Webcast with Q&A
Journey to Marketing Maturity
12 February 2016
Transforming Marketing as a value center through accountability, alignment & agility
What is Marketing Maturity, Really?
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1) Most maturity models are silos
2) Maturity is in the eye of the beholder: judged by customers and C-team
3)
accountable + aligned + agile
3) Maturity recognizes inter-related facts of nature
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Marketing Maturity is a Journey
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1) Stepping stones in each building-block, for each phase
2) All building-blocks’ basic stepping stones = Phase A
3) After establishing Phase A, grow to Phase B
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Activating
the System
Building
Maturity
Sustaining
Momentum
Stage A Stage B Stage C
Ste
pp
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Sto
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s
Ste
pp
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Sto
ne
s
Ste
pp
ing
Sto
ne
s
Ecosystem
Strategy
Guidance
Process
Metrics
Technology
Infrastructure
Maturity
Building-Blocks
Marketing Maturity is About Connecting & Flowing
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1) Connect Phase A Ecosystem + Strategy + Guidance + Process +
Metrics + Technology + Infrastructure as a sequential flow
2) Start with stakeholders (ecosystem) to inform the flow
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Activating
the System
Building
Maturity
Sustaining
Momentum
Stage A Stage B Stage CEcosystem
Maturity
Building-Blocks
Know the WIIFM
for customers,
channel partners,
alliance partners
Monitor their WIIFM
. . .
Know the WIIFM
for fellow depts.,
divisions,
account teams,
support functions
Monitor their WIIFM
, , ,
Know the triggers,
consequences,
& integrations
of all stakeholders
Educate suppliers
& fellow stake-
holders
. . .Strategy Basics Expand Anticipate
Marketing Maturity Breakthroughs
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1) Annually assess key areas across the building blocks
2) Sequential ratings: 0 1 2 3 . . . .
3) Reveals opportunities that would have been overlooked
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Management
Commitment
0 = No recognition of need for executive
sponsorship
Holistic
ApproachDeployment Results
0 = No evidence of holistic approach
0 = The process may be defined,
but there is no sign of implementation
0 = No evidence of results, or too
early to see results
10 = Management is totally committed
to customer satisfaction and to the process being
an industry benchmark
10 = Comparisons are used with other
world-class processes to
maintain position as an industry benchmark
10 = Strong links to customer and
supplier processes and systems are in
place
10 = Is regarded as an industry
benchmark with excellent
improvement trends
Enabling productivity, efficiency and scalability for Marketing’s rapid growth
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