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asground-breakingtheories.Scottclaimsthatthesedaysmanycompaniesmakeprofitsfrom
producingcatchyphrasesandtheoriesthatarenotonlyofnohelptomarketers,butinfact
theyareharmfulandmakethemarketerslosecontactwiththerealworld.Ifullyagreewith
that.Whendividingmarketingintoinboundandoutboundbelow,Iclearlyemphasizethat
youshouldnotsticktotheselabelsatallcosts:althoughthenotionofmarketingautomation
isusuallyassociatedwithinboundmarketing,youshouldrefrainfromlookingthroughthe
prismofbuzzwords.Marketingwizards,preachers,andself-proclaimedguruspassionately
createnewtermsbecauseit’stheirbusiness.
Omnichannel,greenketing,WOMM,contentistheking,growthhacking,etc.-areyou
fedupwiththis,too?Thediscursivemachinespitsoutsubsequentemptyconceptsonmar-
keting,andpractitionersarefloodedbypseudo-knowledgeandungroundedcommandments,
andconsequentlybecomemoredistantfromtheactualknowledgeandwhat’sevenworse
fromtheircustomers.Whatdocontemporarymarketingspecialistsdothesedays?According
toScott,theygiveyouanillusionofknowledge.Thiscreatesanewgenerationofmarketers
wholackbasicinformationonmarketingtheoryandthespecificsoftheindustry.Instead,
theygetstubsandlearnfromblogsandpodcastsbyreigningInternetcelebrities,whoteach
themimpressivetricksandshortcuts,whicharemoreinterestingandbringmore“clicks”than
boringbasicsfromtextbooks.
ExcusemyFrench,“artist’sshit”
WhenwestartedSALESmanago,therewereonlyafewpeopleinPolandwhoknewanything
about“themarketingauto-something”.IwasgoingtoconferencesandtellingthestoryofPier
Manzoni,whohadbought90aluminumcans,defecatedintothem,andputalabeloneach
ofthemsaying:“Artist’sshit.Contents:30gnet.Fresh.ManufacturedandpackedinMay
1961”.Theartisthadbeensellingthemforthepriceofgold.Iwasusingthisfecalmetaphor
toillustratethewaymarketersareperceived:asfreespiritswhoputanextremelyhighprice
tagsontotheircreativeefforts.
Alloureffortsareaimedatturningthewayofthinkingaboutmarketingupsidedown.In
hisrevolutionarybookentitledTheLeanStartup,EricRiesshowshowtotransformtheartof
creatingcompaniesintoscience.Wearetryingtodoasimilarthing:toshowthatmarketing
doesnothavetobeartitcanalsobescience.
Itwouldnotbepossibleifnotforafewcrucialtrendsthathavedominatedtoday’sworld:
theexplosionoftheInternetandmobiletechnologies,whichhavecompletelychangedthe
waywelive,learn,andworktoday.
Thereisnoremedyandthereneverwillbe
ScottBrinker,theauthorofoneofthemostinfluentialmarketingblogscalledChiefMarketing
Technologist,forseveralyearshasbeencreatingaverypopularmapofmarketingtechnology
solutions.Whilejustafewyearsbackthemapincludedonlyafewdozensolutions,today
Introduction.ThePhilosophyofMarketingAutomation
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