Learn about the benefits of adopting a full funnel marketing strategy and how it provides a holistic view of marketing activities. Explore the concept of adopting a growth mindset in marketing and redefining it as a revenue driver. Discover the challenges of full funnel marketing and the rise of commerce media. Understand the difficulties of deploying commerce media for large organizations like Amazon and how CMOs can defend against budget cuts. The importance of common purpose and goals within a team for achieving impact is also discussed.
CMOs should adopt an investor mindset in marketing by rigorously evaluating spend and reinvesting in high-growth activities.
Full funnel marketing is essential as it combines brand building and performance marketing, requiring integrated measurement systems for better targeting and audience insights.
Deep dives
The Power of Full Funnel Marketing
Full funnel marketing is crucial for companies as it provides a more nuanced view of their marketing activities. By adopting a growth mindset and recasting marketing as a revenue driver, CMOs can set bolder aspirations for marketing. They need to approach marketing with a CFO or investor mindset, rigorously evaluating spend to maximize efficiency. Companies that double down on marketing during tough economic times often achieve above-market growth. By doubling down on branding and eliminating underperforming marketing investments, companies can outperform their competitors in times of uncertainty.
The Importance of an Investor Mindset
An investor mindset is crucial for CMOs as it requires rigorous evaluation of marketing spend. It involves identifying high-performing channels and allocating more resources to them while eliminating inefficient spend. This mindset helps CMOs allocate their budget effectively and identify areas for savings which can then be reinvested in new customer acquisition. By treating marketing as an investment portfolio, CMOs can achieve substantial savings and drive sustained high growth for their organizations.
The Value of Full Funnel Marketing and Commerce Media
Full funnel marketing is important as it takes a holistic approach to marketing, which includes both traditional brand building and performance marketing. It recognizes the value of both immediate ROI from performance marketing and the long-term impact of brand building. Implementing full funnel marketing requires an integrated measurement system to track the impact of mid and upper-funnel marketing activities. Additionally, commerce media is emerging as a paradigm shift in digital advertising, allowing targeted ads to be delivered directly to intentional shoppers. While implementing commerce media has its challenges, such as technology infrastructure and data privacy, it can greatly improve ad targeting and provide better audience insights for brands.
When times get tough, marketing budgets are among the first ones cut.But such cutbacks can be shortsighted. On this edition of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partner Kelsey Robinson chats with cohost and editorial director Roberta Fusaro about why chief marketing officers should instead be empowered to adopt an investor mindset—that is, focus on eliminating inefficient spending and reinvesting it in high-growth marketing activities. By taking a full-funnel approach to their marketing strategies, companies are more likely to weather any economic storm that may come their way.
Also, McKinsey senior partner Alok Kshirsagar talks about making a tough call on a high-profile project, from our Rookie Moment series.
The McKinsey Podcast is hosted by Roberta Fusaro and Lucia Rahilly.
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