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July 7, 2005

Organizing For Customer-Centric Marketing

Evolving Database Marketing To Drive Customer Strategy

by Elana Anderson

with Eric Schmitt, Jennifer Joseph, Sally M. Cohen


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Marketing communications is shifting away from mass media toward an approach informed by deep audience knowledge. This places database marketing groups — and the customer insight they have amassed — into the organizational spotlight. But many of these groups play a service-focused role that hampers customer-centric communication. To help firms map out a vision, road map, and skills portfolio for customer-centric direct-to-consumer marketing, Forrester has developed a four-stage maturity model.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe Role Of Database Marketing Is Inconsistent

itemDatabase Groups Fall Into One Of Two Camps

itemCustomer-Focused Groups Are Most Valuable

itemThe Customer-Centric Marketing Maturity Model

itemThe Voyage From Service Bureau To Strategist

itemFour Core Skill Sets Are Required

itemTeam Composition Must Support Maturity Level

recommendations

itemIt's Not Just About Marketing — Think Customer Experience

itemCapabilities Will Mature At Different Rates

itemSupplemental Material

This research is the culmination of a year-long study of database marketing organizations. Forrester interacts with hundreds of user firms at various levels of database marketing sophistication. To complement these day-to-day research interactions, we conducted an online survey of our Database Marketing Research Panel, which received 124 responses. In addition, we interviewed individuals from more than 30 end user firms, marketing services companies, and software suppliers.

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itemDatabase Marketers Gain Influence But Lack Enterprise Coordination

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itemSeven Ways To Bridge Marketing And IT

August 30, 2004, Best Practices

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Technology: Direct Marketing, Marketing & Advertising, Marketing Organization & Culture
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