Build IT Capabilities to Enable Digital Marketing Success
Are you ready to support marketing in a digital world with new technologies and IT skillsets?
RETIRED CONTENT
Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.IT’s inability to support marketing results in:
- Underperformance as marketing fails to promote a positive brand image and generate leads on digital channels.
- Shadow IT emergence as marketing tries to enable themselves, but IT is left to deal with integration of incompatible systems.
IT’s complete ability to support marketing results in:
- An optimized digital marketing strategy that yields high returns.
- A strong and healthy relationship between IT and marketing.
- An organizational view of IT as a highly competent strategic partner.
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Module 1: Identify Digital Marketing Opportunities
The Purpose
- Determine the fit of each digital channel with your organizational goals.
- Determine the fit of digital channels with your organizational structure and business model.
- Compare the fit of digital channels with your organization’s current levels of use to:
- Identify missed opportunities your organization should capitalize on.
- Identify digital channels that your organization is wasting resources on.
Key Benefits Achieved
- IT department achieves consensus around which opportunities need to be pursued.
- Understanding that continuing to pursue excellent-fit digital channels that your organization is currently active on is a priority.
- Identification of the channels that stopping activity on could free up resources for.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Define and prioritize organizational goals. |
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| 1.2 | Assess digital channel fit with goals and organizational characteristics. |
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| 1.3 | Identify missed opportunities and wasted resources in your digital channel mix. |
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| 1.4 | Brainstorm creative ways to pursue untapped digital channels. |
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Module 2: Identify Your Product-Specific Digital Marketing Landscape
The Purpose
- Identify the digital channels that will be used for specific products and segments.
- Identify the IT capabilities that must be built to enable digital channels.
- Prioritize the list of IT capabilities.
Key Benefits Achieved
- IT and marketing achieve consensus around which digital channels will be pursued for specific product-segment pairings.
- Identification of the capabilities that IT must build.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Assess digital channel fit with specific products. |
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| 2.2 | Identify the digital usage patterns of target segments. |
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| 2.3 | Decide precisely which digital channels you will use to sell specific products to specific segments. |
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| 2.4 | Identify and prioritize the IT capabilities that need to be built to succeed on each digital channel. |
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Module 3: Enable Digital Marketing Capabilities and Leverage Analytics
The Purpose
- Identification of the best possible way to build IT capabilities for all channels.
- Creation of a plan for leveraging transformational analytics to supercharge your digital marketing strategy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- IT understanding of the costs and benefits of capability building options (people, process, and technology).
- Information about how specific technology vendors could fit with your organization.
- IT identification of opportunities to leverage transformational analytics in your organization.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Identify the gaps in your IT capabilities. |
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| 3.2 | Evaluate options for building capabilities. |
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| 3.3 | Identify opportunities for transformational analytics. |
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