Fundamental Trends Shapping Marketing
- Power Shifts to the Connected Customers
- From Exclusive to Inclusive
- From Vertical to Horizontal
- From Individual to Social
- The Paradoxes of Marketing to Connected Customers
- Breaking the Myths of Connectivity
- Paradox No. 1: Online Interaction Versus Offline Interaction
- Paradox No. 2: Informed Customer Versus Distracted Customer
- Paradox No. 3: Negative Advocacy Versus Positive Advocacy
- The Influential Digital Subcultures
- Youth: Acquiring the Mind Share
- Women: Growing the Market Share
- Netizens: Expanding the Heart Share
- Marketing 4.0 in the Digital Economy
- Moving from Traditional to Digital Marketing
- From Segmentation and Targeting to Customer Community Confirmation
- From Brand Positioning and Differentiation to Brand Clarification of Characters and Codes
- From Selling the Four P’s to Commercializing the Four C’s
- Four P’s:
product
, price
, place
and promotion
- Four C’s:
co-creation
, currency
, communal activation
, and conversation
- From Customer Service Processes to Collaborative Customer Care
- Integrating Traditional and Digital Marketing
New Frameworks for Marketing in the Digital Economy
- The New Customer Path
- Understanding How People Buy: From Four A’s to Five A’s
- Four A’s:
aware
, attitude
, act
, and act again
- Five A’s:
aware
, appeal
, ask
, ask
, and advocate
- Driving from Awareness to Advocacy: The O Zone
- Marketing Productivity Metrics
- Introducing PAR and BAR
- Decomposing PAR and BAR
- Driving Up Productivity
- Increase Attraction
- Optimize Curiosity
- Increase Commitment
- Increase Affinity
- Industry Archetypes and Best Practices
- Four Major Industry Archetypes
- Pattern 1: Door Knob
- Pattern 2: Goldfish
- Pattern 3: Trumpet
- Pattern 4: Funnel
- Bow Tie: A Fifth Pattern
- Four Marketing Best Practices
Tactical Marketing Applications in the Digital Economy
- Human-Centric Marketing for Brand Attraction
- Understanding Humans Using Digital Anthropology
- Social Listening
- Netnography
- Emphatic Research
- Building the Six Attributes of Human-Centric Brands
- Physicality
- Intellectuality
- Sociability
- Personability
- Morality
- Content Marketing for Brand Curiosity
- Content Is the New Ad, #Hashtag Is the New Tagline
- Step-by-Step Content Marketing
- Step 1: Goal Setting
- Step 2: Audience Mapping
- Step 3: Content Ideation and Planning
- Step 4: Content Creation
- Step 5: Content Distribution
- Step 6: Content Amplification
- Step 7: Content Marketing Evaluation
- Step 8: Content Marketing Improvement
- Omnichannel Marketing for Brand Commitment
- The Rise of Omnichannel Marketing
- Trend 1: Focusing on Mobile Commerce in the “Now” Economy
- Trend 2: Bringing “Webrooming” into Offline Channels
- Trend 3: Bringing “Showrooming” into Online Channels
- Optimizing Omnichannel Experience with Big-Data Analytics
- Step-by-Step Ominichannel Marketing
- Step 1: Map All Possible Touchpoints and Channels across the Customer Path
- Step 2: Identify the Most Critical Touchpoints and Channels
- Step 3: Improve and Integrate the Most Critical Touchpoints and Channels
- Engagement Marketing for Brand Affinity
- Enhancing Digital Experiences with Mobile Apps
- Providing Solutions with Social CRM
- Driving Desired Behavior with Gamification