The document discusses best practices in marketing operations. It emphasizes establishing clear goals, metrics, and executive buy-in to drive accountability. Formalizing processes, reviews, and knowledge sharing helps balance marketing strategy and tactics. Success requires clarity, consistency, support, and cross-functional collaboration throughout the organization.
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Best practices for marketing operations success
1. Best Practices in
Marketing Operations
Center your business on customers as the key to growth: accountability, alignment & agility
2. Measure Marketing ROI &
Demonstrate Value
Balance of Marketing
Strategy & Tactics
Common Goals for Marketing Success
Tied to Other Groups
73%
60%
Justify Marketingâs Role &
Contribution to C-Level Executives
Marketing Processes Enable
Internal Efficiencies & Effectiveness
Collaboration & Synergy
Supported By Corporate Environment
Coordination of Shared Processes
Across Functions
Continuity to Maintain Institutional
Knowledge & Expertise
Assimilate & Integrate Resources
Obtained From M&A
57%
49%
42%
26%
22%
12%
6%
High-Priority MO Challenges Emphasize Metrics,
Strategy, Cross Functional Goals
3. Source: Journey to Marketing Operations Maturity
Benchmarking Study, Marketing Operations Partners
Unsupportive Culture
Lack of Follow-Through
Risk-Taking Penalties
Infrequent Delegation
Marketing Operations
Success Factors s Marketing Operations
Obstacles
Clarity & Consistency
Supportive Culture
Executive Buy-in
Performance Measurement
Process Refinement & Automation
Key Factors for MO Success Include Clarity,
Consistency, Support & Buy-in
4. 0% 50% 100%25% 75%
Marketing Accountability Setting specific commitments; tracking & adjusting performance; rewards, penalties
Proliferation of Lessons Learned Widespread sharing of best marketing practices throughout the company
Management Between Reviews Keeping a pulse on action items during time period between marketing ops reviews
Balance of Strategic & Tactical Elements Maintaining big picture in day-to-day marketing execution decisions
Synergy With Stakeholders Leveraging value from others who have a stake in the outcome of marketing strategies
Fact-Based Decision-Making Using data from reliable sources as key inputs to marketing decisions
Group Memory Management Enduring repository of marketing information despite movement of individuals
40% 80%
45% 83%
34% 83%
45% 85%
31% 79%
36% 82%
35% 85%
Never
Practiced
Always
Practiced
Key:
X% At Inception of MO Function
| Current Performance
X% Mid-2008 Target
Accountability Plays Key Role in Journey to MO Maturity
5. Management
Between Reviews
Keeping a pulse on
action items during
time period between
marketing ops reviews
Balance of Strategic &
Tactical Elements
Maintaining the big
picture while making
day-to-day marketing
execution decisions
Measure performance
Clear goals
Executive buy-in/support
Incentives or rewards
Clear goals
Follow-up
Employee development
Success Factors To-Date Success Factors Underway
Anticipate future trends
Employee development
Clear goals
Formal ops reviews
Executive buy-in and
support
Low-risk environment or
delegation
Follow-up
Formal ops reviews
Clear goals
Follow-up
Clear goals
Measurement or dashboard
Marketing Accountability
Setting specific
commitments; tracking &
adjusting performance;
rewards, penalties
Š 2007 Source: Journey to Marketing Operations Maturity
Benchmarking Study, Marketing Operations Partners
MO Maturity Journey Driven by Clear Goals,
Formal Reviews
6. Cross-functional interaction
Alignment with sales
Executive buy-in and
support
Strive to understand others
Synergy With
Stakeholders
Leveraging value from
others who have a stake
in the outcome of
marketing strategies
Fact-Based
Decision-Making
Using data from
reliable sources as key
inputs to marketing
decisions
Group Memory
Management
Enduring repository of
marketing information
despite movement of
individuals
Strive to understand others
Talk with other
functional areas
Cross-functional
interaction
Alignment with
sales
Access to useful data
Supportive culture
Recap commitments
Access to useful data
Supportive culture
Measure & refine
processes
Electronic repository
Business process mapping
Clear goals
Cross-functional communication
Electronic repository
Business process mapping
Clear goals
Cross-functional communication
Proliferation of
Lessons Learned
Widespread sharing of
best marketing
practices throughout
the company
Formal ops reviews
Low-risk environment or
delegation
Roles and development
Business process mapping
Formal ops reviews
Electronic repository
Metrics, incentives, development
Success Factors To-Date
Success Factors Underway
Š 2007 Source: Journey to Marketing Operations Maturity Benchmarking Study, Marketing Operations Partners
MO Maturity Journey Driven by Clear Goals,
Formal Reviews
7. Company Characteristics:
Marketing Charter & Stature:
1) Large companies build MO sophistication through process, automation, measurement,
and change management.
2) Midsize companies build MO sophistication through resource optimization & processes
addressing lead generation or compliance challenges.
3) Financial performance enables broader scope & more sophisticated MO.
4) Company maturity phase may not determine MO effectiveness.
5) Relative stature of Marketing & Sales organizations improves Marketingâs ability to
operate strategically, share knowledge, & leverage processes.
6) The balance between MO strategy & tactics relies on stakeholder
alignment, knowledge management, & accountability.
7) CMO tenure improves ability to move forward with key MO initiatives.
8) Selling model provides opportunities for MO added value.
Differences by âŚ
8. MO Function Characteristics:
9) Formality of MO function plays a role in Marketingâs effectiveness & overall
contribution to enterprise success.
10) Centralization of MO function facilitates balance between corporate
control & local authority.
11) The scope of MO function relates to Marketingâs self-reliance.
12) MO maturity stages evolve to embrace more strategic mechanisms.
Differences by âŚ
9. Unique to
High Performers
Unique to
Poor Performers
⢠Focus
⢠Buy-in
⢠Info
⢠Effectiveness
⢠Knowledge
Management
⢠Campaign
Management
⢠Dashboards
⢠Lead
Management
⢠Process
⢠Incentives
⢠Communications
⢠Culture Management
⢠Metrics
⢠Best Practices
⢠Stakeholder Alignment
Commonalities
Campaign Management
Lead Management, Dashboards
Process, Incentives
Compared to Current Peer Group
(Poor Performer):
Compared to Aspirational Peer Group
(High Performer)
Effectiveness
Info
Buy-in, Focus, Knowledge
Management
Example: Financial Performance Enables
Broader Scope & More Sophisticated MO
14. $
Accountability
Alignment
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Revenue
Profit
Market Share
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Process Excellence: Budgeting
Š 2012 Marketing Operations Partners., Inc. All Rights Reserved
21. 1. Total Strategy
2. Techniques and Processes
3. Tracking & Predictive Modeling
4. Technology
5. Talent
4Ps 3Cs
Marketing
Effectiveness
5Ts
Source: Š 2007, Adrian Ott, Exponential Edge
More Recently, We Saw the Unveiling of the
5Ts of Marketing Operationsâ˘
22. The 5 Pâs +
The 3 Câs +
The 5 Tâs
= 13
The entry age into adulthood in certain cultures
The Addition of the 5 T`s is Marketing`s Rite of Passage
23. Discipline #1 - Personal mastery
Discipline #2 - Mental models
Discipline #3 - Shared vision
Discipline #4 - Team learning
Discipline #5 - Systems thinking
The 5 Dâs
Source: The Fifth Discipline:
The Art & Practice of the Learning OrganizationŠ 2012 Marketig Operations Partners, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Next Step in Marketing`s Evolution is to Embrace
Insight from Learning Organizations
24. 3 Câs
5 Pâs
5 Tâs
5 Dâs
The Power of 18
Š 2012 Marketing Operations Partners, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Adding the 5 D`s Leads to a New Level of Generative
Learning and Marketing Maturity
25. We guide marketing organizations to become a value center
We are front-runners in Marketing Operations
to create a consultancy dedicated to Marketing Operations
to publish an article on MO
to create a college course on MO
to teach a professional symposium on MO
to conduct a benchmarking study of MO practices
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Companies weâve influenced: (partial list)
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Organization-wide efficiency and effectiveness raise
Marketing performance, agility and ROI
Ask us about our model for Marketing Maturity
Strategy: holistic vision, fact-based decision-making
Guidance: competency development, governance
Process: workflow, lean/six-sigma, supply chain
Metrics: profitability, predictive analytics, alignment
Technology: enterprise marketing / portfolio mgt
Ecosystem: collaboration with key stakeholders
Infrastructure: back-end integration of processes,
metrics, technology
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