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Changingmarketing
WhenIcametoNewYorkformyfirstinternshipwithamarketingagencyalmost20years
ago,Ididn’tthinkthatmywholelifewouldrevolvearoundmarketing.Firsttenyearswasa
periodofgainingexperience,andthelattertenastruggletoturnmarketingdepartment
intoanimportantelementofanycompany.Thelifeofmarketersisfullofcontradictions.
Intheory,marketingisawonderful,comprehensiveareaofknowledge,butinpractice,it
createsmistrust.
IntheresearchbyFournaise,asmanyas80%ofexecutiveshavedeclaredthatthey
don’ttrustmarketersandthey’renotsatisfiedwiththeworkdonebymarketers
1
.In
turn,inAdobe’ssurvey,therespondentshavedeclaredthattheprofessionofmarket-
erisoneoftheleastvaluableandproductive,puttingmarketersinlinewithactorsand
dancers
2
.Evenpeopleworkinginthisprofessionhavemixedfeelingsabouttheirwork.
AccordingtotheDigiDayresearch,78%ofmarketersclaimthattheirworkgivesthem
satisfaction,andyetasmanyastwothirdsplantochangetheirprofessionoverthenext
twoyears3.Interestingly,theauthorsofthereportentitledTheFallandRiseoftheCMO4
pointoutthatonaverageaChiefMarketingOfficerholdshisorherpositionfor28months
lessthane.g.aCEO(54months)ormembersoftheboard.Descriptionsoftheroleand
function(andconsequentlythescopeofexpectationsandresponsibilities)noticeablydiffer
amongcompanies.Inotherwords,CMOs’situationisfarmoreunstablecomparedtothe
restofemployees:theirresponsibilitiesarechangeable,andtheeffectsofworkaredifficult
topinpoint.
Ifnotforacoincidence,mostprobablyIwouldn’tbeinthesituationIamintoday.After
fouryearsofworkingasaCMOinComarch,despitedecentresults,Iwasupagainstawall
intermsofdevelopmentopportunities,andIwasconvincedbyheadhunterstochangemy
job.Igotonaplanetoacitywheretheheadquartersofoneoftheglobalconsultingcom-
panieswaslocated,andIwasabouttobecometheirnewChiefofMarketing.Unfortunately,
onboardImetmythenpresidentprofessorJanuszFilipiak,towhomIhadtoldtheday
beforethatIwouldbeabsentduetofamilymatters.Eventually,Ididnotchangemyjob,but
1Researchof2012,https://www.fournaisegroup.com/CEOs-Do-Not-Trust-Marketers/.
2See:https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pdfs/Adobe_State_of_Online_Advertising.pdf.
3See:http://digiday.com/partners/digital-marketers-love-and-hate-their-jobs/.
4See:TheFallandRiseofCMO,http://www.strategy-business.com/article/04406?gko=e5561;compare:
P
.Kotler,K.L.Keller,Marketing,Ed.XIV
,translatedbyM.Zawiślak,J.Środa,Poznan,2012,pp.17.
Introduction.ThePhilosophyofMarketingAutomation
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