This document discusses how to bring agility to marketing. It advocates adopting an agile, growth hacking mindset that focuses on running experiments to test ideas, measure results, and optimize performance. This approach evolves marketing from a fixed process of determining solutions upfront to an iterative one of continuously developing, prioritizing, and scaling ideas that work. It outlines transforming marketing's structure, strategy, messaging, and technology to be more responsive to insights and customer needs through an agile approach.
2. Acquisition
Retention
Advocacy
MARKETING HAS SOME BASIC STRUCTURES
BRAND MESSAGES
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE
AWARE CONSIDER DECISION BUY LOYALTY ADVOCACYUSEENGAGE
Is it relevant
to me?
Should I consider
this brand
What product
is right for me?
How do I buy What does my
product offer
How do I use my
product
Should I buy
more from this
brand
Would I
recommend this
brand?
TARGETED XSELL/UPSELL COMMS
CUSTOMER SERVICE/LOYALTY COMMS
PR/SOCIAL
3. THE MARKETING PROCESS
We do research
into customer
behaviour
We strategize on offers
and promotional ideas
Agencies
respond
We brief it
We research it We buy the media
we put it out there
and we wait
We watch
what happens
4. WE TRY TO ANALYSE THE RESULTS
LEADS
SALES
LEADS
SALES
“Great news leads
are down and sales
are up” we are
delivering a higher
quality of leads
“Great news, we are now
able to deliver a much
higher volume of leads.
…….there does seem to be
a problem with
conversation though so you
might want to look at that
…. and sales are up… we are
delivering a higher quality
of leads”
… cause and effect is not always obvious
Week 1 Week 2
11. DEFINING
THE GOAL
Increased
channel adoption
Improved product
design and adoption
Improvements in
customer experience
Increased customer
base and reach
Increased share
of wallet
Ad spend
optimisation
Improved
conversion rates
Reduced churn
GOAL
12. Acquisition
Retention
Advocacy
MOMENTS OF TRUTH
BRAND MESSAGES
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE
AWARE CONSIDER DECISION BUY LOYALTY ADVOCACYUSEENGAGE
TARGETED XSELL/UPSELL COMMS
CUSTOMER SERVICE/LOYALTY COMMS
PR/SOCIAL
Is it relevant
to me?
Should I consider
this brand
What product
is right for me?
How do I buy What does my
product offer
How do I use
my product
Should I buy
more from this
brand
Would I
recommend this
brand?
13. Acquisition
Retention
Advocacy
HIGH VALUE MOMENTS
BRAND MESSAGES
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE
AWARE CONSIDER DECISION BUY LOYALTY ADVOCACYUSEENGAGE
TARGETED XSELL/UPSELL COMMS
CUSTOMER SERVICE/LOYALTY COMMS
PR/SOCIAL
Is it relevant
to me?
Should I
consider this
brand
What product
is right for me?
How do I buy What does my
product offer
How do I use
my product
Should I buy
more from this
brand
Would I
recommend
this brand?
15. Acquisition
Retention
Advocacy
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY
BRAND MESSAGES
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE
AWARE CONSIDER DECISION BUY LOYALTY ADVOCACYUSEENGAGE
TARGETED XSELL/UPSELL COMMS
CUSTOMER SERVICE/LOYALTY COMMS
PR/SOCIAL
Is it relevant
to me?
Should I
consider this
brand
What product
is right for me?
How do I buy What does my
product offer
How do I use
my product
Should I buy
more from this
brand
Would I
recommend
this brand?
19. BUILDING MARTECH MATURITY
Marketing
Transformation
Marketing
Automation
Lead Quality Management,
Nurturing and Sales Context
Funnel Visibility
Attribution and
Predictive Tools
CRAWL WALK RUN
Flexible creative platform
CRM, Capture movement, conversion rate
optimisation, velocity and aging measurements
Live response systems,
early warning systems,
AB Testing, Marketing automation
linked to owned digital media buying
Josh Hill Martech maturity model
21. THE AGILE MARKETING
TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
STRATEGY
MESSAGING
TECHNOLOGY
STRUCTURE
CRAWL WALK RUN
Strategic and Brand
alignment
Media and creative
adaptability
Responsive Dynamic
marketing
Brand Led Segmentation Driven Individually led
(trigger based)
Agile Technology platform
Analytics capability
Marketing automation, internal
trading desks, Analytics
360 customer platform, Dynamic
optimisation
Marketing organisational
structure
Growth Hacking and
experimentation
Dynamic daily measurement
and optimisation
22. DEVELOPING AN AGILE MINDSET
FIXED MINDSET
• Determine what you
think will work
• Scope solution thoroughly
• Assess total fixed costs
• Define end state “upside”
• Build a business case
• Sell it in
• Hope it works
GROWTH HACKING MINDSET
• Develop a list of ideas
• Stress test them
• Pick a few that look promising
• Run the experiments
• Measure and optimise
• Scale up what works
• Iterate
Embrace
challenges
Persist in the
face of setbacks
Avoid
challenges
Give up easily
CHALLENGES
OBSTACLES
24. IDEAS
Core team
Experiments
Manager
Experiments
Hacker team
Experiment
Analytics
Delivers initial insights on which the
experiments are based, Reviews the
effectiveness of each experiment,
suggest ways to refine it, predicts
scale up projections
Typically development and UX
teams who construct the
various executions to test
Coordinates experiments, drives
prioritisation process, champions the
process to the wider organistion
26. EVOLVE YOUR APPROACH
OBJECTIVES
CHANNELS
SEGMENTS
ENGAGEMENT
WITH OTHER TEAMS
CRAWL
WALK
RUN
Awareness, Acquisition,
and lead generation
PRODUCTS
PLATFORMS & TECH
Targeting and conversion optimisation Retention and loyalty
Focus on digital channels Bring Above the line media into the mix Include Offline experiences
Priority segments Expand to all segments Expand to all segments
Optimise existing products Expand to include new experimental
products
Use to test potential products
Marketing focus Marketing, IT and Product All of company
Adobe AEM, Analytics,
Audience Manager, Test & Target,
and DTM
Adobe Campaign, AMO, CRM Company wide dashboards and
visibility of experiments
Crafting an appropriate measurement criteria (statistics can tell all sorts of lies)
Learning to see failure as a “win”
Taking the human factor into account
Staying the course (webchat example)
Celebrate and promote the wins