Thanks to Sharon Suchoval for pointing me to this. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, anyone close to Marketing knows that the digital migration has unleashed a sea of change in the Marketing Department and the CMO. The Oracle Social Spotlight has an article about 5 Things That Should Be Keeping CMO’s Up at Night. It’s a somewhat light hearted post on a potentially heavy topic. I’m not going to reveal everything but let me give you the five things. They are sufficiently crpytic to make you want to read the whole thing.
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Seriously, Am I Going to Be in Charge of EVERYTHING Now?
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What Do My Customers and Prospects Want From Us?
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How Am I Going to Cope with Being a Media Company?
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What Tech Am I Supposed to Invest In?
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What If I Pursue a Strategy and Then Everything Changes?
Notice how at least 4 of the items above have almost nothing to do with the previous CMO job description. The CMO gets to develop a group that’s part content king, part quant, and part techie. All that’s on top of the creative and PR activities that remain a key part of marketing.