiences over rigid customer management.
  • 52. Testing and data over opinions and conventions.
  • 57. Numerous small experiments over a few large bets.
  • 59. “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” – Dr. Linus Pauling
  • 61. From principles to methodologies…
  • 64. “The first thing you should do is think about culture—because culture eats strategy for lunch (and breakfast, and dinner).” – Jonathan Becher CMO, SAP
  • 66. “Innovation is anything, but business as usual.” Scott Brinker President & CTO ion interactive, inc. http://www.ioninteractive.com Chief Marketing Technologist blog: http://www.chiefmartec.com Twitter: @chiefmartec

Editor's Notes

  • #36: See, industry forces have created a perfect storm for marketing technology. The shift of money from old media is continuing, making digital a larger and larger market. Cloud computing and the inherent trackability of digital initiatives makes it easier to adopt and justify new technologies. And this special moment in time, where disruptive innovation opens doors for everyone—combined with the attractive economics of software—make barriers to entry relatively low. If you’ve got a brilliant idea, and you can prove it, you can launch a marketing technology venture.