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Forrester believes that chief marketing officers (CMOs) must abandon the century-old marketing/sales funnel and embrace the customer life cycle in order to better manage their customers' interaction...

Business Case: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook
Marketing mix modeling is a powerful tool that provides a holistic understanding of marketing performance across channels. With marketing mix modeling, marketers can positively affect business...
Use Technology To Move From Experimentation To Driving Results
In 2012, CMOs will need to embrace technology to help them handle big issues like: 1) addressing the maturation of social media from cool tool to critical connector with customers; 2) determining how...

Over the past few years, the rise of the always addressable customer combined with a challenging economic environment and stagnant markets has created a perfect storm — challenging...
Marketing planning has changed little in the past century. It's essentially a linear process built on the development of rigid 12-month plans built around brand and channel metrics. This approach...
MarketShare, Marketing Management Analytics, ThinkVine, And SymphonyIRI Are Leaders
The marketing mix modeling market is undergoing a transformation as marketers increasingly demand that vendors provide solutions that are updated frequently, can easily aggregate data streams, can...

Performance Management: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook
Successful optimization of the marketing mix requires careful coordination of multiple data streams, generation of insights from marketing mix models, and careful review of budget allocation...
Success Will Depend On Measuring The Handoff Between Phases
To get the best returns from the adoption of a customer-centric approach to marketing, Forrester believes that marketers must make the shift from the traditional marketing funnel to the customer life...

Executive Overview: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook
When making their investment decisions across the marketing mix, senior marketers face the constant challenge of coping with the proliferation of communication and engagement platforms while facing...

The rapid adoption of new digital technologies by consumers is pushing marketing and IT closer together. Two companies that Forrester spoke with took very different approaches to the challenge of how...
Loyalty Marketing Must Take The Brand Beyond Points And Programs
Most chief marketing officers (CMOs) have a tactical view of loyalty marketing. They tell us that their approach, while necessary, has unclear objectives and focuses too much on short-term financial...
CMOs Must Take A More Active Role In Business And Technology Strategy
Forrester Research and Heidrick & Struggles recently conducted a global survey of nearly 200 chief marketing officers (CMOs). In this report, you will find out how these CMOs view their relationship...

The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
Since Forrester published its first Wave™ evaluation on marketing mix modeling in 2011, the market has undergone significant growth and evolution as marketers demand more in-depth, real-time,...
What were the selection criteria for inclusion in Forrester's September 21, 2011, "The Forrester Wave: Marketing Mix Modeling, Q3 2011" report.
We have just published my new report on loyalty marketing: "A New Approach To Brand Loyalty." From the interviews with more than 50 marketing leaders, we have learned that more than 40% of chief...
Benchmarks: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook
Few marketers have a structured approach to optimizing their marketing mix, often missing the opportunity to deliver better results with the same level of investment or to effectively reallocate...
Senior marketing leaders are missing a key opportunity by underinvesting in marketing mix modeling. Those who have adopted marketing mix modeling find that it works. They are able to proactively...

Tools And Technology: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook
Marketing mix modeling is undergoing a transformation as marketers increasingly demand that vendors provide solutions that can be updated frequently, easily aggregate data streams, provide...
While marketers spend most of their efforts and resources on top-of-mind channels like the Web or TV, two-thirds of consumers report lackluster interactions with brands, leading to low levels of...
Loyalty currently is at the top of my research agenda. Why? I think that marketing organizations have been approaching loyalty with uneven success by adopting established approaches mainly based on...
With the increasing richness and complexity that digital channels and social media bring to the marketing equation, senior marketers increasingly realize that, to be relevant in shaping their...
Assessing Your Marketing-IT Partnership Readiness To Develop A Custom Action Plan
In the future, only companies that understand and anticipate their customers' needs and can consistently deliver unique, tailored customer experiences will be able to attract and retain loyal...

The fragmented media landscape makes accurate attribution of successful marketing efforts increasingly difficult. As a result, marketing leaders are under greater pressure than ever to bring...

The Impact Of Media Fragmentation Patterns On Communication Strategy
Consumers across Europe are embracing new media platforms that change the way they consume content. This year's European Technographics® data shows a continuous growth in the amount of time...