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thenumberofvarioustechnologiesformarketingdepartmentshasgrownto3,8746.The
marketingsoftwaremarketisgrowingrapidly,fasterthanforanyothercategory.
What’sthereasonbehindthis?WhileintheareasoftraditionaltechnologiesforCRM,
logistics,ERP,orsales,itisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthewayofcreatingcorporateprocess-
es,marketingtechnologiesthemselveshavetokeeppacewiththeever-changingconsumer
practices.Thefirstmarketingautomationsystems,createdca.15yearsago,supportedsim-
plepurchasingprocessesforB2BwiththeuseoftheInternet.Systemscreated5yearsago
werealreadyadjustedtothedynamicallygrowinge-commercesegmentandlargenumbers
ofonlinepurchasers.Today,acompletelynewgroupofmarketingautomationplatformsis
beingcreated,anditsgoalistoprocesspurchasingmodelsbasedonmobileappsandsmart-
phones.ThismayexplainwhyintheU.S.,whichisthemostdevelopedmarketingautomation
market,nearlyhalfofcompaniesusetwoorthreedifferentmarketingautomationplatforms
simultaneously.
Italsoputsmarketersunderhugepressureandcreateschallengesformarketingde-
partments.Howareweexpectedtodoourwork?Wehavejustlearnedtoautomatebasic
processeswiththeuseofaregularPCbrowser,andnowwe’reexpectedtolearnwaysto
automatepurchasingprocessesusingmobiledevices.Andthat’snotall!Quitepossibly,this
purchasingmodelwillquicklybecomeobsoleteasaresultofthegrowingpopularityofusing
virtualreality,artificialintelligence,andevendreamsinthemarketingandsalesprocess.
Newmarketerandthenewschoolofmarketing
AccordingtotheresearchbyAdweek,ChiefMarketingOfficers(CMOs)aremoreandmore
welcomeasmembersofthemanagementboards7.Thiswouldbeunimaginableinthepast.
Toanswerthequestionofwhatcausedthisshiftintheperceptionofmarketers,thefollowing
factorshavetobeconsidered:
Datawithmoderntechnologiesdesignedformarketingdepartments,amarketergains
extremelyvaluableknowledgeintheformofonlineandofflinedataaboutthecustom-
ersandleads.Thisknowledgechangestheirpositioninnegotiatingmarketingandsales
processeswithotherdepartments,andenablesdeepintegration;
Processesthankstomarketingtechnologies,fortheveryfirsttimemarketingdepart-
mentscanswitchfromcampaign-basedactionstoprocess-basedactions,whichbuilds
moredurablecompanyvalue.Theroleofamarketerunderstoodthisway,aswellasthe
specificknowledgegatheredisverydifficulttooutsource;
Traditionalsalesbecomesobsoletethenewconsumermeansthattraditionalsales
becomeineffective,andthegreaterpartofthesalesfunnelishandledbymarketing
departments,whichmeansthattheyhavethebiggestinfluenceonthefactwhetherthe
customerwillorwillnotmakeapurchase;
6See:http://chiefmartec.com/2016/03/marketing-technology-landscape-supergraphic-2016/.
7See:http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/cmos-wanted-board-directors/293281/.
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