Daniel Kirby, Co-Founder of Marketing Technology Association presents on: Why technology should be your priority – even if it makes you uncomfortable!; The Cloud and other buzzwords – what they mean; Don’t let the tail wag the dog: how to approach new technology; Actionable metrics & optimising your organisation; A scientific approach to design; Iterative business models: ‘failing fast’.
17. What does this all mean to you?
The customer is now in charge
The sales funnel is blown to bits
The economy is all about the experience
Data is the driver of decisions
Innovative technology underlies it all
18. “the experience they {the consumer} have –
good or bad — may be instantly shared,
resonating in search and social circles for all
time. This makes customer experiences the
definition of our brand.”
Scott Brinker
Marketing Technology Blogger
39. “If something that takes 18 months
and costs a ton of money results
in failure, that’s catastrophic.
But if four days of effort by a three-
person team doesn’t pan out, that’s
completely acceptable, right?”
Hi there, I’m Dan Kirby. I am co-founder of the Marketing Technology Association, which launched this year
I am also CEO of a company called Techdept. We act as an outsourced technology innovation lab for brands like Microsoft, NBC Universal and BBC Children In Need. Techdept has developed its own products and apps, and invested in tech start ups
Through this we have been immersed in the world of silicon valley start up thinking, from which we have learnt a LOT about how busienss will operate in the future
And not just tech businesesses – any business, or organisation
And it is these lessons I want to share with you today – this is the big picture, the ‘big shift’
You can tweet me @TheDanKirby
Now I’m going to start with a word association game: what do you think of when you think of the word “technology”?
Do you think of the latest Tech Gizmo?
Or all those baby photos on Facebook?
Or perhaps our robot overlords from the future…
But the problem is that most people feel out of control in all this change, that as sands are shifting all the time – that it’s impossible to keep up.
Amusing and bamboozling
This universe is changing all the time
To me a marketeer you need to be aware but have a depth of understanding of what’s available
Amount of data
Amount of tech
How do you make an indformed choice – that job is now on your esk not the IT
The point of this marketing technologist is to ensure that customer is at the heart of all of this
It’s not about using new technology for the sake of it but about recognising customer needs and understanding what tools / tech is available to you to deliver against this
The point of this marketing technologist is to ensure that customer is at the heart of all of this
It’s not about using new technology for the sake of it but about recognising customer needs and understanding what tools / tech is available to you to deliver against this
There’s no excuse for a poor product anymore and wrapped up beautifully
Lipstick on a pig
If you’re lucky you’ll get away with it – but that’s not a business strategy
Access to data is more prevalent than ever
Culture of collaboration means refinement and improvement
Why should anyone have to market a poor product or service any more. Marketing can remain doing what it is defined to do – add genuine value to a person / community
Recognising a consumer, innovating and responsding to that with a product / service to deliver against this
Using marketing skills earlier in the planning process
Renowned physicist Richard Feynman
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teaching entrepreneurship to both undergraduate and graduate students at U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University, Columbia University, NYU and UCSF.