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Marketing trends for 2012
1. THE YEAR OF...
MARKETING
HOT TOPICS 2012
Janne Saarikko
Strategy Directory, Zeeland
@saarikko
@zeelandgroup
2. These are my suggestions for the most important
things to be implemented in marketing during 2012.
Every marketer should look at these topics right
now and evaluate their meaning to their own
organisation.
Do not take these as the future, since your
competition is working around these topics already
today.
There is further information available on each of the
topic. To learn more, please contact me or the kind
people at Zeeland Group.
18. UNSILOING
Companies canʼt put their efforts in intersilo battles
Sales, marketing, R&D, HR must work together
Social CRM will unify silos
Social goes boardroom
20. GAMIFICATION
Most things will be about collecting
points, rewards, levels etc.
Even the most boring tasks will become
interesting through gamification
Playing SAP already this 2012...?
22. TOPICS
Information overflow will force people to choose
what to follow
Chosen topics in many channels vs. chosen
channels with many topics
Those who will own the topics will have the
strongest top-of-mind position in that area
Category ownership becomes vital for findability
24. BUBBLING UNDER
Civil sector marketing activation
Public-Personal dialogue
Open data solutions
Business design (customer service)
Total marketing
Restructuring of marketing services