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No, not the song, but a rather excellent post from another ‘Mann’ - my good friend Jeff Weinberger over at MENG - the Marketing Executives Networking Group.

menglogo THREE WAYS DATA HAS CHANGED THE CMO: TWO THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR AND ONE GLIMPSE OF WHAT’S NEXT

One thing most CMOs seem to agree on is that the availability of data and the ability to process it into information have dramatically shifted the role and effectiveness of marketing in an organization. This data-centric approach to marketing has had several very positive effects on the function, including:

• Increased accountability of marketing within an organization.
• Increased effectiveness of programs with better targeting and knowledge of outcomes.
• Better understanding of the contribution of marketing, resulting in more powerful CMOs.

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