Presentation at 2012 CreateTech introducing creative technologists to the world of marketing technologists on the other side of the agency/brand divide.
43. Marketing’s perceptions of IT:
IT is the department of “no.”
IT doesn’t speak marketing’s language.
IT doesn’t understand the need for speed.
IT isn’t concerned with the customer.
Mastering Customer Data—A CIO Imperative, Forrester Research July 2011
44. IT’s perceptions of marketing:
Marketing is spin.
Marketers don’t care about integration.
Mastering Customer Data—A CIO Imperative, Forrester Research July 2011
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Now, I’m not saying that everyone in the marketing department has to be a technologist.
Speaking of contention… let’s talk about the relationship between marketing and IT for a moment. It sometimes feels like this. But having worked on both sides of the divide, I can say that there’s a very logical reason for this tug-of-war. Marketing and IT have different goals and incentives.