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foreword                                                                      By: Angele Beausoleil
                                                                              DMO Editor-in-Chief
                                                                              VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare




SoDA’s 2011 Digital Marketing Outlook report embraces intersections,
from where marketing meets technology to how CMOs and agencies
are ushering in the era of integrated marketing communications.
This year’s report is a collection of insights and story and knowledge sharing from agency, marketing, and academic
thought leaders from around the globe. We hope it will inspire you, validate your thinking, and fuel action.

Across six sections, our editors offer up key insights, visuals, and case studies with wow factor, designed to
make you a rockstar at your next management presentation. Our interview-style “SoDA Chats” explore why
brands can’t keep their promise, and how to observe humans in their natural, albeit virtual, habitats. And we
look at why courage and innovation are required to transform a city.

What’s on the CMO mind and in their budgets for 2011? From our extensive Digital Marketing Outlook (DMO)
Survey conducted by our research partner AnswerLab, we find digital marketing at the crossroads of today’s
consumers and brands. In an ironic twist, senior marketing executives now turn to the web to find information
about trends, their consumers, and even their own brands.

Radically transformed by technology, today’s consumer has a voracious appetite for information. Our Digital
Consumer section shows the benefits of listening to and engaging online audiences and understanding their
comfort with digital intimacy. We also revisit Marshall McLuhan’s prophetic prose and provide a job description
for the digital CMO.

Google TV is among the game changers redefining brand experiences. Our Modern Brand section explores
what we can learn from agile development processes and what the new agency model really looks like. We
discuss why sharing is key to the modern brand and how experiential marketing is driven by art and story.

The Emerging Technology & Trends section provides an insider’s view of how close we are to a Minority Report
world, where wearable digital technology is not just a fashion trend, and where location-based social networks
(LoSos) intersect our physical and virtual identities. We make the argument that 2011 is the year for mobile
and that Google Instant is the answer to SEO.

As the Social Media Revolution unfolds, there are winners and losers. Mashing up peer-based marketing with
games is a killer combo, but Twitter and Foursquare are headed for the virtual graveyard (alongside eBay). We
also explore how the Internet imitates real life and why rewards are vital, and we’ve thrown in a few valuable
tips on marketing in Facebook.

Travel with us to Japan, China, Brazil—and back to North America—in our Innovation, Culture & Courage
section. We make the case for embracing failure and investing in data visualization, while preparing you to
become the ideal client of the future. And we look at how one courageous city’s decision to ban advertising
has paid off in increased prosperity.

Enjoy!




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contents
                        Foreword                                                                     2
                        by Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in Chief and DMO Section Editor;
                        VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare

                        DMO Team & Guest Contributors                                                 7
                        DMO Advisory Board                                                           10




                    1
                        Digital Marketing Outlook Survey                                             14
Digital Marketing
Outlook Survey          DMO Key Findings                                                             20
                        Contains Tables/Charts, Analysis of Survey Results, and Participant Quotes

                        DMO Detailed Findings                                                        42
                        Contains Tables/Charts and Detailed Analysis of Survey Results




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                        Digital in the Physical World of Retail                                      71
                        by Guthrie Dolin, DMO Section Editor; Principal,
Digital Consumer        Director of Strategy, Odopod

                        Pervasive Customer Experience and How Digitally                              74
                        Focused CMOs Are Leading Our Revolution
                        by Justin Wilden, Solutions Director, IE Media

                        An Evolution in Car Sales: How Online Configuration                          78
                        Technology May Change the Face of Dealerships as
                        We Know Them
                        by DJ Edgerton, CEO, Zemoga

                        Designing Digital Intimacy                                                   80
                        by Dr. Daniel Coffeen, Brand and Digital Strategist

                        Digital Consumers Aren’t Just Regular Consumers                              83
                        with Keyboards
                        by Brian Chiger, Digital Strategist, AgencyNet

                        Case Study: General Pants Co. Online Store                                   85
                        and Campaigns
                        by Stephen Foxworthy, Strategy Director, Reactive

                        SoDA Chat with Robert Kozinets, Professor of Marketing                       87
                        at York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada
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                   Brands @ Play: Mastering the Art & Science of                                         92
                   Engagement Design
Modern Brand       by Sean MacPhedran, DMO Section Editor; Director, Creative Strategy,
                   Fuel Industries

                   Not Your Brand, Theirs!                                                               95
                   by Andy Williams, Strategist, Resn

                   The Revolution Will Be Televised: Google TV, the Death of                             97
                   Digital as We Know It, and the Rebirth of the Big Idea
                   by Joshua Baze, Director, Insights & Planning, Colossal Squid Industries and
                   Matt Ballek, Digital Strategist/Optimization Specialist, Colossal Squid Industries

                   Do You Really Need a Digital Agency?                                                 101
                   by Tony Quin, CEO and Founder, IQ

                   Why Modern Brands Need Artful Content Strategy to                                    103
                   Thrive Online
                   by Ami Walsh, Senior Content Strategist, Enlighten

                   The Future of Online Retail                                                          105
                   by Stephen Foxworthy, Strategy Director, Reactive

                   Case Study: Smoking Not Our Future’s—Kanvas                                          107
                   by Andy Williams, Strategist, Resn

                   Case Study: El Tiempo Celebrates Its Past by Embracing                               109
                   the Future
                   by Alejandro Gomez, President, Zemoga

                   SoDA Chat with Dr. Ginger Grant, Managing Partner of Creativity in                   111
                   Business Canada Inc. and Adjunct Professor—Innovation at Mount Royal University




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                   From Owned Media to Earned Media: Working with                                       117
                   the Crowd
Social Media       by Sara Williams, DMO Section Editor; Head of Content, Made by Many

                   The Next Big Trend in Social Media Is Social Rewards                                 119
                   by Jennifer Van Grove, Social Media Reporter, Mashable

                   Why Twitter and Foursquare Are Dying                                                 121
                   by Andreas Roell, Chairman and CEO, Geary Group

                   Pulling the Trigger to Purchase: Insights on Marketing                               123
                   to Avid Gamers
                   by Ken Martin, Chief Creative Officer, BLITZ

                   Online and Offline, It’s All Real-Life Communication                                 127
                   by Irina Sheveleva, Editor, Grape

                   Focusing Your Facebook Strategy: 10 Tips Toward                                      129
                   Better Status Updates
                   by Victor Piñeiro, Strategist, Big Spaceship

                   Case Study: Thierry Mugler/Starvibes                                                 132
                   by Benjamin Laugel, CEO/Creative Director, Soleil Noir

                   Case Study: Emma Watson Digital Strategy                                             134
                   by Rob Salmon, Director of Communications, Great Fridays

                   Case Study: GuitarHero.com: Global Franchise Hub                                     136
                   and Community
                   by Ken Martin, Chief Creative Officer, BLITZ
Case Study: Chrome Fastball—Race Across the Internet                                     138
                          by Petter Westlund, Creative Director, B-Reel

                          Case Study: SAP Friend Network Optimizer                                                 140
                          by Sandhya Suryam, Client Partner, Dare

                          Case Study: It Isn’t Lonely at the Top: What the Most                                    142
                          “Liked” Brands Are Doing on Facebook
                          by Victor Piñeiro, Strategist, Big Spaceship




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                          Next Generation Mobile Applications                                                      147
Emerging Technology       by Charles Duncan Jr., DMO Section Editor; Director of Technology, IQ
& Trends                  Mobile Is a New Medium, Not Just an Extension of                                         149
                          Your Website
                          by Brian Jeremy, Director of Technology, Exopolis

                          Local, Social, and Brand Transcendence                                                   151
                          by Richard Cruz, Digital Strategist, AgencyNet

                          Mobile Apps for the B2B Marketer: It’s Not Just Fun and Games                            153
                          by Kirsten Corbell, Account Director, Strategy & Planning Group, Fullhouse Interactive

                          Wearable Digital Signage—The Modern Day Sandwich Board                                   155
                          by Jim Vaughn, Digital Strategy and Partner Development Manager,
                          Fullhouse Interactive

                          The Marketing Implications of Google Instant                                             157
                          by Geary Interactive

                          How Lean and Agile Processes Can Deliver Killer Results                                  159
                          by Stuart Eccles, Founding Partner, Made by Many

                          Mobile “Super App” Experiences: From Brand Extension                                     161
                          to Engaging Customers
                          by Tyler Lessard, Vice President, Global Alliances and Developer Relations,
                          Research in Motion (RIM)

                          Case Study: The Wilderness Downtown                                                      164
                          by Nicole Muniz, Producer, B-Reel

                          Case Study: SoBe Reskin Yourself                                                         166
                          by Anna Edwards, Associate Copywriter, Firstborn

                          Case Study: DonQ Rum                                                                     168
                          by Guthrie Dolin, DMO Section Editor; Principal, Director of Strategy, Odopod




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                          Innovate or Perish                                                                       172
Innovation, Culture       by Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief and DMO Section Editor;
& Courage                 VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare

                          China: An Exploration of Digital Diversity                                               174
                          by Mark St. Andrew, Editor, Cream

                          Seeing Rich Visualization through the Data Forest                                        176
                          by Alejandro Gomez, President, Zemoga

                          Client of the Future: In Six Easy Lessons                                                178
                          by Andre Matarazzo, CCO, Gringo

                          Adopting the Kaizen Approach to Marketing                                                182
                          by Stephen Foxworthy, Strategy Director, Reactive

                          Innovation from the Inside Out                                                           184
                          by Dave Snyder, Associate Creative Director, Firstborn

                          Case Study: Shrek 4 Happy Meal                                                           187
                          by Glenn Bakie, Director, Client Services, Fuel Industries
Case Study: The Pepsi Refresh Project                                               189
by Kate Watts, Group Engagement Director, HUGE

SoDA Chat with Marc Gobé, President, Emotional Branding LLC                         191
Closing
Digital Manifest Destiny; The Time for Building                                     193
a New Marketing Infrastructure Is Here
by Chad Ciesil, DMO Chairperson, SoDA Board of Directors; CEO, Gravity Federation

Sponsors                                                                            195
The Society of Digital Agencies                                                     198
SoDA Memebership 2011                                                               199
DMO Team
& guest contributors

DMO/Content Development
Chad Ciesil
DMO Chairperson, SoDA Board of Directors; CEO, Gravity Federation

As founder of Gravity Federation, Chad (@chadciesil) leads an alliance of creators from a range
of disciplines to fundamentally realign clients’ infrastructures, communication channels, content
and brand relationships to navigate the new frontier after the digital revolution.

Prior to Gravity Federation, Chad spent seven years at Whittmanhart serving as president and a
leader in strategy, marketing and client services to build the agency’s national reputation as well
as drive significant growth across multiple offices. Through forums like SoDA, Chad has had
great fun being a speaker, writer and contributor to the national dialogue around the marketing
revolution driven by digital.

Currently, he resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife, son and two dogs who resist the
pull of gravity on a daily basis.

Angele Beausoleil
DMO Editor-in-Chief and DMO Section Editor Innovation, Culture & Courage;
VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare

Angele Beausoleil is a graduate of Canada’s first multimedia degree program from Ryerson
University and a self-described “tradigital” marketer. A multi-award-winning designer, marketer,
and entrepreneur, Angele wrote a design blog, developed the world’s first Internet hockey
pool, worked with Disney Interactive on preschool products, and launched an animated
mobile series in Japan—all before the dawn of the new millennium. She has the pleasure of
working with clients like McDonald’s, Gap Inc., Best Buy/Future Shop, SAP Business Objects,
Bell, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
(VANOC), and Sony Ericsson.




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Guthrie Dolin
DMO Digital Consumer Section Editor; Principal, Director of Strategy, Odopod

Guthrie Dolin (@gee3) is a seasoned creative executive, an entrepreneur, and a connector
of dots. He has founded two award-winning agencies and partnered to launch numerous
enterprises. Currently, Guthrie is a Principal, and Director of Brand and Strategy at Odopod,
a full-service digital agency that develops innovative experiences for top consumer brands.

Sean MacPhedran
DMO Modern Brand Section Editor; Director, Creative Strategy, Fuel Industries

Sean MacPhedran is Director of Creative Strategy at Fuel Industries, and he has created
engagement programs for brands including MTV, Entourage, Family Guy, Microsoft, and
McDonald’s. Prior to Fuel, Sean lived in a motel in the Mojave Desert, launching people into space.

Sara Williams
DMO Social Media Section Editor; Head of Content, Made by Many

A lover of words and a teller of stories, Sara Williams worked as a journalist, copywriter, and
blogger before joining Made by Many to help develop the agency’s content offering. Sara
writes a lot about international issues and the social development/social media crossover: how
emerging technologies and corresponding cultural shifts can create lasting social change.

Charles Duncan Jr.
DMO Emerging Technology & Trends Section Editor; Director of Technology, IQ

As Director of Technology, Charles Duncan, Jr. (@sirchauncy) leads the strategic direction of
IQ’s Development and Analytics services. Charles has over 13 years of experience leading the
development of award-winning work across the globe for brands such as Nike, Xbox, and Gap.
His passion with the intersection between technology and creativity has resulted in innovative
experiences across mobile, desktop, and digital signage. As a thought-leader, Charles has
spoken at industry conferences such as Adobe Max and Microsoft Mix.




Guest Contributors
Dr. Daniel Coffeen
Brand and Digital Strategist

Daniel Coffeen has a PhD in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley. He served as adjunct faculty at
UC Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute for over 10 years teaching courses in critical theory.
He has written extensively about the relationship between new media and cinema, and he blogs
about brand and digital issues. In addition, Daniel was a founder of the multi-award-winning
ArtandCulture.com. He works as a brand and digital strategist in San Francisco.

Robert Kozinets
Professor of Marketing at York University

Robert Kozinets is a Professor of Marketing at York University’s Schulich School of Business in
Toronto, Canada. In the past, Robert was faculty at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of
Management and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business. An anthropologist
by training, Robert also has extensive consulting experience.




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Dr. Ginger Grant
Managing Partner of Creativity in Business Canada Inc.
and Adjunct Professor—Innovation at Mount Royal University

Ginger Grant is the Managing Partner of Creativity in Business Canada Inc. and an Adjunct
Professor—Innovation at Mount Royal University. She is the only Canadian in the teacher/trainer
group for the famed Stanford Business School “Creativity in Business” program. Author of
Re-Visioning the Way We Work, her latest book Finding Your Creative Core was published in
April 2009.

Jennifer Van Grove
Social Media Reporter, Mashable

Jennifer Van Grove is a Social Media Reporter with Mashable. She covers web news, start-ups,
industry trends, and she writes about the implications of social sites for users and businesses.
Jennifer has been featured in the San Diego Union Tribune and San Diego Magazine,
participated as a guest expert on news programs such as BBC America and CNN Live, and
is frequently quoted by local and national media outlets for tech-related news stories.

Mark St. Andrew
Editor, Cream

Mark St. Andrew is the Editor and Curator of Cream (www.creamglobal.com), an online
marketing resource that houses the best examples of marcomms innovation across different
media channels around the world.

Marc Gobé
President, Emotional Branding LLC

Designer, photographer, filmmaker, respected author, and sought-after public speaker,
Marc Gobé focuses on connecting brands emotionally with people in a positive way.
As President of Emotional Branding LLC, an experimental think tank, Marc and his daughter
Gwenaelle Gobé, Creative Director, offer insight into the trends that move.




Research Partner                             Design Agency


answerlab.com                                struckaxiom.com



Production                                   SoDA Staff
                                             Steve Wages, Executive Director
                                             Paul Lewis, Director of Operations
                                             Kendyll Picard, Communications Coordinator
societyofdigitalagencies.org                 Natalie Certo, Marketing Liaison




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DMO Advisory Board
     It is an honor to have such a distinguished group as part of this
     year’s report. We thank them for their valuable contributions,
     support, and insights.


     DMO Advisory Board Members
     Ann Lewnes
     Senior Vice President, Global Marketing
     Adobe Systems Incorporated

     Jeff Jarrett
     Global Director, Digital Marketing
     Kimberly-Clark

     Jim Mollica
     Vice President, Digital Marketing and Creative
     MTVN, Kids and Family

     Kelly Semrau
     Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability
     S.C. Johnson & Son

     Victor Mehren
     Senior Marketing Director
     Wm Wrigley Jr. Company

     Patrice Dermody
     Vice President, Media, Digital and Social Networking
     Sears Holdings Corporation

     Jon Vanhala
     Senior Vice President, Digital & New Business Development
     Island Def Jam Music Group

     Scott McLaren
     Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations
     General Motors




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Bios
 DMO Advisory Board
 Ann Lewnes
 Senior Vice President, Global Marketing
 Adobe Systems Incorporated

 As Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Ann Lewnes is responsible for
 Adobe’s corporate brand and integrated marketing efforts worldwide. She drives
 the company’s corporate positioning, branding and identity, public relations, marketing
 campaigns, field marketing, and education segment marketing to ensure strong
 connections with customers and constituents. Prior to joining Adobe in November
 2006, Ann served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Intel Corporation.
 Ann holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and journalism from
 Lehigh University. She serves on the boards of the Advertising Council and the
 Adobe Foundation.
 Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information—anytime,
 anywhere, and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

 Jeff Jarrett
 Global Director, Digital Marketing
 Kimberly-Clark

 As Global Director of Digital Marketing for Kimberly-Clark, Jeff Jarrett oversees the Digital
 Center of Excellence, responsible for driving digital strategy, thought leadership, and best
 practices across the enterprise. In his role, Jeff works closely with Kimberly-Clark brands
 and business units globally to drive mission critical digital initiatives and create best-in-class
 commercial programs.
 Known for his expertise in digital marketing, CRM, and strategic planning, Jeff brings
 20 years of experience building brands and customer relationships for some of the most
 successful companies in the world. His work experience includes leadership roles at
 several large agency networks in North America and Europe including Sapient Interactive,
 Grey, Leo Burnett, and Euro, where he led the digital and integrated marketing practice.




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Jim Mollica
Vice President, Digital Marketing and Creative
MTVN, Kids and Family

Jim Mollica serves as Vice President of Digital Marketing and Creative for MTV Networks
Kids and Family Group where his responsibilities include extending Nickelodeon’s
entertainment experiences to all digital platforms and creating innovative interactions
for the company and its advertisers.
Prior to his work at MTVN, Jim was the Global Director of New Media for the Walt Disney
Company. He has held a variety of marketing and advertising management positions
with Nissan North America/Infiniti and Internet start-ups. In addition to his client-side
work, Jim has managed agency relationships with AOL, Heinz, and PNC.

Kelly Semrau
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communication and Sustainability
S.C. Johnson & Son

Kelly Semrau is Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs, Communication and
Sustainability for SC Johnson, bringing to the role more than 20 years of experience.
Kelly leads all global corporate affairs for the company including public affairs, media
relations, government relations, community leadership and philanthropy, sustainability,
and NGO engagement.
In addition, Kelly also served as Director of Public Affairs and Press Secretary to the
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during President George H. Bush’s administration, as
well as Director of Public Affairs and Press Secretary to the U.S. Trade Representative
during President Ronald Reagan’s administration. She was also Press Secretary to
Congressman Joe McDade of Pennsylvania. Kelly earned her bachelor’s degree in
journalism from Bradley University.

Victor Mehren
Senior Marketing Director
Wm Wrigley Jr. Company

As a Senior Marketing Director at Wrigley, Victor Mehren oversees all aspects of
marketing on the Orbit, Eclipse, Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, and Big Red Brands. He has
also held various consumer marketing and sales leadership positions during his
nine years at Wrigley including overseeing the launch of the 5 Brand and Director of
National Customer Marketing.
Prior to joining Wrigley, Victor had over nine years of CPG experience at Imagicast, Inc.,
PowerBar, and E&J Gallo in sales and marketing positions. He has an MBA from the
University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS from Eastern Illinois University.




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Patrice (Pat) Dermody
Vice President, Media Digital and Social Networking
Sears Holdings Corporation

Having begun her career at DDB Worldwide, Pat Dermody worked her way up
through the traditional media track working on beverages, packaged goods, and
quick service restaurants. Pat spent time in New York doing program development
and global syndication working for clients such as Xerox, and then she shifted to
account management running the Hasbro business.
After a short while at the Leo Burnett Company, Pat brought both her expertise and
passion to Sears Holdings. Having successfully made the transition from agency
to client, as Vice President of Media, Digital and Social Networking, Pat pushes her
agencies to do their best work, and she tries hard to make sure that the best people
always want to work on her business.

Jon Vanhala
Senior Vice President, Digital & New Business Development
Island Def Jam Music Group

Jon Vanhala is Senior Vice President of Digital and New Business Development at
Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ) directing all digital strategy, e-commerce, digital
marketing, and new business initiatives. IDJ is one of the world’s largest record
companies with a rich and diverse roster of artists that spans from Kanye West,
Justin Bieber, and Rihanna to Bon Jovi, The Killers, Mariah Carey, and many others.
IDJ is a wholly owned business unit of Universal Music Group (UMG).
A former working musician, songwriter, and bandleader, Jon attended Columbia
College in Chicago for Arts Entertainment Media Management and Millikin University
in Decatur for Music Performance. He served on the Advisory Board of the IAJE
(International Association For Jazz Education) from 1997 to 2006, is active in arts
education, and is on the Advisory Board of Blue Haze, a San Francisco-based app
development shop.

Scott McLaren
Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations
General Motors

Scott McLaren is a graduate from The University of Michigan. He began his career with
General Motors in 1988 and has spent the majority of his career with Saturn where he
developed a passion for the customer and marketing. He believes strongly in a brand
delivering on it’s brand promise to a consumer and is a big believer in utilizing digital
marketing to do so. He has a passion for measurable media and the convergence taking
place within current marketing and advertising. He has served in several roles within
Saturn and GM including vehicle launch roles, traditional advertising roles, media roles
and digital marketing. His current role is Director of Global Digital Marketing, CRM and
Web Operations, General Motors.




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Digital
     Marketing
      Outlook
       Survey
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DMO
survey
Introduction
Respondents
Key Findings
Detailed Findings
     • 2011 Digital Plans
     • Measurement + Performance
     • Tools + Technologies
     • Getting Smart




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introduction
  ABOUT SODA AND ANSWERLAB COLLABORATION ON THE 2011 DMO
  The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) selected AnswerLab to be its trusted research
  partner to deliver insights from the hundreds of brand marketers, agencies, and
  technologists surveyed for the 2011 Digital Marketing Outlook (DMO). SoDA required
  a third-party firm known for research integrity, deep experience with executive-level
  surveys, and rigorous reporting practices. The SoDA and AnswerLab teams
  collaborated closely to craft a questionnaire that would shed light on digital marketers’
  priorities for 2011. SoDA provided access to executives from major global brands,
  representatives from traditional and digital agencies, and digital vendors and service
  providers who participated in the survey. AnswerLab executed the survey online and
  delivered all of the research findings that support the 2011 DMO.

  ABOUT ANSWERLAB
  AnswerLab delivers customer insights that help the world’s leading brands build
  outstanding digital products and services. The company focuses exclusively on user
  experience research to understand what people see, do, think, and feel when using
  websites, mobile applications, and other digital products. AnswerLab’s clients depend
  on its recommendations about product concepts, features, design, and messaging to
  create more engaging customer experiences that drive results. Global market leaders
  select AnswerLab as their user experience research partner, including Amazon.com,
  PayPal, Walmart, Honda, ING DIRECT, FedEx, Genentech, eBay, Salesforce.com,
  ESPN, Amgen, Intuit, and Harley Davidson. For more information about AnswerLab,
  please visit www.answerlab.com.

  ABOUT THE 2011 DIGITAL MARKETING OUTLOOK SURVEY
  AnswerLab conducted an online survey among 667 participants representing 199
  brand marketers, 235 agency representatives, and 233 technologists and other roles
  in the digital space. Survey participants were recruited from an online business panel
  and through SoDA outreach to its member agencies, partners, blogs, promotions, and
  other media. The survey was conducted from late August through mid-October 2010.




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Respondents




Respondent Overview
Organization Type




                                                                                                            3%
                                                                                                      9%
Which of the following best describes
the organization you work for?                                                                  10%
                                                                                                                       35%

Respondents were split roughly evenly between
                                                                                                12%
the three target groups: agencies, brand
marketers, and technologists/other roles.




                                                                                                                 15
                                                                                                       %


                                                                                                                  %
                                                                                                     15
Organization Type (n=667)
 35% Advertising agency                    10% Other
 15% B2C brand marketing                   9% Freelance or consultant
 15% B2B brand marketing                   3% Digital publisher
 12% Vendor/service provider
                                                                             3%
                                                                             3%
                                                                        9%
                                                                        9%




Respondent Overview
                                                                10% 0
                                                                  1      %        35%5%
                                                                                    3


Brand Marketers3%                                               12%2%
                                                                  1
                                                                 11%




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                                                                           %




                                                                                                                                           %
                                                                           %




Which of the following best describes your organization’s 2marketing efforts?
                                                           6%
                                                                                  %




                                                                                                                                                    18
                                                                                  %
                                                                        15
                                                                        15




Which of the following best describes your title?
                                                     17%                                                                        7%
- Two-thirds of brand marketer respondents had titles in the range of CMO to director.
                                                    1
- Brand marketer respondents come from companies with9an average marketing budget of more than $800k.
                                                                                  %         7%                                                       1
                                                           5%




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                      17%

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     Title (n=199)                                                                          28
                                                                                  Marketing Budget (n=199)
                                                                                                    %
        26% C-level executive              6% Director of marketing                   18% Less than $100,000     7% $3,000,001 - $5M
        19% Manager of marketing           5% Director of channel                     9% $101,000 - $250,000            43%
                                                                                                                 7% $5,000,001 - $7.5M
        services and operations            3% Individual contributor                  14% $250,001 - $750,000    16% $7,500,001 - $1B
        19% VP of marketing                1% Manager of market research              9% $750,001 - $1.5M        2% More than $1B
        11% Other                                                                     9% $1,500,001 - $3M
        10% VP of channel
                                                                                                        %
                                                                                                       28




17                                                                 2
                                                                 28%8%

                                                                                  43% %
                                                                                    43
Respondents




Brand Marketers
Type Of Marketing      3% 3%




                                 11%
                                 11%
                                                                                   16 16




                                                                                                %
                                                                                                %
                                                  % %                                % %




                                                                                              18
                                                                                              18
                                                26 26
Which of the following ranges includes your                                7% 28%
                                                                             7%                     9%9%
                17%
                  17%
organization’s annual budget for marketing activities
                                 19 19                                                                    43%
(in US dollars)?                   % %                                       7%7%                 14 14
                                                                                                    % %
                            5% 5%




                                                                                   9%
                                                                                   9%
                                        10%
                                        10%
                               6%
                               6%




                                                                                             9%
                                                                                             9%
While the largest portion of brand marketer




                                                                                         %
respondents market a mix of products and




                                                                                       28
services, more than one-quarter market only
products or only services.
Type of Marketing (n=199)
 43% We market a mix of products and services
 28% We primarily market products
 28% We primarily market services
 1% Other

                                                         28%8%
                                                           2

                                                                     43% %
                                                                       43


Agencies




                                                                                                                        3%

                                                                                                                             7%


                                                                                                                                    %
                                                        16




                                                                                                                        6%
                                                                %
                                                                %




                                                                                                                                    17
Type of Agency and Annual Revenue
                                                        %

                                                             28
                                                             28




Which of the following best describes21%type of advertising agency that you work for?
                                      the              63                                                              23%
Which of the following ranges includes your organization’s %
                                                           annual revenues (in US dollars)?




                                                                                                                              17%
                                                                                  3%
                                                                                  3%
                                                                                   7%
                                                                                   7%

                                                                                                 %
                                                                                                 %
                              16
                              16




                                                                                 6% 6%
                                                                                              17
                                                                                              17
                                 %
                                 %




                        21%
                          21%
                                                63 63                          23% %
                                                                                 23                26%6%
                                                                                                     2
                                                  % %
                                                                                         17%
                                                                                         17%
                                                                                         5%
                                                                                     6%




     Type of Agency (n=235)                                                   11%
                                                                     Annual Revenue (n=235)
        63% Digital or interactive agency                             17% Less than $1M           6% $100M - $499.9M
        21% Traditional agency                                        26% $1M - $4,999,999        3% $500M - $1B
        16% Other
                                                                                    5%
                                                                      17% $5M - $9,999,999               63%
                                                                                                  1% More than $1B
                                                                      23% $10M 1 $99.9M
                                                                                  -               7% I’m not sure
                                                             5% 6%
                                                             5%
                                                                6%




18                                                       11%1%
                                                           1
Respondents




Global Business Reach
By Continent




                                                                                                5%
                                                                                            6%
From which continent do the majority of your business                                 11%
revenues come?

While nearly two-thirds (63%) of respondents’                                     15%                           63%
businesses focus on North America, 6% have
revenues coming from multiple continents.
Revenue Location
  63% North America                     6% Global*
  15% Europe                            5% South America
  11% Asia-Pacific                      1% Africa
*Less than half of our revenues come from any one continent.




Global Business Reach
By Segment
From which continent do the majority of your business revenues come?


                                                                                                           %
                                                                                                           54
                                                               Brand Marketers    Agencies                 Technologists/Other
  Revenue Location                                                  (n=199)           (n=235)                     (n=233)

  North America                                                     66%           15%
                                                                                    60%                           62%

  Europe                                                            12%               15%                         18%

  Asia-Pacific                                                       9%          4% 13%                           12%
                                                                                                     26%




  South America                                                      2%                9%                             2%

  Africa                                                             1%                1%                             1%

  Global*                                                           11%                3%                             5%

*Less than half of our revenues come from any one continent.




                                                                                       30
                                                                                          %


                                                                                                                46%

19                                                                               3%
                                                                                            %
                                                                                          21
DMO Key Findings




key
finding
Changing Consumer
Behavior Drives
Marketers to Increase
Digital Investment
                        1
20
6%
           11%
DMO Key Findings



                 %                         6
Marketers Plan to Increase Digital Work
    15           3%


Plans for Digital Projects: 2011
Compared to 2010 are you projecting an increase or decrease in the amount of digital projects your
organization will undertake in 2011?

- In total, 80% of marketers plan to increase the volume of digital projects in 2011.
- Only 5% are planning a decrease in their digital work in the next year.
                                    %
                                  54




            15%


          4%
                            26%




Plans for Digital Projects: 2011
 54% Slight increase              4% Slight decrease
 26% Significant increase         1% Significant decrease
 15% Same amount




“Nearly every metric we use to measure online behavior—things like time spent online, money spent online, etc.—is projected
               30
to grow at a tremendous rate. And as more people take their traditionally PC-bound experiences mobile via smartphones and
                  %
tablets, these numbers will grow even faster. “Digital” is where the eyeballs and the money are headed. Adobe made a right-
hand turn decision several years ago to double-down on digital. Nearly 75% of our marketing is now digital.”
– Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated
                                    46%
          3%
“If built and used correctly a sound digital strategy allows a marketer to “fish where the fish are”—it is truly the only medium that
allows one to map marketing to consumer behavior in a measurable way. It can constantly be tested and refined all the time.
                      %




If used and monitored for efficiencies in targeting, digital production, etc. a digital strategy/work should increase year over year
                    21




in double-digit percentages with no incremental investment.”
– Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors




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DMO Key Findings




Consumer Behavior Drives
Changing Investment
What is the primary reason that your marketing investments are changing? (select all that apply)


 Reasons for                                     Brand Marketers                   Agencies               Technologists/Other
 Changing Investment
 Changing consumer behavior                              57%                          77%
                                                                                      77%                           64%
                                                                                                                    64%

 Competitive forces                                      29%                           29%                          28%

 Organizational efficiencies                             24%                           20%                          25%

 Top-down directive                                      17%                           9%                           12%

 None of the above*                                       6%                           6%                           10%

 Other                                                    2%                           5%                            4%

 I’m not sure                                             1%                           3%                            5%

*Our marketing investments are not changing.



“Considering the overwhelming data that supports consumers engaging with brands more than ever through digital
touchpoints, it is very surprising to see 69% of marketers suggesting a similar or small increase to their digital marketing efforts.
Does this reflect the need to further validate spending through better digital ROI models, media buying agency influence or
simply disinterest or fear of changing their own marketing planning habits?

I certainly hope it’s a desire to explore new ROI models—the ones that truly match communication program and/or marketing
campaign objectives to outcomes. If it’s media agency influence or fear of change, we as digital and integrated agencies must
continue to invest heavily in educating our clients on more effective strategies to reach and engage their consumers.”
– Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief, VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare




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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
Digital Investment
Planned in Six Areas
                       2
23
DMO Key Findings




Digital Investment Plans Trend toward
Creating Experiences
In which of the following, if any, does your organization plan to invest in 2011? (select all that apply)

- Marketers plan to invest resources in, on average, 5.5 digital technologies/tools in 2011.
- Top areas include social networks/applications, brand experiences, and digital
  infrastructure—blogger outreach and games are lower priorities.


 Planned Investments                             Brand Marketers                    Agencies               Technologists/Other
 in Digital
 Social networks/applications                            69%                           77%                           76%

 Digital brand experiences                               67%                           71%                           58%

 Digital Infrastructure                                  70%                           61%                           64%

 Mobile                                                  51%                           70%                           56%

 Search optimization                                     60%                           59%                           57%

 Email marketing                                         70%                           47%                           60%

 Digital advertising                                     61%                           56%                            52%

 Viral/social media campaigns                            43%                           52%                            46%

 Blogger outreach                                        35%                           44%                            40%

 Games                                                   18%                           35%                            26%

 Other                                                    2%                            4%                            6%

 None of the above                                        2%                            3%                            3%


“As the pace of digital change continues to increase, digital infrastructure in all forms (IT, organizational structure, culture,
process, talent, etc) will become even more critical. It will either provide a path to or barrier from opportunity in the days to come.
For those not looking at infrastructure holistically today, those barriers will grow and the opportunity to leverage the other items
on this list will be limited with every day that passes. The time for real change in your marketing organization’s foundation is here.”
 – Chad Ciesil, DMO Chairperson, SoDA Board of Directors; CEO, Gravity Federation

“We have made some major investments over the past years in digital infrastructure. Our company is all about digital brand
experiences so we invested in this area early. We are also seeing great returns from increased investments in email marketing
and digital advertising. Most recently, we are concentrating on building out our customer database, SEO and upgrading our
social media infrastructure. We will continue to invest in optimizing our website/e-commerce infrastructure as well as our social
networking infrastructure.”
– Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated



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DMO Key Findings




“Connecting all the data together in a relevant way tells the story of the “path of the consumer.” I would also argue that because
digital is so measurable and accountable analyzing the data can many times get over complicated. It is really important to identify
the desired business objectives, the key indicators of success along the path of the consumer and measure those. Far too
often a team focuses on several different “cuts” of the data looking for insight when it should only be 5 or 6 relevant things.”
 – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors




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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
Marketers’ Own
Corporate Sites Still
Considered Most
Important Digital Media
Channel—Social Is
                          3
a Close Second




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DMO Key Findings




Marketers Focus on Own Site Still a First
Priority, but Social Is a Close Second
Which of the following digital media channels, if any, will you or your organization use in 2011? (select all that apply)

- Overall, 95% of respondents plan to use some form of social media in 2011.



 Planned Investments                            Brand Marketers                   Agencies              Technologists/Other
 in Digital
 Facebook                                               76%                          96%                          87%

 Twitter                                                69%                          89%                          79%

 Corporate website/microsite                            80%                          81%                          74%

 Consumer website/microsite                             63%                          81%                          66%

 Blogs                                                  57%                          75%                          65%

 Mobile application                                     46%                          72%                          52%

 Mobile web                                             42%                          73%                          55%

 Other social networking site                           29%                          40%                          36%

 Digital screen/environment                             21%                          44%                          32%

 Foursquare                                             17%                          49%                          28%

 Other location-based service                           9%                           35%                          18%

 MySpace                                                5%                            9%                           6%

 Orkut                                                  3%                            7%                           2%

 Other                                                  4%                            2%                           4%

 None of the above                                      1%                            0%                           0%


“Our website is still our most important digital media channel, with over 300 million unique visitors per month. Study after study
shows it is the number one place our customers consult before purchase. That’s why our digital strategy (email, display, etc.)
to date has hinged upon bringing our customers to our site. In a couple of years, more people will be using mobile devices
to access the Web than PCs. We recently optimized Adobe.com for mobile devices and are starting to experiment more with
mobile media. Social has become incredibly important to us. You need to go where people are as well as bring them to you
and so we’ve made some major investments in social media. Measuring all this has become quite challenging but we have
done some fantastic work in the past year to better understand the effectiveness of each element of our mix, using both
econometric modeling as well as customer tracking studies.”
– Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated

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DMO Key Findings




“It’s really easy for marketers to get lost in the marketing world fishbowl we all live in. In our world mobile is the talk of the town.
But in the real world brands are still worrying about stuff that we consider old news, like their corporate website and getting a
page up on Facebook. Most brand executives are still trying to get buy-in for the shift to digital, let alone trying to get dollars for
mobile apps, coupons, tag readers and the like.

The truth is that a brand’s dot.com still remains a very important piece of the digital puzzle and many of those sites are just not
ready for prime-time. However, just getting the funding to move a corporate or consumer dot.com into the 21st century can
require a corporate act of congress so we have to be sensitive to their struggles. The bottom line is that brands need to get the
basics in place before they dive into all the new opportunities. Job one is developing a strategy that prioritizes which tactics in
the digital toolbox to invest in, when. It always amazes me that despite the complexity of connecting with the digital consumer
throughout the sales cycle, brands often have not done the strategy work that sets out the roadmap.”
 – Tony Quin, SoDA Board Member, CEO, IQ

“Integration is critical—across channels as well as between online and offline. Just as critical is the way it is done. Assets should
be leveraged, the message needs to be the same, yet the consumer experience and objective needs to be tailored to the
particular medium. This is achieved best when online and offline are considered and detailed out in a singular creative brief
for a messaging campaign. I am also not surprised mobile applications/web rank 6th. I don’t believe a true paradigm shift has
occurred that frames mobile as an experience on any “un-tethered” device and continues to be thought of as simply cell phones
and smart phones. The same strong discipline needs to be applied to this area as is currently applied to corporate sites.”
 – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors




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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
67% of Marketers Are
                        4
Increasing Investment to Focus
on Unpaid/Earned Media




29
%
                                      54
DMO Key Findings


            15%
Marketers Plan to Increase Investment
in Unpaid/Earned Media
    4%


                                26%
Change in Investments: Unpaid/Earned Media
How do you expect your investments to change this year in regard to unpaid/earned media?




                  30
                     %


                                           46%
        3%
                       %
                    21




Change in Investments: Unpaid/Earned Media
 46% Somewhat increasing
 30% Staying the same
 21% Significantly increasing
 3% Somewhat decreasing
 1% Significantly decreasing




“Unpaid media provides real opportunities to impact how consumers experience a brand. The upside stems from the role of
the brand messenger, and its potential to drive awareness. Consumers are more likely to tune into messages from friends,
             36%
family, colleagues, or social networks. Moreover, they may be more likely to trust these messengers than the brand itself.
The downside is the potential loss of control over the brand’s message and its volume. Overexposure, particularly of off-
                                     62%
brand messages, is a risk to consider.”
– Amy Buckner, Managing Partner and Founder, AnswerLab

“Over the past few years we have experimented and learned a lot. While not everything has been a success, along the way
we have produced some hard working branded content for Orbit and Juicy Fruit that has driven consumer engagement
levels with these brands. We have learned that generating earned media comes from the right combination of strategic
clarity, consistency of brand story and highly disruptive creative. But if you can only have one, it’s always about the creative.
In other mediums, average copy can at least deliver average returns...in the digital world, the creative has to work harder to
rise above the clutter and gain traction.”
– Victor Mehren, Sr. Marketing Director, Wm Wrigley Jr. Company


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DMO Key Findings




Planned Investment Changes: By Segment
How do you expect your investments to change in 2011?

- Plans to increase investment in paid digital media is consistent across respondents, though
  technologists/other roles lag slightly behind agencies and brand marketers.
- While the majority of respondents plan to maintain levels of spending on paid traditional media, a
  steadfast 14% of brand marketers and agencies plan increased investment.
- Agencies lead the charge toward growing investment for unpaid/earned media: 76% plan an increase.


 Planned Investment:                 Brand Marketers          Agencies        Technologists/Other
 Paid Digital Media
 Significantly decreasing                   4%                   2%                    3%

 Somewhat decreasing                        4%                   3%                    6%

 Staying the same                          34%                  30%                   42%

 Somewhat increasing                       50%                  52%                   41%

 Significantly increasing                   8%                  14%                    9%


 Planned Investment:                 Brand Marketers          Agencies        Technologists/Other
 Paid Traditional Media
 Significantly decreasing                  11%                   8%                   15%

 Somewhat decreasing                       32%                  29%                   19%

 Staying the same                          44%                  50%                   58%

 Somewhat increasing                       12%                  12%                    6%

 Significantly increasing                   2%                   2%                    1%


 Planned Investment:                 Brand Marketers          Agencies        Technologists/Other
 Unpaid/Earned Media
 Significantly decreasing                   2%                   0%                    1%

 Somewhat decreasing                        3%                   1%                    4%

 Staying the same                          34%                  23%                   32%

 Somewhat increasing                       46%                  52%                   41%

 Significantly increasing                  15%                  24%                   22%




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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
Hiring for Social Media
Marketing Professionals
Tops the List
                          5
32
DMO Key Findings




Social Media Strategy Is the HOT Skill Set
Marketers Are Hiring This Year
Which of the following digital marketing skill sets, if any, will you look to acquire in 2011? (select all that apply)


                                                 Brand Marketers                  Agencies             Technologists/Other
 Headcount Growth: Hire
 Social media marketing                                  31%                         50%                         34%

 Website design & dev.                                   18%                         52%                         32%

 Research & strategic planning                           27%                         42%                         32%

 Digital advertising creative dev.                       16%                         55%                         29%

 Social community site mgmt.                             19%                         49%                         32%

 Digital brand mgmt./measurement                         24%                         50%                         23%

 Social media monitoring                                 22%                         39%                         22%

 Blog writing & editing                                  19%                         36%                         25%

 Mobile application dev.                                 13%                         37%                         25%

 Video production                                        11%                         24%                         14%

 Website hosting & maintenance                           10%                         13%                         11%

 Other                                                   3%                           4%                          3%

 None of the above                                       2%                           2%                          1%


“Brands and agencies are working increasingly hard at knitting new campaigns, products and services into an already crowded
digital ecosystem. We’re seeing a lot of agencies create roles around social media and propagation. By far, the greatest
successes come when the social media role is integrated into the creative, planning and production processes. Those charged
with social media activity need to really know the thing they are promoting and the audience they are conversing with. Social
media isn’t a fix that can be developed in isolation and bolted on. It’s a process that involves finding and priming an audience
and using its needs and wants to shape a better campaign, product or service.”
– Sara Williams, DMO Section Editor, Head of Content, Made by Many

“It is critical for companies to understand the growth and development of social media and its impact on business and
consumers. As a family company committed to our consumer families we must be forward thinking and understand how
consumers function. Armed with that knowledge, marketing and communication efforts can be channeled directly to the
consumer giving them the messages and information they need.”
– Kelly M. Semrau, Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs, Communication & Sustainability at SC Johnson.




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DMO Key Findings

              30
                %

Social Media 46%
              Strategy Is the HOT Skill Set
Marketers Are Hiring This Year
  3%
Dedicated Social Media Resource
                21
                   %


Does your organization have a role or resource dedicated to social media? (n=634)*

*Question triggered only for respondents who indicated that their organizations plan to use social media
tools/technologies in 2011.




           36%

                                     62%


                                                             Dedicated Social Media Resource
                                                               62% Yes
                                                               36% No
                                                               2% I’m not sure




“We view social media as vital and a highly effective channel to foster conversation with our customers, communities and
other key audiences. We use social media to both get the word out about company and product news and as an important
listening post for customer feedback and behavior. We actively cultivate and participate in the passionate social communities
which have developed around our products and brands. A dedicated social media team, along with individual Adobe
employees (from C-level executives to employees in the field) contribute to our social communities with fresh content and news
on a regular basis. According to Mashable, Adobe is one of the top 4 employers for social media professionals, something
we’re pretty proud of. Adobe leverages both “established” social networks such as Twitter and Facebook—and actively
experiments with up-and-coming social networks like Gowalla—to reach a “social universe” of more than 1.5 million members.
                                 %




With the integration of Omniture technology, we’re also able to look beyond just social audience size—followers, friends,
                              54




updates and tweets—to measure the impact our social media activities have on concrete business goals including product
trials, customer sentiment and revenue. Using social media in marketing is not just a box you check to say “we did that.” It’s
a vital and valuable tool in digital marketing.”
            15%
– Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated

“Social has caused a true convergence of PR, marketing and customer messaging. The marketing aspect needs to be well
         4%
thought out and objective based. The PR aspect of it has to be in house and “owned.” It is the true voice of the brand and
                        26%




consumer brand promise.”
– Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors


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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
                       6
Marketers Embrace Importance
of “Engagement” Metrics over
Traditional Site Metrics




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DMO Key Findings




Marketers Determine Performance Using
Several Metrics
Key Metrics for Determining Performance
Please rate the importance of the following advertising performance metrics for you (or your clients):

*Metrics reflect respondent ratings of 6 or 7 on a 1-7 scale where 7 = Extremely important.

- Brand and product awareness, leads, and web analytics—”engagement” metrics—have surpassed
  traditional metrics like page views and CPM for measuring performance.
- On average, marketers rated 3.6 metrics as important for evaluating ad performance.

 Key Metrics for Determining Performance from All Survey Respondents
 Branding or product awareness                                                                                   61%

 Lead generation activity                                                                                        60%

 Web analytics                                                                                                   58%

 Time on site                                                                                                    44%

 Immediate ROI calculated from tracked sales                                                                     51%

 Click-through rate                                                                                              38%

 Page views                                                                                                      34%

 CPM                                                                                                             20%

“Marketers are becoming sophisticated analysts and are demanding more from the quantifiable metrics that the web
has offered for the past 16 years. Incorporating the rich value of qualitative data is critical to establishing and further
understanding the new Return on Engagement (ROE) model. An effective success measurement of any and all web-based
activities should combine the quantifiable data of # of unique visitors, duration, pages, etc with behaviourial data such as
most pages viewed, downloads, comments, etc.”
– Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief, VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare

“We are big into measurement. We are fortunate to be able to have access to all the latest online marketing optimization
technology because of our acquisition of Omniture last year. And, boy, do we take advantage of that. One of the biggest
metrics we track and emphasize is product trials driven through Adobe.com and our other sites. We know that there’s
a significant positive correlation between product trial and product purchase on our sites. So we put quite a bit of effort
into reducing barriers to trial and driving trial-to-purchase. We are also very focused on site-to-store conversion, i.e., how
many people who come to our site actually purchase something. I’m a bit of a nut when it comes to measurement and
dashboarding. I just think it’s amazing what we can do today!”
– Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated

“The most important site performance metrics to me are time on the site, path of consumer on the site, links in and out of the site
and conversions/sales. They truly tell the engagement or online relationship you have or have not created with the customer. It is
a measure of whether an online strategy/content/tools is delivering relevant messages and appropriate consumer interactions.”
– Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors

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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
Influence of Blogs
                        7
Growing for Understanding
Target Behavior




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DMO Key Findings




For Customer Intelligence, In-House
Research Still Reigns
How do you learn about your customers’ online profiles and behavior? (select all that apply)

While marketers continue to look to in-house research for information about customers’ online profiles
and behavior, blogs are growing in influence, especially at agencies.



 Sources for Customer                       Brand Marketers                Agencies             Technologists/Other
 Behavior
 In-house research division                        52%                        53%                        44%

 Blogs                                             32%                        54%                        45%

 Industry analyst report                           31%                        49%                        33%

 Digital research company                          30%                        44%                        36%

 Digital mktg. agency partner                      38%                        37%                        31%

 Traditional research company                      30%                        29%                        16%

 Online panel                                      20%                        26%                        12%

 Traditional ad agency partner                     20%                        19%                        14%

 Research community                                16%                        19%                        11%

 Other                                              3%                         5%                         8%

 None of the above                                  8%                         4%                        12%




“Blogs have grown up from being a basic self-publishing tool into a critical business communications vehicle. Blogs truly
offer an open line of communication with your existing and potential customers as well as employees, and offer you 24/7
access to consumer research. Unlike other marketing communication methods (like e-newsletters, banner ads or your
corporate website), blogs allow your customers to have a voice: the comment feature allows them to learn more about your
business, ask questions, share reviews and interact with each other. They are the hard working “underdog” for building
brand ambassadors from within and outside your organization. So, what is your blog strategy for 2011?”
– Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief, VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare




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DMO Key Findings




key
finding
Digital Agencies Too
Low on List as Trends
Source for Marketers
                        8
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DMO Key Findings




Traditional Print Media and Blogs
Inform Marketers
How do you learn about emerging digital marketing technology and trends? (select all that apply)

Marketers rely on a number of sources for emerging technologies and trends for digital: industry
publications and marketing blogs are the most popular.

 Sources for Emerging                          Brand Marketers                   Agencies              Technologists/Other
 Technologies and Trends
 Industry publications                                 69%                          83%                           77%

 Marketing blogs                                       61%                          83%                           76%

 Marketing peers                                       56%                          65%                           64%

 Conferences                                           58%                          60%                           56%

 Industry analysts reports                             50%                          62%                           56%

 Digital agency partners                               42%                          63%                           43%

 Top-selling books                                     24%                          24%                           24%

 Other                                                  4%                           5%                           5%

 None of the above                                      3%                           0%                           1%


“Marketers looking to their digital agency partners last as compared other channels is an indication of the shear amount of
emerging technologies being created as well as the diversity of sources creating them. Marketers no longer need to wait on
their agency to get an education on what’s new and possible. It’s not enough for agencies to simply be knowledgeable of
the trends, they need to strive to be owners of innovation while developing solutions for their client’s business problems.

As a partner, agencies should think of themselves as trusted thought-leaders whom marketers trust for strategic information.
Agencies need multi-tiered communication strategies for sharing work and ideas. These strategies need to range from
daily messaging through social channels as well as messaging through quarterly newsletters and annual marketing
projections for the next year. Unless agencies can play a role in the sharing of new ideas they can’t be considered for
the execution of ideas.”
– Charles Duncan, DMO Section Editor, Director of Technology, IQ

“For digital agency partners to move up this list they need to gain a stronger voice/direct relationship with the marketer/client.
I believe these numbers may be skewed a bit as many of the creative ideas relative to emerging trends and technology are
still born out of a creative idea and in many cases presented by a traditional creative agency of record. Often times without
the digital agency getting a voice in the process. It is my belief that true digital agencies start with the business objective,
then the best technology or medium to achieve that objective and then finally the creative presentation. This is a shift to the
traditional creative process. The more prominence or further “up-stream” a digital agency can be included will increase the
ability to inform and enhance a creative idea. I also think digital agencies should push their ability to facilitate and generate
dialogue within their clients’ organizations through a formalized blog or ideation process that pushes thinking relative to digital
marketing and its ability to map to consumer behavior.”
– Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors

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Additional Insight
       Jeff Jarrett, Global Director Digital Marketing, Kimberly-Clark

       The survey provides a great lens into strategic priorities across the digital landscape.
       Several themes jump out:

         1. Increasing investments in social and earned media are forcing new planning models
            and organizational structures to manage these investments properly. Clients are
            experimenting with various models but haven’t yet cracked the code.
         2. Digital measurement, especially in social media and mobile, will drive future
            investment shifts. While engagement metrics are getting better, it is still an area ripe
            for development.
         3. Clients are increasingly hungry for digital thought leadership—this is both an
            opportunity and a warning to digital agencies to start leading strategically, or clients
            will find it elsewhere.

       Patrice Dermody, Vice President, Media, Digital and Social Networking,
       Sears Holdings Corporation

       The forces at work in the digital marketplace are the result of shifting consumer dynamics,
       a still fragile economy, and the movement of both traditional and digital agencies to a
       different center. The same is true for marketers—some of whom have moved from being
       wary of digital, to knowing they need to do something in the space, to understanding that
       digital technology is changing almost everything that they have ever known about how to
       reach and motivate their target prospects. It is no surprise that the majority of marketers
       are planning to increase their investment in digital, especially as they get more and more
       comfortable with online video.

       What marketers haven’t admitted to yet, is that they still harbor hopes of digital and social
       being able to lower the cost of their overall marketing investments. This is the reason
       why 67% plan to increase their investment in the social and unpaid channels. Veteran
       marketers, held hostage for years by the broadcast content creators, hold on to the hope
       that digital media (not necessarily digital technology) can be a more efficient way to target
       their best customers, finally reducing their dependence on mass media.




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Digital as a Portion of Marketing




                                                                                                                                3%

                                                                                                                                     7%


                                                                                                                                              %
                                                     16
                                                                                                                                6%




                                                                                                                                            17
                                                       %
Budget: By Segment                               21%
                                                              3% 6                                                        23%                     26%
What percentage of your overall 2010 marketing budget is invested in digital channels?




                                                                                                                                      17%
- Fully 47% of agencies spend at least half of their budget on digital.
- For brand marketers, the proportion is significantly less—only 26% of respondents in this group
  spend half or more of their marketing budget on digital.


  Digital as a Portion of               Brand Marketers                 Agencies                      Technologists/Other
  Marketing Budget




                                                                                           5%
 0 – 9%                                        20%                          12%                                    12%




                                                                                         6%
 10 – 19%                                      20%                          16%
                                                                              11                                   12%
                                                                                     %
 20 – 29%                                      16%                          11%                                    11%
                                                                                15%                          63%
 30 – 39%                                      10%                          10%                                      8%

 40 – 49%                                       8%                           4%                                      6%

 50 – 59%                                       5%                           7%                                      7%

 60% or more                                   21%                          40%                                    44%




Marketers Plan To
Increase Digital Work
                                                                                                         %




Plans for Digital
                                                                                                      54




Projects: 2011                                                                 15%


                                                                              4%
Compared to 2010, are you projecting an increase or
                                                                                                26%




decrease in the amount of digital projects your organization
will undertake in 2011?
                                                               Plans for Digital Projects: 2011
- In total, 80% of marketers plan to increase the volume
                                                                54% Slight increase                   4% Slight decrease
  of digital projects in 2011.                                  26% Significant increase              1% Significant decrease
- Only 5% are planning a decrease in their digital work         15% Same amount
  in the next year.

                                                                                    30
                                                                                      %
43
                                                                                                             46%
                                                                            3%
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Planned Change in Digital: By Segment
Compared to 2010, are you projecting an increase or decrease in the amount of digital projects your
organization will undertake in 2011?

Fully 86% of agencies, 83% of technologists/other roles, and 71% of brand marketers are looking to
grow their number of digital projects for 2011.


                                                                                            Technologists/
 Digital as a Portion of Marketing Budget         Brand Marketers          Agencies             Other

 We are projecting a significant decrease                 3%                  0%                  0%

 We are projecting a slight decrease                      7%                  3%                  3%

 We are projecting roughly the same amount               20%                 10%                 15%

 We are projecting a slight increase                     55%                 58%                 49%

 We are projecting a significant increase                16%                 28%                 34%




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                                                     %



                                                                     %
                                                     54



                                                                     54
Digital Headcount Growth Will Continue
through 2011 15% 15%
In 2010, how has your organization’s headcount changed in the areas that support digital marketing
                                 4%       4%




                                               26%



                                                               26%
and/or communications initiatives?

Thinking about 2011, how do you expect your organization’s headcount to change in the areas that
support digital marketing and/or communications initiatives?
                         8%



                               8%




                                                                                               %       %
                                                                                             30      30
                              34%   34%
      57%           57%
                                                                                  %      %
                                                                                68     68




     Headcount: 2010                                            Plans for Headcount: 2011
       57% Increase                                              68% Increase
       34% Stayed the same                                       30% Stayed the same
       8% Decrease                                               1% Decrease




                                                            %               %
                                                          26              26




                                          %          %
                                      72        72




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Changes in Digital Headcount: By Segment
In 2010, how has your organization’s headcount changed in the areas that support digital marketing and/or
communications initiatives?

Thinking about 2011, how do you expect your organization’s headcount to change in the areas that support
digital marketing and/or communications initiatives?

Agencies, in particular, saw headcount supporting digital efforts grow in 2010 and expect the growth
to continue.



 Changes in                           Brand Marketers             Agencies          Technologists/Other
 Headcount: 2010
 Decreased                                   11%                     6%                      8%

 Stayed the same                             47%                     19%                    39%

 Increased                                   42%                     75%                    53%



 Changes in                           Brand Marketers             Agencies          Technologists/Other
 Headcount: 2011 Plans
 Decreased                                    4%                     0%                      0%

 Stayed the same                             43%                     13%                    37%

 Increased                                   54%                     86%                    63%




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Social Media Strategy Is the HOT Skill Set
Marketers Are Hiring This Year
Which of the following digital marketing skill sets, if any, will you look to acquire in 2011? (select all that apply)




 Headcount Growth: Hire                        Brand Marketers                Agencies            Technologists/Other
 Social media marketing                                31%                       50%                       34%

 Website design & dev.                                 18%                       52%                       32%

 Research & strategic planning                         27%                       42%                       32%

 Digital advertising creative dev.                     16%                       55%                       29%

 Social community site mgmt.                           19%                       49%                       32%

  Digital brand mgmt./measurement                      24%                       50%                       23%

  Social media monitoring                              22%                       39%                       22%

  Blog writing & editing                               19%                       36%                       25%

  Mobile application dev.                              13%                       37%                       25%

  Video production                                     11%                       24%                       14%

  Website hosting & maintenance                        10%                       13%                       11%

  Other                                                3%                         4%                        3%

  None of the above                                    2%                         2%                        1%




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Marketers Plan to Outsource
Mobile Resources
Which of the following digital marketing skill sets, if any, will you look to acquire in 2011?

Rather than hire full-time headcount, marketers will look outside of their organizations for
mobile–focused, video production, and site hosting roles.



 Headcount Growth: Outsource                Brand Marketers              Agencies           Technologists/Other
 Mobile application dev.                           20%                     38%                     26%

 Video production                                  21%                     37%                     26%

 Website hosting & maintenance                     18%                     38%                     24%

 Social media monitoring                           15%                     23%                     18%

 Blog writing & editing                            16%                     22%                     15%

 Website design & development                      21%                     15%                     13%

 Digital adv. creative dev.                        19%                      7%                     13%

 Social community site mgmt.                        8%                      14%                    13%

 Digital brand mgmt./measurement                    9%                      9%                     14%

 Social media marketing                            10%                      7%                     10%

 Research & strategic planning                      7%                      6%                     9%

 Other                                              0%                      2%                     2%

 None of the above                                  1%                      1%                     1%




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Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) 2011 Digital Marketing Outlook

  • 1. 2011 digital marketing outlook 1
  • 2. foreword By: Angele Beausoleil DMO Editor-in-Chief VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare SoDA’s 2011 Digital Marketing Outlook report embraces intersections, from where marketing meets technology to how CMOs and agencies are ushering in the era of integrated marketing communications. This year’s report is a collection of insights and story and knowledge sharing from agency, marketing, and academic thought leaders from around the globe. We hope it will inspire you, validate your thinking, and fuel action. Across six sections, our editors offer up key insights, visuals, and case studies with wow factor, designed to make you a rockstar at your next management presentation. Our interview-style “SoDA Chats” explore why brands can’t keep their promise, and how to observe humans in their natural, albeit virtual, habitats. And we look at why courage and innovation are required to transform a city. What’s on the CMO mind and in their budgets for 2011? From our extensive Digital Marketing Outlook (DMO) Survey conducted by our research partner AnswerLab, we find digital marketing at the crossroads of today’s consumers and brands. In an ironic twist, senior marketing executives now turn to the web to find information about trends, their consumers, and even their own brands. Radically transformed by technology, today’s consumer has a voracious appetite for information. Our Digital Consumer section shows the benefits of listening to and engaging online audiences and understanding their comfort with digital intimacy. We also revisit Marshall McLuhan’s prophetic prose and provide a job description for the digital CMO. Google TV is among the game changers redefining brand experiences. Our Modern Brand section explores what we can learn from agile development processes and what the new agency model really looks like. We discuss why sharing is key to the modern brand and how experiential marketing is driven by art and story. The Emerging Technology & Trends section provides an insider’s view of how close we are to a Minority Report world, where wearable digital technology is not just a fashion trend, and where location-based social networks (LoSos) intersect our physical and virtual identities. We make the argument that 2011 is the year for mobile and that Google Instant is the answer to SEO. As the Social Media Revolution unfolds, there are winners and losers. Mashing up peer-based marketing with games is a killer combo, but Twitter and Foursquare are headed for the virtual graveyard (alongside eBay). We also explore how the Internet imitates real life and why rewards are vital, and we’ve thrown in a few valuable tips on marketing in Facebook. Travel with us to Japan, China, Brazil—and back to North America—in our Innovation, Culture & Courage section. We make the case for embracing failure and investing in data visualization, while preparing you to become the ideal client of the future. And we look at how one courageous city’s decision to ban advertising has paid off in increased prosperity. Enjoy! 2
  • 3. contents Foreword 2 by Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in Chief and DMO Section Editor; VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare DMO Team & Guest Contributors 7 DMO Advisory Board 10 1 Digital Marketing Outlook Survey 14 Digital Marketing Outlook Survey DMO Key Findings 20 Contains Tables/Charts, Analysis of Survey Results, and Participant Quotes DMO Detailed Findings 42 Contains Tables/Charts and Detailed Analysis of Survey Results 2 Digital in the Physical World of Retail 71 by Guthrie Dolin, DMO Section Editor; Principal, Digital Consumer Director of Strategy, Odopod Pervasive Customer Experience and How Digitally 74 Focused CMOs Are Leading Our Revolution by Justin Wilden, Solutions Director, IE Media An Evolution in Car Sales: How Online Configuration 78 Technology May Change the Face of Dealerships as We Know Them by DJ Edgerton, CEO, Zemoga Designing Digital Intimacy 80 by Dr. Daniel Coffeen, Brand and Digital Strategist Digital Consumers Aren’t Just Regular Consumers 83 with Keyboards by Brian Chiger, Digital Strategist, AgencyNet Case Study: General Pants Co. Online Store 85 and Campaigns by Stephen Foxworthy, Strategy Director, Reactive SoDA Chat with Robert Kozinets, Professor of Marketing 87 at York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada
  • 4. 3 Brands @ Play: Mastering the Art & Science of 92 Engagement Design Modern Brand by Sean MacPhedran, DMO Section Editor; Director, Creative Strategy, Fuel Industries Not Your Brand, Theirs! 95 by Andy Williams, Strategist, Resn The Revolution Will Be Televised: Google TV, the Death of 97 Digital as We Know It, and the Rebirth of the Big Idea by Joshua Baze, Director, Insights & Planning, Colossal Squid Industries and Matt Ballek, Digital Strategist/Optimization Specialist, Colossal Squid Industries Do You Really Need a Digital Agency? 101 by Tony Quin, CEO and Founder, IQ Why Modern Brands Need Artful Content Strategy to 103 Thrive Online by Ami Walsh, Senior Content Strategist, Enlighten The Future of Online Retail 105 by Stephen Foxworthy, Strategy Director, Reactive Case Study: Smoking Not Our Future’s—Kanvas 107 by Andy Williams, Strategist, Resn Case Study: El Tiempo Celebrates Its Past by Embracing 109 the Future by Alejandro Gomez, President, Zemoga SoDA Chat with Dr. Ginger Grant, Managing Partner of Creativity in 111 Business Canada Inc. and Adjunct Professor—Innovation at Mount Royal University 4 From Owned Media to Earned Media: Working with 117 the Crowd Social Media by Sara Williams, DMO Section Editor; Head of Content, Made by Many The Next Big Trend in Social Media Is Social Rewards 119 by Jennifer Van Grove, Social Media Reporter, Mashable Why Twitter and Foursquare Are Dying 121 by Andreas Roell, Chairman and CEO, Geary Group Pulling the Trigger to Purchase: Insights on Marketing 123 to Avid Gamers by Ken Martin, Chief Creative Officer, BLITZ Online and Offline, It’s All Real-Life Communication 127 by Irina Sheveleva, Editor, Grape Focusing Your Facebook Strategy: 10 Tips Toward 129 Better Status Updates by Victor Piñeiro, Strategist, Big Spaceship Case Study: Thierry Mugler/Starvibes 132 by Benjamin Laugel, CEO/Creative Director, Soleil Noir Case Study: Emma Watson Digital Strategy 134 by Rob Salmon, Director of Communications, Great Fridays Case Study: GuitarHero.com: Global Franchise Hub 136 and Community by Ken Martin, Chief Creative Officer, BLITZ
  • 5. Case Study: Chrome Fastball—Race Across the Internet 138 by Petter Westlund, Creative Director, B-Reel Case Study: SAP Friend Network Optimizer 140 by Sandhya Suryam, Client Partner, Dare Case Study: It Isn’t Lonely at the Top: What the Most 142 “Liked” Brands Are Doing on Facebook by Victor Piñeiro, Strategist, Big Spaceship 5 Next Generation Mobile Applications 147 Emerging Technology by Charles Duncan Jr., DMO Section Editor; Director of Technology, IQ & Trends Mobile Is a New Medium, Not Just an Extension of 149 Your Website by Brian Jeremy, Director of Technology, Exopolis Local, Social, and Brand Transcendence 151 by Richard Cruz, Digital Strategist, AgencyNet Mobile Apps for the B2B Marketer: It’s Not Just Fun and Games 153 by Kirsten Corbell, Account Director, Strategy & Planning Group, Fullhouse Interactive Wearable Digital Signage—The Modern Day Sandwich Board 155 by Jim Vaughn, Digital Strategy and Partner Development Manager, Fullhouse Interactive The Marketing Implications of Google Instant 157 by Geary Interactive How Lean and Agile Processes Can Deliver Killer Results 159 by Stuart Eccles, Founding Partner, Made by Many Mobile “Super App” Experiences: From Brand Extension 161 to Engaging Customers by Tyler Lessard, Vice President, Global Alliances and Developer Relations, Research in Motion (RIM) Case Study: The Wilderness Downtown 164 by Nicole Muniz, Producer, B-Reel Case Study: SoBe Reskin Yourself 166 by Anna Edwards, Associate Copywriter, Firstborn Case Study: DonQ Rum 168 by Guthrie Dolin, DMO Section Editor; Principal, Director of Strategy, Odopod 6 Innovate or Perish 172 Innovation, Culture by Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief and DMO Section Editor; & Courage VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare China: An Exploration of Digital Diversity 174 by Mark St. Andrew, Editor, Cream Seeing Rich Visualization through the Data Forest 176 by Alejandro Gomez, President, Zemoga Client of the Future: In Six Easy Lessons 178 by Andre Matarazzo, CCO, Gringo Adopting the Kaizen Approach to Marketing 182 by Stephen Foxworthy, Strategy Director, Reactive Innovation from the Inside Out 184 by Dave Snyder, Associate Creative Director, Firstborn Case Study: Shrek 4 Happy Meal 187 by Glenn Bakie, Director, Client Services, Fuel Industries
  • 6. Case Study: The Pepsi Refresh Project 189 by Kate Watts, Group Engagement Director, HUGE SoDA Chat with Marc Gobé, President, Emotional Branding LLC 191 Closing Digital Manifest Destiny; The Time for Building 193 a New Marketing Infrastructure Is Here by Chad Ciesil, DMO Chairperson, SoDA Board of Directors; CEO, Gravity Federation Sponsors 195 The Society of Digital Agencies 198 SoDA Memebership 2011 199
  • 7. DMO Team & guest contributors DMO/Content Development Chad Ciesil DMO Chairperson, SoDA Board of Directors; CEO, Gravity Federation As founder of Gravity Federation, Chad (@chadciesil) leads an alliance of creators from a range of disciplines to fundamentally realign clients’ infrastructures, communication channels, content and brand relationships to navigate the new frontier after the digital revolution. Prior to Gravity Federation, Chad spent seven years at Whittmanhart serving as president and a leader in strategy, marketing and client services to build the agency’s national reputation as well as drive significant growth across multiple offices. Through forums like SoDA, Chad has had great fun being a speaker, writer and contributor to the national dialogue around the marketing revolution driven by digital. Currently, he resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife, son and two dogs who resist the pull of gravity on a daily basis. Angele Beausoleil DMO Editor-in-Chief and DMO Section Editor Innovation, Culture & Courage; VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare Angele Beausoleil is a graduate of Canada’s first multimedia degree program from Ryerson University and a self-described “tradigital” marketer. A multi-award-winning designer, marketer, and entrepreneur, Angele wrote a design blog, developed the world’s first Internet hockey pool, worked with Disney Interactive on preschool products, and launched an animated mobile series in Japan—all before the dawn of the new millennium. She has the pleasure of working with clients like McDonald’s, Gap Inc., Best Buy/Future Shop, SAP Business Objects, Bell, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), and Sony Ericsson. 7
  • 8. Guthrie Dolin DMO Digital Consumer Section Editor; Principal, Director of Strategy, Odopod Guthrie Dolin (@gee3) is a seasoned creative executive, an entrepreneur, and a connector of dots. He has founded two award-winning agencies and partnered to launch numerous enterprises. Currently, Guthrie is a Principal, and Director of Brand and Strategy at Odopod, a full-service digital agency that develops innovative experiences for top consumer brands. Sean MacPhedran DMO Modern Brand Section Editor; Director, Creative Strategy, Fuel Industries Sean MacPhedran is Director of Creative Strategy at Fuel Industries, and he has created engagement programs for brands including MTV, Entourage, Family Guy, Microsoft, and McDonald’s. Prior to Fuel, Sean lived in a motel in the Mojave Desert, launching people into space. Sara Williams DMO Social Media Section Editor; Head of Content, Made by Many A lover of words and a teller of stories, Sara Williams worked as a journalist, copywriter, and blogger before joining Made by Many to help develop the agency’s content offering. Sara writes a lot about international issues and the social development/social media crossover: how emerging technologies and corresponding cultural shifts can create lasting social change. Charles Duncan Jr. DMO Emerging Technology & Trends Section Editor; Director of Technology, IQ As Director of Technology, Charles Duncan, Jr. (@sirchauncy) leads the strategic direction of IQ’s Development and Analytics services. Charles has over 13 years of experience leading the development of award-winning work across the globe for brands such as Nike, Xbox, and Gap. His passion with the intersection between technology and creativity has resulted in innovative experiences across mobile, desktop, and digital signage. As a thought-leader, Charles has spoken at industry conferences such as Adobe Max and Microsoft Mix. Guest Contributors Dr. Daniel Coffeen Brand and Digital Strategist Daniel Coffeen has a PhD in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley. He served as adjunct faculty at UC Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute for over 10 years teaching courses in critical theory. He has written extensively about the relationship between new media and cinema, and he blogs about brand and digital issues. In addition, Daniel was a founder of the multi-award-winning ArtandCulture.com. He works as a brand and digital strategist in San Francisco. Robert Kozinets Professor of Marketing at York University Robert Kozinets is a Professor of Marketing at York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada. In the past, Robert was faculty at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business. An anthropologist by training, Robert also has extensive consulting experience. 8
  • 9. Dr. Ginger Grant Managing Partner of Creativity in Business Canada Inc. and Adjunct Professor—Innovation at Mount Royal University Ginger Grant is the Managing Partner of Creativity in Business Canada Inc. and an Adjunct Professor—Innovation at Mount Royal University. She is the only Canadian in the teacher/trainer group for the famed Stanford Business School “Creativity in Business” program. Author of Re-Visioning the Way We Work, her latest book Finding Your Creative Core was published in April 2009. Jennifer Van Grove Social Media Reporter, Mashable Jennifer Van Grove is a Social Media Reporter with Mashable. She covers web news, start-ups, industry trends, and she writes about the implications of social sites for users and businesses. Jennifer has been featured in the San Diego Union Tribune and San Diego Magazine, participated as a guest expert on news programs such as BBC America and CNN Live, and is frequently quoted by local and national media outlets for tech-related news stories. Mark St. Andrew Editor, Cream Mark St. Andrew is the Editor and Curator of Cream (www.creamglobal.com), an online marketing resource that houses the best examples of marcomms innovation across different media channels around the world. Marc Gobé President, Emotional Branding LLC Designer, photographer, filmmaker, respected author, and sought-after public speaker, Marc Gobé focuses on connecting brands emotionally with people in a positive way. As President of Emotional Branding LLC, an experimental think tank, Marc and his daughter Gwenaelle Gobé, Creative Director, offer insight into the trends that move. Research Partner Design Agency answerlab.com struckaxiom.com Production SoDA Staff Steve Wages, Executive Director Paul Lewis, Director of Operations Kendyll Picard, Communications Coordinator societyofdigitalagencies.org Natalie Certo, Marketing Liaison 9
  • 10. DMO Advisory Board It is an honor to have such a distinguished group as part of this year’s report. We thank them for their valuable contributions, support, and insights. DMO Advisory Board Members Ann Lewnes Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated Jeff Jarrett Global Director, Digital Marketing Kimberly-Clark Jim Mollica Vice President, Digital Marketing and Creative MTVN, Kids and Family Kelly Semrau Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability S.C. Johnson & Son Victor Mehren Senior Marketing Director Wm Wrigley Jr. Company Patrice Dermody Vice President, Media, Digital and Social Networking Sears Holdings Corporation Jon Vanhala Senior Vice President, Digital & New Business Development Island Def Jam Music Group Scott McLaren Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations General Motors 10
  • 11. Bios DMO Advisory Board Ann Lewnes Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated As Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Ann Lewnes is responsible for Adobe’s corporate brand and integrated marketing efforts worldwide. She drives the company’s corporate positioning, branding and identity, public relations, marketing campaigns, field marketing, and education segment marketing to ensure strong connections with customers and constituents. Prior to joining Adobe in November 2006, Ann served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Intel Corporation. Ann holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and journalism from Lehigh University. She serves on the boards of the Advertising Council and the Adobe Foundation. Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information—anytime, anywhere, and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com. Jeff Jarrett Global Director, Digital Marketing Kimberly-Clark As Global Director of Digital Marketing for Kimberly-Clark, Jeff Jarrett oversees the Digital Center of Excellence, responsible for driving digital strategy, thought leadership, and best practices across the enterprise. In his role, Jeff works closely with Kimberly-Clark brands and business units globally to drive mission critical digital initiatives and create best-in-class commercial programs. Known for his expertise in digital marketing, CRM, and strategic planning, Jeff brings 20 years of experience building brands and customer relationships for some of the most successful companies in the world. His work experience includes leadership roles at several large agency networks in North America and Europe including Sapient Interactive, Grey, Leo Burnett, and Euro, where he led the digital and integrated marketing practice. 11
  • 12. Jim Mollica Vice President, Digital Marketing and Creative MTVN, Kids and Family Jim Mollica serves as Vice President of Digital Marketing and Creative for MTV Networks Kids and Family Group where his responsibilities include extending Nickelodeon’s entertainment experiences to all digital platforms and creating innovative interactions for the company and its advertisers. Prior to his work at MTVN, Jim was the Global Director of New Media for the Walt Disney Company. He has held a variety of marketing and advertising management positions with Nissan North America/Infiniti and Internet start-ups. In addition to his client-side work, Jim has managed agency relationships with AOL, Heinz, and PNC. Kelly Semrau Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communication and Sustainability S.C. Johnson & Son Kelly Semrau is Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs, Communication and Sustainability for SC Johnson, bringing to the role more than 20 years of experience. Kelly leads all global corporate affairs for the company including public affairs, media relations, government relations, community leadership and philanthropy, sustainability, and NGO engagement. In addition, Kelly also served as Director of Public Affairs and Press Secretary to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during President George H. Bush’s administration, as well as Director of Public Affairs and Press Secretary to the U.S. Trade Representative during President Ronald Reagan’s administration. She was also Press Secretary to Congressman Joe McDade of Pennsylvania. Kelly earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Bradley University. Victor Mehren Senior Marketing Director Wm Wrigley Jr. Company As a Senior Marketing Director at Wrigley, Victor Mehren oversees all aspects of marketing on the Orbit, Eclipse, Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, and Big Red Brands. He has also held various consumer marketing and sales leadership positions during his nine years at Wrigley including overseeing the launch of the 5 Brand and Director of National Customer Marketing. Prior to joining Wrigley, Victor had over nine years of CPG experience at Imagicast, Inc., PowerBar, and E&J Gallo in sales and marketing positions. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS from Eastern Illinois University. 12
  • 13. Patrice (Pat) Dermody Vice President, Media Digital and Social Networking Sears Holdings Corporation Having begun her career at DDB Worldwide, Pat Dermody worked her way up through the traditional media track working on beverages, packaged goods, and quick service restaurants. Pat spent time in New York doing program development and global syndication working for clients such as Xerox, and then she shifted to account management running the Hasbro business. After a short while at the Leo Burnett Company, Pat brought both her expertise and passion to Sears Holdings. Having successfully made the transition from agency to client, as Vice President of Media, Digital and Social Networking, Pat pushes her agencies to do their best work, and she tries hard to make sure that the best people always want to work on her business. Jon Vanhala Senior Vice President, Digital & New Business Development Island Def Jam Music Group Jon Vanhala is Senior Vice President of Digital and New Business Development at Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ) directing all digital strategy, e-commerce, digital marketing, and new business initiatives. IDJ is one of the world’s largest record companies with a rich and diverse roster of artists that spans from Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Rihanna to Bon Jovi, The Killers, Mariah Carey, and many others. IDJ is a wholly owned business unit of Universal Music Group (UMG). A former working musician, songwriter, and bandleader, Jon attended Columbia College in Chicago for Arts Entertainment Media Management and Millikin University in Decatur for Music Performance. He served on the Advisory Board of the IAJE (International Association For Jazz Education) from 1997 to 2006, is active in arts education, and is on the Advisory Board of Blue Haze, a San Francisco-based app development shop. Scott McLaren Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations General Motors Scott McLaren is a graduate from The University of Michigan. He began his career with General Motors in 1988 and has spent the majority of his career with Saturn where he developed a passion for the customer and marketing. He believes strongly in a brand delivering on it’s brand promise to a consumer and is a big believer in utilizing digital marketing to do so. He has a passion for measurable media and the convergence taking place within current marketing and advertising. He has served in several roles within Saturn and GM including vehicle launch roles, traditional advertising roles, media roles and digital marketing. His current role is Director of Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors. 13
  • 14. Digital Marketing Outlook Survey 14
  • 15. DMO survey Introduction Respondents Key Findings Detailed Findings • 2011 Digital Plans • Measurement + Performance • Tools + Technologies • Getting Smart 15
  • 16. introduction ABOUT SODA AND ANSWERLAB COLLABORATION ON THE 2011 DMO The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) selected AnswerLab to be its trusted research partner to deliver insights from the hundreds of brand marketers, agencies, and technologists surveyed for the 2011 Digital Marketing Outlook (DMO). SoDA required a third-party firm known for research integrity, deep experience with executive-level surveys, and rigorous reporting practices. The SoDA and AnswerLab teams collaborated closely to craft a questionnaire that would shed light on digital marketers’ priorities for 2011. SoDA provided access to executives from major global brands, representatives from traditional and digital agencies, and digital vendors and service providers who participated in the survey. AnswerLab executed the survey online and delivered all of the research findings that support the 2011 DMO. ABOUT ANSWERLAB AnswerLab delivers customer insights that help the world’s leading brands build outstanding digital products and services. The company focuses exclusively on user experience research to understand what people see, do, think, and feel when using websites, mobile applications, and other digital products. AnswerLab’s clients depend on its recommendations about product concepts, features, design, and messaging to create more engaging customer experiences that drive results. Global market leaders select AnswerLab as their user experience research partner, including Amazon.com, PayPal, Walmart, Honda, ING DIRECT, FedEx, Genentech, eBay, Salesforce.com, ESPN, Amgen, Intuit, and Harley Davidson. For more information about AnswerLab, please visit www.answerlab.com. ABOUT THE 2011 DIGITAL MARKETING OUTLOOK SURVEY AnswerLab conducted an online survey among 667 participants representing 199 brand marketers, 235 agency representatives, and 233 technologists and other roles in the digital space. Survey participants were recruited from an online business panel and through SoDA outreach to its member agencies, partners, blogs, promotions, and other media. The survey was conducted from late August through mid-October 2010. 16
  • 17. Respondents Respondent Overview Organization Type 3% 9% Which of the following best describes the organization you work for? 10% 35% Respondents were split roughly evenly between 12% the three target groups: agencies, brand marketers, and technologists/other roles. 15 % % 15 Organization Type (n=667) 35% Advertising agency 10% Other 15% B2C brand marketing 9% Freelance or consultant 15% B2B brand marketing 3% Digital publisher 12% Vendor/service provider 3% 3% 9% 9% Respondent Overview 10% 0 1 % 35%5% 3 Brand Marketers3% 12%2% 1 11% 16 15 15 % % % Which of the following best describes your organization’s 2marketing efforts? 6% % 18 % 15 15 Which of the following best describes your title? 17% 7% - Two-thirds of brand marketer respondents had titles in the range of CMO to director. 1 - Brand marketer respondents come from companies with9an average marketing budget of more than $800k. % 7% 1 5% 9% 10% 6% 9% 3% 3% 11% 16 16 11% % % % % % % 18 18 26 26 17% 7%7% 9%9% 17% 19 19 % % 7%7% 14 14 % % 5% 5% 9% 9% 10% 10% 6% 9% 6% 9% Title (n=199) 28 Marketing Budget (n=199) % 26% C-level executive 6% Director of marketing 18% Less than $100,000 7% $3,000,001 - $5M 19% Manager of marketing 5% Director of channel 9% $101,000 - $250,000 43% 7% $5,000,001 - $7.5M services and operations 3% Individual contributor 14% $250,001 - $750,000 16% $7,500,001 - $1B 19% VP of marketing 1% Manager of market research 9% $750,001 - $1.5M 2% More than $1B 11% Other 9% $1,500,001 - $3M 10% VP of channel % 28 17 2 28%8% 43% % 43
  • 18. Respondents Brand Marketers Type Of Marketing 3% 3% 11% 11% 16 16 % % % % % % 18 18 26 26 Which of the following ranges includes your 7% 28% 7% 9%9% 17% 17% organization’s annual budget for marketing activities 19 19 43% (in US dollars)? % % 7%7% 14 14 % % 5% 5% 9% 9% 10% 10% 6% 6% 9% 9% While the largest portion of brand marketer % respondents market a mix of products and 28 services, more than one-quarter market only products or only services. Type of Marketing (n=199) 43% We market a mix of products and services 28% We primarily market products 28% We primarily market services 1% Other 28%8% 2 43% % 43 Agencies 3% 7% % 16 6% % % 17 Type of Agency and Annual Revenue % 28 28 Which of the following best describes21%type of advertising agency that you work for? the 63 23% Which of the following ranges includes your organization’s % annual revenues (in US dollars)? 17% 3% 3% 7% 7% % % 16 16 6% 6% 17 17 % % 21% 21% 63 63 23% % 23 26%6% 2 % % 17% 17% 5% 6% Type of Agency (n=235) 11% Annual Revenue (n=235) 63% Digital or interactive agency 17% Less than $1M 6% $100M - $499.9M 21% Traditional agency 26% $1M - $4,999,999 3% $500M - $1B 16% Other 5% 17% $5M - $9,999,999 63% 1% More than $1B 23% $10M 1 $99.9M - 7% I’m not sure 5% 6% 5% 6% 18 11%1% 1
  • 19. Respondents Global Business Reach By Continent 5% 6% From which continent do the majority of your business 11% revenues come? While nearly two-thirds (63%) of respondents’ 15% 63% businesses focus on North America, 6% have revenues coming from multiple continents. Revenue Location 63% North America 6% Global* 15% Europe 5% South America 11% Asia-Pacific 1% Africa *Less than half of our revenues come from any one continent. Global Business Reach By Segment From which continent do the majority of your business revenues come? % 54 Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Revenue Location (n=199) (n=235) (n=233) North America 66% 15% 60% 62% Europe 12% 15% 18% Asia-Pacific 9% 4% 13% 12% 26% South America 2% 9% 2% Africa 1% 1% 1% Global* 11% 3% 5% *Less than half of our revenues come from any one continent. 30 % 46% 19 3% % 21
  • 20. DMO Key Findings key finding Changing Consumer Behavior Drives Marketers to Increase Digital Investment 1 20
  • 21. 6% 11% DMO Key Findings % 6 Marketers Plan to Increase Digital Work 15 3% Plans for Digital Projects: 2011 Compared to 2010 are you projecting an increase or decrease in the amount of digital projects your organization will undertake in 2011? - In total, 80% of marketers plan to increase the volume of digital projects in 2011. - Only 5% are planning a decrease in their digital work in the next year. % 54 15% 4% 26% Plans for Digital Projects: 2011 54% Slight increase 4% Slight decrease 26% Significant increase 1% Significant decrease 15% Same amount “Nearly every metric we use to measure online behavior—things like time spent online, money spent online, etc.—is projected 30 to grow at a tremendous rate. And as more people take their traditionally PC-bound experiences mobile via smartphones and % tablets, these numbers will grow even faster. “Digital” is where the eyeballs and the money are headed. Adobe made a right- hand turn decision several years ago to double-down on digital. Nearly 75% of our marketing is now digital.” – Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated 46% 3% “If built and used correctly a sound digital strategy allows a marketer to “fish where the fish are”—it is truly the only medium that allows one to map marketing to consumer behavior in a measurable way. It can constantly be tested and refined all the time. % If used and monitored for efficiencies in targeting, digital production, etc. a digital strategy/work should increase year over year 21 in double-digit percentages with no incremental investment.” – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors 21
  • 22. DMO Key Findings Consumer Behavior Drives Changing Investment What is the primary reason that your marketing investments are changing? (select all that apply) Reasons for Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Changing Investment Changing consumer behavior 57% 77% 77% 64% 64% Competitive forces 29% 29% 28% Organizational efficiencies 24% 20% 25% Top-down directive 17% 9% 12% None of the above* 6% 6% 10% Other 2% 5% 4% I’m not sure 1% 3% 5% *Our marketing investments are not changing. “Considering the overwhelming data that supports consumers engaging with brands more than ever through digital touchpoints, it is very surprising to see 69% of marketers suggesting a similar or small increase to their digital marketing efforts. Does this reflect the need to further validate spending through better digital ROI models, media buying agency influence or simply disinterest or fear of changing their own marketing planning habits? I certainly hope it’s a desire to explore new ROI models—the ones that truly match communication program and/or marketing campaign objectives to outcomes. If it’s media agency influence or fear of change, we as digital and integrated agencies must continue to invest heavily in educating our clients on more effective strategies to reach and engage their consumers.” – Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief, VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare 22
  • 23. DMO Key Findings key finding Digital Investment Planned in Six Areas 2 23
  • 24. DMO Key Findings Digital Investment Plans Trend toward Creating Experiences In which of the following, if any, does your organization plan to invest in 2011? (select all that apply) - Marketers plan to invest resources in, on average, 5.5 digital technologies/tools in 2011. - Top areas include social networks/applications, brand experiences, and digital infrastructure—blogger outreach and games are lower priorities. Planned Investments Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other in Digital Social networks/applications 69% 77% 76% Digital brand experiences 67% 71% 58% Digital Infrastructure 70% 61% 64% Mobile 51% 70% 56% Search optimization 60% 59% 57% Email marketing 70% 47% 60% Digital advertising 61% 56% 52% Viral/social media campaigns 43% 52% 46% Blogger outreach 35% 44% 40% Games 18% 35% 26% Other 2% 4% 6% None of the above 2% 3% 3% “As the pace of digital change continues to increase, digital infrastructure in all forms (IT, organizational structure, culture, process, talent, etc) will become even more critical. It will either provide a path to or barrier from opportunity in the days to come. For those not looking at infrastructure holistically today, those barriers will grow and the opportunity to leverage the other items on this list will be limited with every day that passes. The time for real change in your marketing organization’s foundation is here.” – Chad Ciesil, DMO Chairperson, SoDA Board of Directors; CEO, Gravity Federation “We have made some major investments over the past years in digital infrastructure. Our company is all about digital brand experiences so we invested in this area early. We are also seeing great returns from increased investments in email marketing and digital advertising. Most recently, we are concentrating on building out our customer database, SEO and upgrading our social media infrastructure. We will continue to invest in optimizing our website/e-commerce infrastructure as well as our social networking infrastructure.” – Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated 24
  • 25. DMO Key Findings “Connecting all the data together in a relevant way tells the story of the “path of the consumer.” I would also argue that because digital is so measurable and accountable analyzing the data can many times get over complicated. It is really important to identify the desired business objectives, the key indicators of success along the path of the consumer and measure those. Far too often a team focuses on several different “cuts” of the data looking for insight when it should only be 5 or 6 relevant things.” – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors 25
  • 26. DMO Key Findings key finding Marketers’ Own Corporate Sites Still Considered Most Important Digital Media Channel—Social Is 3 a Close Second 26
  • 27. DMO Key Findings Marketers Focus on Own Site Still a First Priority, but Social Is a Close Second Which of the following digital media channels, if any, will you or your organization use in 2011? (select all that apply) - Overall, 95% of respondents plan to use some form of social media in 2011. Planned Investments Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other in Digital Facebook 76% 96% 87% Twitter 69% 89% 79% Corporate website/microsite 80% 81% 74% Consumer website/microsite 63% 81% 66% Blogs 57% 75% 65% Mobile application 46% 72% 52% Mobile web 42% 73% 55% Other social networking site 29% 40% 36% Digital screen/environment 21% 44% 32% Foursquare 17% 49% 28% Other location-based service 9% 35% 18% MySpace 5% 9% 6% Orkut 3% 7% 2% Other 4% 2% 4% None of the above 1% 0% 0% “Our website is still our most important digital media channel, with over 300 million unique visitors per month. Study after study shows it is the number one place our customers consult before purchase. That’s why our digital strategy (email, display, etc.) to date has hinged upon bringing our customers to our site. In a couple of years, more people will be using mobile devices to access the Web than PCs. We recently optimized Adobe.com for mobile devices and are starting to experiment more with mobile media. Social has become incredibly important to us. You need to go where people are as well as bring them to you and so we’ve made some major investments in social media. Measuring all this has become quite challenging but we have done some fantastic work in the past year to better understand the effectiveness of each element of our mix, using both econometric modeling as well as customer tracking studies.” – Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Adobe Systems Incorporated 27
  • 28. DMO Key Findings “It’s really easy for marketers to get lost in the marketing world fishbowl we all live in. In our world mobile is the talk of the town. But in the real world brands are still worrying about stuff that we consider old news, like their corporate website and getting a page up on Facebook. Most brand executives are still trying to get buy-in for the shift to digital, let alone trying to get dollars for mobile apps, coupons, tag readers and the like. The truth is that a brand’s dot.com still remains a very important piece of the digital puzzle and many of those sites are just not ready for prime-time. However, just getting the funding to move a corporate or consumer dot.com into the 21st century can require a corporate act of congress so we have to be sensitive to their struggles. The bottom line is that brands need to get the basics in place before they dive into all the new opportunities. Job one is developing a strategy that prioritizes which tactics in the digital toolbox to invest in, when. It always amazes me that despite the complexity of connecting with the digital consumer throughout the sales cycle, brands often have not done the strategy work that sets out the roadmap.” – Tony Quin, SoDA Board Member, CEO, IQ “Integration is critical—across channels as well as between online and offline. Just as critical is the way it is done. Assets should be leveraged, the message needs to be the same, yet the consumer experience and objective needs to be tailored to the particular medium. This is achieved best when online and offline are considered and detailed out in a singular creative brief for a messaging campaign. I am also not surprised mobile applications/web rank 6th. I don’t believe a true paradigm shift has occurred that frames mobile as an experience on any “un-tethered” device and continues to be thought of as simply cell phones and smart phones. The same strong discipline needs to be applied to this area as is currently applied to corporate sites.” – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors 28
  • 29. DMO Key Findings key finding 67% of Marketers Are 4 Increasing Investment to Focus on Unpaid/Earned Media 29
  • 30. % 54 DMO Key Findings 15% Marketers Plan to Increase Investment in Unpaid/Earned Media 4% 26% Change in Investments: Unpaid/Earned Media How do you expect your investments to change this year in regard to unpaid/earned media? 30 % 46% 3% % 21 Change in Investments: Unpaid/Earned Media 46% Somewhat increasing 30% Staying the same 21% Significantly increasing 3% Somewhat decreasing 1% Significantly decreasing “Unpaid media provides real opportunities to impact how consumers experience a brand. The upside stems from the role of the brand messenger, and its potential to drive awareness. Consumers are more likely to tune into messages from friends, 36% family, colleagues, or social networks. Moreover, they may be more likely to trust these messengers than the brand itself. The downside is the potential loss of control over the brand’s message and its volume. Overexposure, particularly of off- 62% brand messages, is a risk to consider.” – Amy Buckner, Managing Partner and Founder, AnswerLab “Over the past few years we have experimented and learned a lot. While not everything has been a success, along the way we have produced some hard working branded content for Orbit and Juicy Fruit that has driven consumer engagement levels with these brands. We have learned that generating earned media comes from the right combination of strategic clarity, consistency of brand story and highly disruptive creative. But if you can only have one, it’s always about the creative. In other mediums, average copy can at least deliver average returns...in the digital world, the creative has to work harder to rise above the clutter and gain traction.” – Victor Mehren, Sr. Marketing Director, Wm Wrigley Jr. Company 30
  • 31. DMO Key Findings Planned Investment Changes: By Segment How do you expect your investments to change in 2011? - Plans to increase investment in paid digital media is consistent across respondents, though technologists/other roles lag slightly behind agencies and brand marketers. - While the majority of respondents plan to maintain levels of spending on paid traditional media, a steadfast 14% of brand marketers and agencies plan increased investment. - Agencies lead the charge toward growing investment for unpaid/earned media: 76% plan an increase. Planned Investment: Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Paid Digital Media Significantly decreasing 4% 2% 3% Somewhat decreasing 4% 3% 6% Staying the same 34% 30% 42% Somewhat increasing 50% 52% 41% Significantly increasing 8% 14% 9% Planned Investment: Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Paid Traditional Media Significantly decreasing 11% 8% 15% Somewhat decreasing 32% 29% 19% Staying the same 44% 50% 58% Somewhat increasing 12% 12% 6% Significantly increasing 2% 2% 1% Planned Investment: Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Unpaid/Earned Media Significantly decreasing 2% 0% 1% Somewhat decreasing 3% 1% 4% Staying the same 34% 23% 32% Somewhat increasing 46% 52% 41% Significantly increasing 15% 24% 22% 31
  • 32. DMO Key Findings key finding Hiring for Social Media Marketing Professionals Tops the List 5 32
  • 33. DMO Key Findings Social Media Strategy Is the HOT Skill Set Marketers Are Hiring This Year Which of the following digital marketing skill sets, if any, will you look to acquire in 2011? (select all that apply) Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Headcount Growth: Hire Social media marketing 31% 50% 34% Website design & dev. 18% 52% 32% Research & strategic planning 27% 42% 32% Digital advertising creative dev. 16% 55% 29% Social community site mgmt. 19% 49% 32% Digital brand mgmt./measurement 24% 50% 23% Social media monitoring 22% 39% 22% Blog writing & editing 19% 36% 25% Mobile application dev. 13% 37% 25% Video production 11% 24% 14% Website hosting & maintenance 10% 13% 11% Other 3% 4% 3% None of the above 2% 2% 1% “Brands and agencies are working increasingly hard at knitting new campaigns, products and services into an already crowded digital ecosystem. We’re seeing a lot of agencies create roles around social media and propagation. By far, the greatest successes come when the social media role is integrated into the creative, planning and production processes. Those charged with social media activity need to really know the thing they are promoting and the audience they are conversing with. Social media isn’t a fix that can be developed in isolation and bolted on. It’s a process that involves finding and priming an audience and using its needs and wants to shape a better campaign, product or service.” – Sara Williams, DMO Section Editor, Head of Content, Made by Many “It is critical for companies to understand the growth and development of social media and its impact on business and consumers. As a family company committed to our consumer families we must be forward thinking and understand how consumers function. Armed with that knowledge, marketing and communication efforts can be channeled directly to the consumer giving them the messages and information they need.” – Kelly M. Semrau, Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs, Communication & Sustainability at SC Johnson. 33
  • 34. DMO Key Findings 30 % Social Media 46% Strategy Is the HOT Skill Set Marketers Are Hiring This Year 3% Dedicated Social Media Resource 21 % Does your organization have a role or resource dedicated to social media? (n=634)* *Question triggered only for respondents who indicated that their organizations plan to use social media tools/technologies in 2011. 36% 62% Dedicated Social Media Resource 62% Yes 36% No 2% I’m not sure “We view social media as vital and a highly effective channel to foster conversation with our customers, communities and other key audiences. We use social media to both get the word out about company and product news and as an important listening post for customer feedback and behavior. We actively cultivate and participate in the passionate social communities which have developed around our products and brands. A dedicated social media team, along with individual Adobe employees (from C-level executives to employees in the field) contribute to our social communities with fresh content and news on a regular basis. According to Mashable, Adobe is one of the top 4 employers for social media professionals, something we’re pretty proud of. Adobe leverages both “established” social networks such as Twitter and Facebook—and actively experiments with up-and-coming social networks like Gowalla—to reach a “social universe” of more than 1.5 million members. % With the integration of Omniture technology, we’re also able to look beyond just social audience size—followers, friends, 54 updates and tweets—to measure the impact our social media activities have on concrete business goals including product trials, customer sentiment and revenue. Using social media in marketing is not just a box you check to say “we did that.” It’s a vital and valuable tool in digital marketing.” 15% – Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated “Social has caused a true convergence of PR, marketing and customer messaging. The marketing aspect needs to be well 4% thought out and objective based. The PR aspect of it has to be in house and “owned.” It is the true voice of the brand and 26% consumer brand promise.” – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors 34
  • 35. DMO Key Findings key finding 6 Marketers Embrace Importance of “Engagement” Metrics over Traditional Site Metrics 35
  • 36. DMO Key Findings Marketers Determine Performance Using Several Metrics Key Metrics for Determining Performance Please rate the importance of the following advertising performance metrics for you (or your clients): *Metrics reflect respondent ratings of 6 or 7 on a 1-7 scale where 7 = Extremely important. - Brand and product awareness, leads, and web analytics—”engagement” metrics—have surpassed traditional metrics like page views and CPM for measuring performance. - On average, marketers rated 3.6 metrics as important for evaluating ad performance. Key Metrics for Determining Performance from All Survey Respondents Branding or product awareness 61% Lead generation activity 60% Web analytics 58% Time on site 44% Immediate ROI calculated from tracked sales 51% Click-through rate 38% Page views 34% CPM 20% “Marketers are becoming sophisticated analysts and are demanding more from the quantifiable metrics that the web has offered for the past 16 years. Incorporating the rich value of qualitative data is critical to establishing and further understanding the new Return on Engagement (ROE) model. An effective success measurement of any and all web-based activities should combine the quantifiable data of # of unique visitors, duration, pages, etc with behaviourial data such as most pages viewed, downloads, comments, etc.” – Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief, VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare “We are big into measurement. We are fortunate to be able to have access to all the latest online marketing optimization technology because of our acquisition of Omniture last year. And, boy, do we take advantage of that. One of the biggest metrics we track and emphasize is product trials driven through Adobe.com and our other sites. We know that there’s a significant positive correlation between product trial and product purchase on our sites. So we put quite a bit of effort into reducing barriers to trial and driving trial-to-purchase. We are also very focused on site-to-store conversion, i.e., how many people who come to our site actually purchase something. I’m a bit of a nut when it comes to measurement and dashboarding. I just think it’s amazing what we can do today!” – Ann Lewnes, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated “The most important site performance metrics to me are time on the site, path of consumer on the site, links in and out of the site and conversions/sales. They truly tell the engagement or online relationship you have or have not created with the customer. It is a measure of whether an online strategy/content/tools is delivering relevant messages and appropriate consumer interactions.” – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors 36
  • 37. DMO Key Findings key finding Influence of Blogs 7 Growing for Understanding Target Behavior 37
  • 38. DMO Key Findings For Customer Intelligence, In-House Research Still Reigns How do you learn about your customers’ online profiles and behavior? (select all that apply) While marketers continue to look to in-house research for information about customers’ online profiles and behavior, blogs are growing in influence, especially at agencies. Sources for Customer Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Behavior In-house research division 52% 53% 44% Blogs 32% 54% 45% Industry analyst report 31% 49% 33% Digital research company 30% 44% 36% Digital mktg. agency partner 38% 37% 31% Traditional research company 30% 29% 16% Online panel 20% 26% 12% Traditional ad agency partner 20% 19% 14% Research community 16% 19% 11% Other 3% 5% 8% None of the above 8% 4% 12% “Blogs have grown up from being a basic self-publishing tool into a critical business communications vehicle. Blogs truly offer an open line of communication with your existing and potential customers as well as employees, and offer you 24/7 access to consumer research. Unlike other marketing communication methods (like e-newsletters, banner ads or your corporate website), blogs allow your customers to have a voice: the comment feature allows them to learn more about your business, ask questions, share reviews and interact with each other. They are the hard working “underdog” for building brand ambassadors from within and outside your organization. So, what is your blog strategy for 2011?” – Angele Beausoleil, DMO Editor-in-Chief, VP Strategy and Innovation, Dare 38
  • 39. DMO Key Findings key finding Digital Agencies Too Low on List as Trends Source for Marketers 8 39
  • 40. DMO Key Findings Traditional Print Media and Blogs Inform Marketers How do you learn about emerging digital marketing technology and trends? (select all that apply) Marketers rely on a number of sources for emerging technologies and trends for digital: industry publications and marketing blogs are the most popular. Sources for Emerging Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Technologies and Trends Industry publications 69% 83% 77% Marketing blogs 61% 83% 76% Marketing peers 56% 65% 64% Conferences 58% 60% 56% Industry analysts reports 50% 62% 56% Digital agency partners 42% 63% 43% Top-selling books 24% 24% 24% Other 4% 5% 5% None of the above 3% 0% 1% “Marketers looking to their digital agency partners last as compared other channels is an indication of the shear amount of emerging technologies being created as well as the diversity of sources creating them. Marketers no longer need to wait on their agency to get an education on what’s new and possible. It’s not enough for agencies to simply be knowledgeable of the trends, they need to strive to be owners of innovation while developing solutions for their client’s business problems. As a partner, agencies should think of themselves as trusted thought-leaders whom marketers trust for strategic information. Agencies need multi-tiered communication strategies for sharing work and ideas. These strategies need to range from daily messaging through social channels as well as messaging through quarterly newsletters and annual marketing projections for the next year. Unless agencies can play a role in the sharing of new ideas they can’t be considered for the execution of ideas.” – Charles Duncan, DMO Section Editor, Director of Technology, IQ “For digital agency partners to move up this list they need to gain a stronger voice/direct relationship with the marketer/client. I believe these numbers may be skewed a bit as many of the creative ideas relative to emerging trends and technology are still born out of a creative idea and in many cases presented by a traditional creative agency of record. Often times without the digital agency getting a voice in the process. It is my belief that true digital agencies start with the business objective, then the best technology or medium to achieve that objective and then finally the creative presentation. This is a shift to the traditional creative process. The more prominence or further “up-stream” a digital agency can be included will increase the ability to inform and enhance a creative idea. I also think digital agencies should push their ability to facilitate and generate dialogue within their clients’ organizations through a formalized blog or ideation process that pushes thinking relative to digital marketing and its ability to map to consumer behavior.” – Scott McLaren, Global Digital Marketing, CRM and Web Operations, General Motors 40
  • 41. Additional Insight Jeff Jarrett, Global Director Digital Marketing, Kimberly-Clark The survey provides a great lens into strategic priorities across the digital landscape. Several themes jump out: 1. Increasing investments in social and earned media are forcing new planning models and organizational structures to manage these investments properly. Clients are experimenting with various models but haven’t yet cracked the code. 2. Digital measurement, especially in social media and mobile, will drive future investment shifts. While engagement metrics are getting better, it is still an area ripe for development. 3. Clients are increasingly hungry for digital thought leadership—this is both an opportunity and a warning to digital agencies to start leading strategically, or clients will find it elsewhere. Patrice Dermody, Vice President, Media, Digital and Social Networking, Sears Holdings Corporation The forces at work in the digital marketplace are the result of shifting consumer dynamics, a still fragile economy, and the movement of both traditional and digital agencies to a different center. The same is true for marketers—some of whom have moved from being wary of digital, to knowing they need to do something in the space, to understanding that digital technology is changing almost everything that they have ever known about how to reach and motivate their target prospects. It is no surprise that the majority of marketers are planning to increase their investment in digital, especially as they get more and more comfortable with online video. What marketers haven’t admitted to yet, is that they still harbor hopes of digital and social being able to lower the cost of their overall marketing investments. This is the reason why 67% plan to increase their investment in the social and unpaid channels. Veteran marketers, held hostage for years by the broadcast content creators, hold on to the hope that digital media (not necessarily digital technology) can be a more efficient way to target their best customers, finally reducing their dependence on mass media. 41
  • 42. Detailed Findings detailed 201 findings 1 42
  • 43. Detailed Findings Digital as a Portion of Marketing 3% 7% % 16 6% 17 % Budget: By Segment 21% 3% 6 23% 26% What percentage of your overall 2010 marketing budget is invested in digital channels? 17% - Fully 47% of agencies spend at least half of their budget on digital. - For brand marketers, the proportion is significantly less—only 26% of respondents in this group spend half or more of their marketing budget on digital. Digital as a Portion of Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Marketing Budget 5% 0 – 9% 20% 12% 12% 6% 10 – 19% 20% 16% 11 12% % 20 – 29% 16% 11% 11% 15% 63% 30 – 39% 10% 10% 8% 40 – 49% 8% 4% 6% 50 – 59% 5% 7% 7% 60% or more 21% 40% 44% Marketers Plan To Increase Digital Work % Plans for Digital 54 Projects: 2011 15% 4% Compared to 2010, are you projecting an increase or 26% decrease in the amount of digital projects your organization will undertake in 2011? Plans for Digital Projects: 2011 - In total, 80% of marketers plan to increase the volume 54% Slight increase 4% Slight decrease of digital projects in 2011. 26% Significant increase 1% Significant decrease - Only 5% are planning a decrease in their digital work 15% Same amount in the next year. 30 % 43 46% 3%
  • 44. Detailed Findings Planned Change in Digital: By Segment Compared to 2010, are you projecting an increase or decrease in the amount of digital projects your organization will undertake in 2011? Fully 86% of agencies, 83% of technologists/other roles, and 71% of brand marketers are looking to grow their number of digital projects for 2011. Technologists/ Digital as a Portion of Marketing Budget Brand Marketers Agencies Other We are projecting a significant decrease 3% 0% 0% We are projecting a slight decrease 7% 3% 3% We are projecting roughly the same amount 20% 10% 15% We are projecting a slight increase 55% 58% 49% We are projecting a significant increase 16% 28% 34% 44
  • 45. Detailed Findings % % 54 54 Digital Headcount Growth Will Continue through 2011 15% 15% In 2010, how has your organization’s headcount changed in the areas that support digital marketing 4% 4% 26% 26% and/or communications initiatives? Thinking about 2011, how do you expect your organization’s headcount to change in the areas that support digital marketing and/or communications initiatives? 8% 8% % % 30 30 34% 34% 57% 57% % % 68 68 Headcount: 2010 Plans for Headcount: 2011 57% Increase 68% Increase 34% Stayed the same 30% Stayed the same 8% Decrease 1% Decrease % % 26 26 % % 72 72 45
  • 46. Detailed Findings Changes in Digital Headcount: By Segment In 2010, how has your organization’s headcount changed in the areas that support digital marketing and/or communications initiatives? Thinking about 2011, how do you expect your organization’s headcount to change in the areas that support digital marketing and/or communications initiatives? Agencies, in particular, saw headcount supporting digital efforts grow in 2010 and expect the growth to continue. Changes in Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Headcount: 2010 Decreased 11% 6% 8% Stayed the same 47% 19% 39% Increased 42% 75% 53% Changes in Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Headcount: 2011 Plans Decreased 4% 0% 0% Stayed the same 43% 13% 37% Increased 54% 86% 63% 46
  • 47. Detailed Findings Social Media Strategy Is the HOT Skill Set Marketers Are Hiring This Year Which of the following digital marketing skill sets, if any, will you look to acquire in 2011? (select all that apply) Headcount Growth: Hire Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Social media marketing 31% 50% 34% Website design & dev. 18% 52% 32% Research & strategic planning 27% 42% 32% Digital advertising creative dev. 16% 55% 29% Social community site mgmt. 19% 49% 32% Digital brand mgmt./measurement 24% 50% 23% Social media monitoring 22% 39% 22% Blog writing & editing 19% 36% 25% Mobile application dev. 13% 37% 25% Video production 11% 24% 14% Website hosting & maintenance 10% 13% 11% Other 3% 4% 3% None of the above 2% 2% 1% 47
  • 48. Detailed Findings Marketers Plan to Outsource Mobile Resources Which of the following digital marketing skill sets, if any, will you look to acquire in 2011? Rather than hire full-time headcount, marketers will look outside of their organizations for mobile–focused, video production, and site hosting roles. Headcount Growth: Outsource Brand Marketers Agencies Technologists/Other Mobile application dev. 20% 38% 26% Video production 21% 37% 26% Website hosting & maintenance 18% 38% 24% Social media monitoring 15% 23% 18% Blog writing & editing 16% 22% 15% Website design & development 21% 15% 13% Digital adv. creative dev. 19% 7% 13% Social community site mgmt. 8% 14% 13% Digital brand mgmt./measurement 9% 9% 14% Social media marketing 10% 7% 10% Research & strategic planning 7% 6% 9% Other 0% 2% 2% None of the above 1% 1% 1% 48