This document provides a summary of insights from a survey of 219 Australasian marketers on the state of marketing in 2014. Some key findings include:
- Top marketing priorities for 2014 are driving increased conversion rates, increasing brand awareness, and improving data collection efforts.
- 97% of marketers plan to increase or maintain their marketing budgets in 2014, focusing spending increases on data & analytics, email, marketing automation, SMS, and content management.
- Marketers identified increasing subscriber engagement and revenue as their primary lifecycle marketing challenge for 2014.
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InMarch2014,wesurveyedhundredsofmarketersfromAustralasiatolearntheirtopmarketing
objectives and priorities for 2014. With 219 responses, we’ve analysed their insights to give you
a current snapshot of the state of marketing in Australasia. From lifecycle campaigns to return
on investment (ROI), you’ll find timely recommendations to help you plan your marketing
efforts for the year ahead.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary......................................................................................................................................... 3
New Priorities for 2014.................................................................................................................................... 4
Budgets on the Rise........................................................................................................................................ 8
A Shift in Lifecycle Marketing...................................................................................................................... 10
Email is Alive and Well.................................................................................................................................. 13
Responsive Design is the New Black.......................................................................................................... 15
Breaking Social Ground................................................................................................................................ 16
The Future of Mobile..................................................................................................................................... 19
Mobile Meets the Family............................................................................................................................... 23
2014 Recommendations............................................................................................................................... 24
Survey Methodology and Demographics.................................................................................................... 26
State of
Marketing
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39% believe social
is core to their business
The 2014 State of Marketing: Australasia survey asked marketers about their budgets, priorities, channels, metrics and strategies
for 2014. See a snapshot of key findings here.
Executive Summary: Australasia
2014 Priorities
49 %
Data acquisition
(improving/expanding
data collection efforts)
41 %
Increasing and
improving brand
awareness
Driving increased
conversion rates 31 %
SOCIAL
65% of marketers said driving subscriber engagement is their primary lifecycle challenge.
MobileEMAIL
84% believe social efforts
will or do provide ROI
60% have a
dedicated social team
72% have an app
83% using mobile believe mobile
efforts do or will provide ROI
17% are using
location-based functionality
61% are sending more
than 500,000 emails annually
71% of marketers believe
email is core to their business
34% rarely/never use
responsive design
Data &
Analytics63% Marketing
Automation61%Email
marketing62% SMS
messaging57% Content
Management56%
97% of marketers plan to increase or maintain their spend in 2014.
Top 5 areas for increased spending:
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Each year, endless options for marketing strategies face marketers, so it can be difficult to determine what’s most important.
We asked marketers to identify their top three marketing priorities for 2014, and we found some striking similarities across
marketers from all levels and industries. The most common priorities were:
As shown in the following chart, 2014 Top Three Marketing Priorities, driving increased conversion rates and increasing and
improving brand awareness are two clear priorities for the year to come. A focus on conversion rates comes as no surprise, as
more and more marketing teams work to align with their sales teams and prove value through concrete results. While marketers
are experiencing increased accountability, they’re also being given more resources than ever to take a greater role in driving
the business.
Respondents across almost every level of the organisation also identified brand awareness as a top priority, indicating that
brand is still a core focus, even beyond the CMO. With this in mind, we expect to see marketers using social media, mobile and
personalised web experiences to better boost their brand with customers.
The third most popular priority, data acquisition, is foundational for any successful marketing endeavor. In order to make
true 1:1 customer experiences a reality, you first need to know exactly who your customers are. More than just a name and
address, you need data that supports individual customer preferences, from what type of products they tend to purchase
to which communication channels they use most. Acquiring data is the first step toward creating these personalised,
1:1 customer journeys.
New Priorities for 2014: Australasia
Driving increased
conversion rates
Increasing & improving
brand awareness1 2 3 Data acquisition (improving/
expanding data collection efforts)
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2014 Top Three Marketing Priorities: Australasia
25%
50%
75%
100%
49% Driving increased conversion rates
41% Increasing & improving brand awareness
31% Data acquisition (improving/expanding data collection efforts)
30% Collecting, measuring, & using behaviour-based data
24% Subscriber acquisition
24% Testing & optimisation
24% Channel expansion (adding new digital marketing channels)
23% Organisational alignment (increasing collaboration between business units)
22% Improving measurement & results of digital channels
18% Campaign attribution (identifying campaign’s role in sales)
13% Leveraging actionable data
2% Other
173 responses
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New devices and channels emerge every day to create a more connected and complex brand-to-customer landscape.
A single wide net across multiple mediums won’t work, so here’s how marketers say that they’re divvying areas of focus and
measuring success.
Digital Marketing Organization Areas of Focus: Australasia
Note: Guided Selling is not reported due to Australasian marketers’ low rates of planned and current use, compared to other digital marketing areas.
responses responses responses responses responses responses responses
SEM/
SEO
54%
28%
17%
Lead
Scoring
31%
34%
35%
Display/
Banner Ads
76%
11%
13%
Recommend
in Email
43%
30%
26%
Email
Marketing
93%
5%
2%
SMS
Messaging
31%
26%
43%
Social Media
Marketing
Social
Listening
76%
14%
10%
174 174 173 173 172 174 174
responses responses responses responses responses responses responses
Offer
Mgmt
33%
29%
38%
Landing
Pages
83%
10%
8%
Personalised
Web
22%
42%
36%
Content
Mgmt
76%
17%
7%
Marketing
Automation
Social
Advertising
41%
43%
16%
Mobile Push
Notifications
14%
33%
53%
Data &
Analytics
81%
13%
6%
174 173 174 173 173 173 174
responses
63%
19%
18%
174
responses
82%
11%
7%
173
We use today
Plan to use in 2014
Do not plan to use
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Top Three Success Metrics: Australasia
169 responses
72% Conversion Rate (sales directly attributed to digital marketing campaigns)
69% Engagement Rate (opens, clicks)
57% Return on Investment
37% Lifetime Customer Value
22% Audience List Growth
22% Social Activity (likes, shares, retweets)
18% Incremental Value
2% Other
Clearly, marketers have many areas of focus heading into 2014. For recommendations on where to begin, visit the
section “2014 Recommendations” later in this report.
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Budgets on the Rise
1
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According to Gartner analyst Laura McLellan, the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO by 2017.1
So, it’s no surprise that our
survey found 97% of marketers plan to increase or maintain their budgets for 2014, while only 3% plan to decrease.
There are five key areas where marketers plan to increase dollars for 2014:
It makes sense that data and analytics top the list, as marketers noted increasing conversion rates as their top prioirty for 2014
(see the section “New Priorities for 2014”). Likewise, marketing automation tops the list and will play a key role as marketers act
on the data they’ve collected to power 1:1 customer experiences and enhance their brand relationships.
The next chart shows a more complete picture of how marketers plan to spend their budget in 2014.
1
2
3
4
5
Data & analytics (63% plan to increase)
Email marketing (62% plan to increase)
Marketing automation (61% plan to increase)
SMS messaging (57% plan to increase)
Content management (56% plan to increase)
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2014 Digital Marketing Budget: Australasia
responses responses responses responses responses responses responses responses
Content
Mgmt
56%
39%
2%
3%
Increase
Stay about the same
Decrease
Don’t know
Mobile Push
Notifications
55%
31%
4%
10%
SEM/
SEO
55%
38%
3%
4%
Social
Advertising
54%
36%
5%
5%
Data &
Analytics
63%
32%
3%
2%
Email
Marketing
62%
34%
3%
2%
Marketing
Automation
61%
34%
0%
4%
SMS
Messaging
57%
36%
4%
3%
165 169 145 100 160 83 161 141
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Lifecycle marketing occurs when marketers communicate with specific audience members at precise times. Marketers told
us that lifecycle marketing is still a key piece of their overall strategy. We define lifecycle marketing as the tactics that reach
customers across four core stages:
While marketers are still focused on lifecycle marketing, we’ve uncovered a notable shift. Unlike earlier findings (including IBM’s
The State of Marketing 2013) that showed acquiring new subscribers as marketers’ greatest lifecycle challenge, our research
found that driving engagement and revenue (65%) has edged to the forefront of their lifecycle concerns.
The top three lifecycle marketing campaigns that marketers currently use are newsletter (78%), promotional (63%), and web
opt-in (58%). The next highest utilised campaign, transaction (51%), is 12% lower than web opt-in usage. A significant gap
exists between the importance marketers place on lifecycle marketing campaigns and the number of campaigns they actually
implement, as shown by the gap between the top three campaigns and the many other underutilised campaigns.
For example, abandoned cart campaigns are used by only 12% of marketers and browse retargeting campaigns are used
by only 24%, however, these two campaigns have the highest reported success rates compared to other lifecycle marketing
campaigns. Along with testing other lifecycle strategies, implementing an abandoned cart or browse retargeting campaign may
be a great way to differentiate your brand, build loyalty, increase engagement and drive results, all with minimal effort.
A Shift in Lifecycle Marketing
OnboardAcquire Retain
Acquiring new audience
members and converting
potential customers into
subscribers (whether to
email, social or mobile
communications).
Onboarding subscribers
and making them
accustomed to the
cadence and content
of your interactions.
Engage
Engaging subscribers
with automated,
personalised campaigns.
Retaining existing
subscribers with
targeted reengagement
and win-back strategies.
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65% Increasing subscriber engagement and revenue
49% Acquiring new subscribers
46% Getting the attention of subscribers that are no longer engaging with your messages
41% Developing a strong relationship with new subscribers
152 responses
Lifecycle Marketing Challenges: Australasia
25%
50%
75%
100%
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responses
Reengagement
39%
41%
20%
152
responses
Win-Back
26%
34%
39%
152
responses
Transactional
51%
22%
27%
152
Lifecycle Marketing Campaigns: Australasia
responses responses responses responses responses responses responses responses
Promotional
63%
20%
17%
Birthday
17%
18%
65%
Newsletter
78%
14%
8%
Anniversary
22%
28%
50%
Web
Opt-in
58%
20%
22%
Social
Opt-in
34%
34%
32%
Mobile
Opt-in
20%
26%
55%
Welcome
Series
42%
33%
25%
152 152 152 152 152 152 152 152
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responses responses responses responses
Post-
Purchase
34%
36%
31%
Loyalty
28%
34%
38%
Abandoned
Cart
12%
35%
53%
Browse
Retargeting
24%
31%
45%
152 152 152 152
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Annual Email Send Volume:
Australasia
20% Less than 100,000
18% 100,001 - 500,000
17% 500,000 - 1 million
23% 1 million - 5 million
3% 5 million - 10 million
8% 10 million - 25 million
3% 25 million - 50 million
2% 50 million - 100 million
5% More than 100 million
Email is far from dead, according to the 71% of marketers who say that email marketing is core to their business for a variety
of reasons, the top being:
• Email is a critical enabler of products/services your business provides (50%)
• Email indirectly impacts your business performance (33%)
• Your business’s primary revenue source is directly linked to email operations (17%)
In fact, our data shows that 62% of marketers will increase their email spend in 2014, a spend that seems justified when you
consider that 91% of marketers believe that email marketing does or will produce ROI; 66% have a dedicated email marketing
team; and 61% are sending more than 500,000 emails annually.
Email is Alive and Well
132 responses
87 responses
15% 4-5 people
7% More than 5 people
46% 2-3 people
32% 1 person
Email Team Size:
Australasia
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We asked marketers from Australasia which email campaigns were most effective, and here’s what they had to say:
Email Lifecycle Marketing Campaigns Success: Australasia
responses responses responses responses responses responses responses responses
Promotional
43%
41%
17%
Birthday
38%
42%
19%
Newsletter
42%
36%
22%
Anniversary
35%
26%
38%
Web
Opt-in
30%
47%
24%
Social
Opt-in
29%
48%
23%
Mobile
Opt-in
32%
42%
26%
Welcome
Series
40%
43%
17%
88 52 31 65 96 26 119 34
Good
Fair / Poor
responses responses responses responses responses responses responses
Win-Back
38%
29%
33%
Reengage-
ment
32%
47%
22%
Transactional
31%
35%
35%
Post-
Purchase
27%
37%
37%
Loyalty
36%
41%
23%
Abandoned
Cart
32%
53%
16%
Browse
Retargeting
37%
47%
16%
52 44 19 38 42 60 78
Excellent / Very good
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By 2017 there will be nearly 1.4 mobile devices per capita.2
Despite growing mobile adoption, when asked how often they
use mobile responsive design in emails, 31% of survey respondents said rarely or never. These numbers seem especially low
considering that 51% of respondents also said that 31-50% of their subscribers open their emails via a mobile device, and 19%
report that their emails are opened on a mobile device more than 51% of the time. We expect mobile email opens to increase
alongside mobile device saturation, so 2014 is the year to commit to mobile-friendliness.
Responsive Design is the New Black
132 responses
113 responses
Emails Read on a Mobile Device:
Australasia
Mobile Responsive Design
for Landing Pages: Australasia
2
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30% Less than 30 percent
51% 31-50 percent
14% 51-70 percent
5% 71-80 percent
0% 81-90 percent
0% More than 90 percent
25% Always
22% Often
22% Sometimes
13% Rarely
18% Never
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Thirty-nine percent of Australasian marketers agree that social marketing is core to their business. They chose the following
explanations for why social is important:
• Social indirectly impacts your business performance (60%)
• Social is a critical enabler of products/services your business provides (35%)
• Your business’s primary revenue source is directly linked to social marketing (6%)
Interestingly, dedicated social teams are almost as common as dedicated email teams (60% of respondents have a social
team; 66% have an email team). Those social teams are roughly the size of most email teams (typically three people or less).
Since email is a longtime marketing staple, it’s worth noting that marketers are dedicating similar resources to newer social
marketing efforts.
While marketers devote substantial time and resources to social, they don’t agree on its effectiveness: 18% of marketers say
they’re currently seeing ROI from social media marketing, while 66% believe these efforts will eventually produce ROI. Just
29% think that their social listening is fully effective, and 25% find their social advertising effective.
To produce more ROI from social, marketers need a strong strategy in place to drive measurable results. Starting with one
or two social channels and firming up a strategy on a small scale can help maximise social resources, and also lead the way
toward joining those 18% of marketers who currently see ROI from social marketing.
Breaking Social Ground
44 responses
68 responses
Social Media Marketing ROI:
Australasia
Social Media Team Size:
Australasia
18% Social media marketing is producing ROI
66% Social media marketing will eventually
produce ROI
16% Social media marketing is unlikely to
produce ROI
0% Other
15% 4-5 people
7% More than 5 people
38% 2-3 people
40% 1 person
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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are the most popular social channels for marketers from Australasia. Based on the survey
results, we can expect to see the largest increase in usage of the following channels:
• Google+ (19% plan to use in 2014)
• Blog (19% plan to use in 2014)
• Podcasts (15% plan to use in 2014)
Content marketing is propelling Google+ back into the spotlight, with Google offering extra search juice to content authors for
posts shared on Google+. Recall that content marketing will be a big focus for marketers in 2014, with content management
being their #5 area for budget increases (see the section “Budgets on the Rise”). If content marketing has a place in your 2014
plans, you may want to consider growing your Google+ presence alongside your breadth of content and content management
investment.
Brand advocates (and potential advocates) are looking to your social presence for a consistent stream of information that offers
truly valuable content. These advocates don’t need to be advertised to, but they can help promote you if you answer their
questions and contribute meaningfully to social conversations. Social media alone may not fill your sales funnel, but a social
strategy is necessary for a well-rounded brand voice that meets customers wherever they spend time online. You can favor
LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest or any combination of the social channels mentioned in the following chart, as long as your brand
fans favor it, too.
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responses responses responses responses responses responses
Podcasts
17%
15%
68%
SlideShare
11%
9%
81%
Flickr
12%
6%
82%
Pinterest
19%
12%
68%
Foursquare
4%
5%
91%
MySpace
3%
0%
97%
LinkedIn
68%
12%
20%
Blogs
50%
19%
31%
113
responses
113
responses
113 113 113 113 113 113
92%
4%
4%
89%
5%
5%
73%
12%
16%
Google+
52%
19%
29%
113
responses
113
responses
113
responses
113
responses
Facebook Twitter YouTube
Social Channels: Australasia
We use today
Plan to use in 2014
Do not plan to use
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Globally, more people have access to mobile phones than electricity or safe drinking water.3
Eighty-three percent of Australasian
marketers who use mobile marketing say they believe mobile efforts do or will produce ROI, and 20% have a dedicated mobile
team. As inboxes are brimming with marketing messages, mobile presents a way to reach customers on the devices they keep
closest to them.
Mobile Marketing ROI:
Australasia
47 responses
The Future of Mobile
3
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9 responses
Mobile Marketing Team Size:
Australasia
19% Mobile marketing is producing ROI
64% Mobile marketing will eventually produce ROI
15% Mobile marketing is unlikely to produce ROI
2% Other
11% 4-5 people
11% More than 5 people
33% 2-3 people
44% 1 person
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Mobile Lifecycle Marketing Campaigns Utilization: Australasia
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Do not plan to use
Loyalty
23%
34%
43%
Reengagement
SMS to
Email
23%
23%
53%
Cross-Channel
Engagement
36%
30%
34%
Win-back
17%
30%
53%
47
responses
47
responses
47
responses
47
responses
47
responses
Mobile
Welcome SMS
17%
32%
51%
Exclusive
Deals
26%
30%
45%
Holiday or
Event Campaign
32%
17%
51%
Conversation
via Keyword
21%
23%
55%
47
responses
47
responses
47
responses
47
responses
28%
38%
34%
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Forty-three percent of marketers don’t plan to implement SMS in 2014, yet the case for mobile is strong, based on global
adoption of mobile devices. Mobile lifecycle campaigns prove highly successful (compare the chart below with the Email
Lifecycle Marketing Campaigns Success chart on page 14), so perhaps SMS implementation will increase throughout 2014 as
marketers consider SMS as a mobile communication solution. Mobile messaging is also relatively easy to implement, as an
SMS doesn’t require design expertise like an email.
Check out some of the most popular mobile campaigns for inspiration:
• Cross-channel engagement (36% of marketers using; 30% plan to introduce)
• Reengagement (28% of marketers using; 38% plan to introduce)
• Loyalty (23% of marketers using; 34% plan to introduce)
• Exclusive deals (26% of marketers using; 30% plan to introduce)
• Holiday or event campaign (32% of marketers using; 17% plan to introduce)
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Mobile Lifecycle Marketing Campaign Success: Australasia
Exclusive
Deals
33%
50%
17%
12
responses
40%
47%
13%
15
responses
Cross-Channel
Engagement
24%
47%
29%
Reengagement
46%
31%
23%
responses
13
responses
Loyalty
55%
27%
18%
11
responses
Good
Fair / Poor
Excellent / Very good
Holiday or
Event Campaign
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97% iOS
79% Android
12% Blackberry
26% Windows
0% Other
Note that 13% of mobile marketers don’t know if they’re using location-based functionality, while 17% are currently
implementing the technique, which is designed to better reach on-the-go consumers when they enter a specific
geographic area.
Four out of five minutes on a smartphone are spent engaging with an app4
, and marketers are following the app trend: 72% of
marketers who use mobile say their company has an app. Getting an app off the ground is one thing, but keeping customers
engaged long-term is another. Push messaging can help bridge the gap between initial download and consistent reengagement,
prompting app users to check out updates, visit certain areas in the app and more.
34 responses
17% Yes
70% No
13% Don’t Know
46 responses
Mobile App Support for
Operating Systems: Australasia
Location-Based
Functionality: Australasia
4
comScore. “Mobile Future in Focus,” Mark Donovan, February 2013
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Effectiveness of Mobile Integration into Overall Marketing Programs: Australasia
Thirty-seven percent of marketers from Australasia say they haven’t integrated their mobile marketing into their overall programs,
and 22% say they don’t know. Mobile integration will be foundational to marketing success in 2014, as mobile adoption grows
and customers spend more time with mobile devices. To continue shepherding mobile integration efforts in the direction of
success, recall that customers may do all of the following via mobile device: browse products on your site, access customer
service portals (like web contact forms and forums), email, engage with social media, watch branded videos, download and
explore your app, receive in-app alerts and push and SMS messages, and much more.
These activities must be designed with both mobile and desktop users in mind. Consider how you can make every brand
interaction more mobile-intuitive in 2014.
Fortunately, of the 41% of marketers who did integrate mobile marketing into their overall program, 79% said the integration
was at least somewhat effective (and 5% claimed it was extremely effective). So, it’s worth the effort to learn your customers’
mobile preferences and reach them on the channel they prefer, when they prefer it.
19 responses
Mobile Meets the Family
5% Extremely effective
16% Very effective
58% Somewhat effective
21% Not very effective
0% Not at all effective
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No matter the size of your marketing team or programs, you need to decide what 2014 holds for your strategy. Use these
recommendations to help lead the conversation in your business over the coming year:
Focus on customer engagement.
• Map your customer journey to understand at exactly what points your customers engage with you.
• Develop a plan around how you manage those engagement touchpoints and think through how you could improve each.
Develop a clear data strategy.
• Take inventory of the data you have today and the data you need to collect.
• Create a plan to collect that data over time and across multiple customer interactions, because asking for a lot of information
at once can be a barrier to engagement.
Consider your channel options.
• Use this report to compare the channels you’re using to the channels other marketers are using.
• Form a strategy around your presence on those channels, whether you flock to the most common channels or you choose
to stand out by using an underutilised channel, like mobile.
Email
Evaluate your lifecycle campaigns.
• Take inventory of your programs across all four lifecycle stages: acquire, onboard, engage and retain.
• Identify gaps across the lifecycle stages and implement campaigns to ensure that you have some form of engagement with
your customers during each of these critical stages.
Roll out responsive design.
• Determine how many of your subscribers open your emails on a mobile device.
• If you have a substantial amount of mobile opens, like most marketers reported, put a responsive design plan into action
right away.
Social
Start small.
• Evaluate the social media channels available and create a pros and cons list for each.
• Choose one or two channels to focus your efforts on first, then you can more easily scale successful strategies to other
channels later on.
Zero in on clear objectives.
• Establish measurable goals to avoid feeling unsure of whether your social media efforts are performing.
• Add consistency to the list, and create metrics around how often you will post content, how quickly you’ll respond to
customer messages, etc.
2014 Recommendations
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Mobile
Don’t ignore the importance of mobile.
• For most businesses, mobile is still a largely untapped opportunity. Evaluate if mobile is right for your company.
• Use this report to see what pioneers in mobile are already doing and see if any of those strategies are relevant to your
customers. Since mobile marketing is still in its infancy, don’t be afraid to try out a few of your own ideas, too.
Integrate your mobile efforts.
• Map your broader marketing strategies alongside your mobile strategy to determine areas where the two can work together.
• Bringing your email and mobile efforts together can be one of the easiest ways to see an instant return and pilot the success of
mobile integration.
Customer Journey
Take a deep look at how customers are currently experiencing your brand.
• Whether online or offline, and whether it’s a function of marketing or another department entirely, examine and document the
current brand experience your customers have at every touchpoint.
• Remember that these touchpoints transpire anywhere from call center to social media to brick-and-mortar and beyond.
• What are your gaps and areas for improvement? These should be addressed in your new activation plan to both establish the
ideal customer journey and develop a strategy for incrementally getting there.
Personalisation
Start communicating 1:1 with your customers.
• Collecting behaviour-based data is the best way to start working toward high-quality personalised messages.
• Launch a more robust preference center to give customers the opportunity to voluntarily share the data they’d like to shape
future messages.
Think about personalisation beyond email.
• Today’s marketers are unveiling personalised web experiences that reach far beyond email-only personalisation to reach
customers wherever they are.
• Begin working toward cross-channel personalisation for social, mobile and web if your email personalisation is already
top-tier.
Marketers experienced industry-affecting change in 2013, from the sale of Tumblr to Yahoo to Pinterest’s announcement of
sponsored pins and beyond. 2014 won’t be any exceptio. Agile marketers will lead 2014 and win customer attention in an ever-
crowded marketplace. As Heraclitus said thousands of years ago, the only constant is change. Adapting to change is the one
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26. 2014 State of Marketing: Australasia26 exacttarget.com.au
The 2014 State of Marketing: Australasia survey was conducted online from March 18, 2014, until March 21, 2014. A total of 219
marketers from Australasia responded to the survey. We show survey respondents’ demographics here.
A note on methodology: due to rounding, not all percentage totals equal 100%.
17% Retail and eCommerce
18% Financial Services
5% Agency
6% Services
6% Technology and Manufacturing
10% Media and Entertainment
11% Education and Non-profit
2% Healthcare
1% CPG
5% Travel and Hospitality
4% Telecommunications and Utilities
Survey Methodology and Demographics
219 responses
6% 0-10 employees
21% 11-99 employees
30% 100-500 employees
13% 501-1,000 employees
15% 1,001-5,000 employees
15% 5,001+ employees
219 responses
Total Number of Employees:
Australasia
Industry: Australasia
15% Other
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Role: Australasia Years of Experience: Australasia
219 responses
11% Coordinator
4% Associate
7% Analyst
9% Designer/Developer
47% Manager
9% Director
1% VP
2% CMO
11% Other
1% Less than one year
4% 1-2 years
19% 3-5 years
34% 6-10 years
25% 11-15 years
17% 15+ years
219 responses
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