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A fervent believer in the promise of human powered growth, Russ leads CMG in partnering with companies to help them become aligned, agile, customer-driven enterprises that unleash the potential of their organizations with sustainable improvements in focus, teams, culture, and process our clients.
Mark leads CMG in partnering with Telecom companies to help them increase customers and accelerate revenue. His 25+ years of experience in growth, strategy and execution includes B2C and B2B multi-channel acquisition programs, customer experiences that surprise and delight, pricing that optimizes customer value, and innovative product development.
What is agile marketing? Today’s CMOs have no shortage of responsibilities, so improving efficiency is key to delivering the marketing performance their companies require. To improve their approach, many marketing teams have started using agile methodologies — a process first used by software engineers — to work smarter and market more efficiently. Agile Marketing encourages cross-functional collaboration, shared goals, and empowered teams.
Traditional marketing assumes you know the end point today. But marketing is not predictable. Agile for Marketing (A4M™) uses rapid learning cycles to reach goals. Not only do you break down long-term goals to reach them more efficiently, but A4M helps ensure that teams are jointly accountable. When you work together as a team, you win as a team. But, what exactly is agile marketing?
The definition of Agile Marketing may be simple, but adopting an agile mindset and methodologies across your entire organization is the true challenge. How do you drive operational excellence through Agile Marketing? How do you encourage cross-functional collaboration? Being agile means leadership is aligned on priorities and objectives, and the experts at CMG are prepared to help you not only embrace change, but create it.
Agile for Marketing (A4M™) is being adopted by CMOs who require more efficiency on their teams in order to perform better. In order to understand exactly what the process means, first let’s look at the meaning of agile.
Marked by a ready ability to move with quick, easy grace; having a resourceful and adaptable character. The agile process is native to software developers, and is now being used by other fields.
A mindset and methodology that transforms culture and operations so you can execute more efficiently, champion the customer, and achieve better performance through a data-driven iterative approach.
That sounds ideal, but what does it mean for my business?
Remember when you implemented that marketing campaign and analyzed data to see how the project was going six weeks after launching it? An Agile Marketing approach uses data to analyze what’s working and what isn’t in a much tighter timeframe. In two-week increments, you are looking for early indicators of near-term trends to determine whether you’re headed in the right direction or need to change course.
CMG conducted interviews with 50 CEOs, CMOs, or VPs at more than 50 U.S. companies between August and November 2012 and found that the winning trait of their success was: agility.
1. Google launches, evaluates, and kills 10 projects each year using the agile method because it allows frequent check-ins and chances to tweak their approach for a more effective strategy.
2. Testing and measuring every offer. Amazon.com conducts continual testing of different versions of its website to see what is performing better and why.
Benefits of Agile Marketing:
It’s not about working faster. It’s about working smarter.
At CMG, we help your company implement Agile methods for your marketing efforts. We can be the architects of your next big idea and help you realize your potential.
