This document discusses P&G's planned spending cuts and implications for brand management. P&G aims to cut costs through fewer marketing executives, more efficient spending on digital channels, and multi-brand initiatives. This could prove relevant trends in marketing efficiency. Implications for companies include changes to culture, processes, skills, people and structure. The document seeks to identify opportunities and indicated actions based on credible examples and implications for clients.
2. AG E N D A
Topic Desired Outcome
Introductions, purpose Understand session goals
Opinion on P&G’s planned Relevance to brand
spending changes management discipline
Is this a relevant trend? Prove, disprove
Implications for brand models Points of relevance to
companies and clients
Summary, points of view, Next steps
indicated Actions
Q&A ---
3. O p inion on P &G ’ s p lanne d
cu ts
•Fewer Marketing Executives
•More efficient spend—
increase reach, frequency, effectiveness of impressions
•Increase use of digital marketing channels—
lower-cost for one to one marketing
•More multi-brand group marketing initiatives
•Annual cost increase and headcount reduction targets
4. P &G ’ s Annou nce d $1 0b
s avings
Implications for clients and Brand Learning
•Strategic trends
•Credible examples for clients
•Implications, actions
11. Credible examples and value
Online meets up for
big numbers
Community built via auditions,
collective solving of clues and a
meet up escape in LA including
agents and interrogation.
Data and photo from Ad Age Insights January 21, 2012
12. Im p lications for com p anie s , clie nts
Culture
Processes
Skills
People
Structure
13. O p p ortu nity P rofile
Findings Indicated Actions