The Precarious State of Agile Marketing
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The document discusses the critical state of agile marketing, emphasizing that marketing should be seen as a holistic business approach focused on customer experience. It highlights the challenges marketers face in adopting agile methodologies, including a lack of training and understanding, and presents statistics on marketer stress and the perception of marketing effectiveness. The document also outlines the benefits of agile marketing, such as improved productivity and responsiveness to customer needs.
The Precarious State of Agile Marketing
- 1. The Precarious State of Agile Marketing
- 2. “Marketing is not … a specialized activity at all. It is the whole business seen from the point of view of its final result, that is from the customer’s point of view... @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 3. ...Concern and responsibility for marketing must therefore permeate all areas of the enterprise.” - Peter Drucker @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 14. Customer Experience @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 19. Today’s Backlog 1. Why marketers need agility 2. You keep using that word... 3. Marketing methodologies & how they compare to IT 4. Agile marketing educational gaps 5. A movement in its infancy 6. Marketing and software converge 7. Help marketing, help the customer
- 20. 1. Increased Complexity 2. World War C 3. The Audience 4. Sanity @andreafryrear | #agilemarketing Why Agile Marketing?
- 22. Time to 50 million users 38 years @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 23. Time to 50 million users 13 years @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 24. Time to 50 million users 1.5 years @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 25. How stressed are marketers? 13% Overly Stressed 12% Stressed to the Max 3% Not at all 35% Somewhat stressed 37% Stressed Source: Workfront @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 26. Marketer on a Friday afternoon
- 27. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 80% “Not very impressed” with marketing’s work Source: Fournaise Marketing Group
- 28. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 73% Marketers lack business credibility, can’t demonstrate how they grow the business Source: Fournaise Marketing Group
- 29. @andreafryrear | #agilemarketing 77% See disconnect between marketers’ talk and the results that matter to CEOs Source: Fournaise Marketing Group
- 30. HiPPO Phenomenon @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 31. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 66% Of readers have felt deceived upon realizing content was brand sponsored
- 32. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 92% Of consumers trust recommendations from friends & family over ads
- 33. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 52% → 22% From 1997 to 2008, % of brands in which consumers had a high level of confidence Source: Young & Rubicam BrandAsset Valuator
- 34. I’ll just rest my eyes... @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 35. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 45.9% Average number of hours marketers work each week. Source: Workfront State of Marketing Work
- 36. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 98% Of marketers experience conflict with other teams. Source: Workfront State of Marketing Work
- 37. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 54% Of marketers take less than 30 minutes for lunch. Source: Workfront State of Marketing Work
- 38. 94% of business problems originate from processes, not people. - W. Edwards Deming
- 39. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 87% Of Agile marketers become more productive Source: Forbes/CMG Partners
- 40. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 80% Better prioritize the things that matter Source: Forbes/CMG Partners
- 41. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 93% Get campaigns to market faster Source: Forbes/CMG Partners
- 42. Source: Wrike State of Agile Marketing 2016 Visibility to the overall project status Improved teamwork and morale Better team alignment on priorities Better division of work between team members Can identify roadblocks, problems, schedule issues faster Improved quality of work Faster time to get things released 18% 14% 13% 13% 10% 17% 16%
- 44. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 The Search is On
- 45. @andreafryrear | #bizagility17 24% Lack of training/knowledge 18% Current approach works well enough 12% Mgmnt doesn’t see the value 11% Not enough time to try it 10% Not willing to try new approaches 9% Don’t have the right tools 8% Don’t have champion to lead 5% Already done it 4% Don’t know What stops your team from more completely implementing an Agile approach? Source: Wrike State of Agile Marketing Report 2016
- 46. “Can you plan to be agile? Isn’t that cheating?”
- 47. “Some of the most impressive examples of agile marketing happened because of an event that couldn’t be planned for.”
- 48. “Responding to social trends means flexibility, and agile marketing doesn’t work with controlled and deliberately timed plans.”
- 50. Marketers admit they have a limited understanding of what Agile means 11% Already use agile; no challenges 43% I/my team doesn’t know what Agile is or how it works 29% We don’t have an internal expert to train/implement 11% Getting buy-in from my team 17% Getting buy-in from leadership 18% Lack of the right tools 19% Getting over the learning curve 15% We prefer to execute against a long-term plan What barriers or challenges do you encounter within your department? Source: Workfront Agile Marketing Report 2016
- 51. Agile Marketing Methodologies Source: Wrike State of Agile Marketing 2016
- 52. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 Agile Marketing Methodologies What kind of work management process does your marketing department use to manage work? 2% I don’t know 5% None 14% Take them as they come 40% Combo of multiple methodologies 26% Plan the steps, then execute the plan 14% Re-org upcoming work based on feedback Source: Workfront
- 53. TIP #1 Don’t assume you already know what Agile marketing will look like. @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 54. @andreafryrear | #MHA17 Agile IT Methodologies
- 55. TIP #2 But please don’t leave us to our own devices either. @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 56. Marketers admit they have a limited understanding of what Agile means 11% Already use agile; no challenges 43% I/my team doesn’t know what Agile is or how it works 29% We don’t have an internal expert to train/implement 11% Getting buy-in from my team 17% Getting buy-in from leadership 18% Lack of the right tools 19% Getting over the learning curve 15% We prefer to execute against a long-term plan What barriers or challenges do you encounter within your department? Source: Workfront Agile Marketing Report 2016
- 57. What do you mean “if we go with Scrum”? @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 58. 29% We don’t have an internal expert to train/implement @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 59. 17% Getting buy-in from leadership @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 60. 19% Getting over the learning curve @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 61. TIP #3 Accept that we’re just starting our Agile journeys. @andreafryrear | #MHA17
- 62. Marketers admit they have a limited understanding of what Agile means 7.8% Plans to start, but haven’t yet 22% We’re just starting now 33% In the last 6 months 18% Started 6-12 months ago 11% Started over a year ago 4% More than two years 4% Don’t know How long has your team been using an Agile methodology? Source: Wrike State of Agile Marketing Report 2016
- 63. How long has your organization been practicing agile? 15% Less than 1 year 25% 1-2 years 32% 3-5 years 28% 5+ years Source: VersionOne State of Agile Report 2017
- 64. TIP #4 Remember that we’re more alike than we are different.
- 66. Marketing & Software are both about: ➔ shifting from rigid planning to agile adaptation. ➔ moving from a few big releases to continuously evolving customer experiences. ➔ engaging more directly with their audience. ➔ embracing experimentation and testing. ➔ promoting innovation as an engine of growth. Source: Hacking Marketing
- 68. Marketing Software Brand Design Storytelling Audience Insight Content Data Automation Digital Dynamics UX Algorithms Code Systems Architecture Programmatic Thinking Source: Hacking Marketing
- 69. TIP #5 It’s all about the customer.
- 70. Customer Benefits from Agile Marketing 22% Increased customer response 26% Flexible approach to changing customer needs 18% Increased real-time CX Source: Forbes Insights: Future of Marketing
- 71. 1. Don’t assume you already know what Agile marketing will look like. 2. Lend marketers your expertise. 3. Accept that we’re just starting our Agile journeys. 4. Remember that we’re more alike than we are different. 5. We’re all in it for the customer. 5 Ways to Help Agile Marketers @andreafryrear | #MHA17