Esther-Mireya Tejeda, CMO of Anywhere Real Estate: Emographics, Not Demographics
Jan 10, 2024
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Esther-Mireya Tejeda, CMO of Anywhere Real Estate talks about the emerging neuroscience-backed framework called emographics, which explains why people do what they do. She discusses the importance of understanding unconscious personas, alongside demographics and psychographics, for a better understanding of customers. Topics also include simplifying the home-buying experience, the era of personalized campaigns, and how brands can respond to widespread distrust.
Understanding the unconscious emotional drivers of individuals leads to a comprehensive understanding of their preferences and behaviors.
Marketers need to think of themselves as business leaders and align their strategies with the overall business goals.
Combining demographic and psychographic data with insights into customers' unconscious emotional drivers enables personalized and targeted marketing campaigns.
Deep dives
Unconscious emotional constitution drives choices
The podcast discusses how our unconscious emotional constitution influences the things we like, the choices we make, and the actions we take. Understanding this hidden aspect of ourselves leads to a 360-degree understanding of an individual.
The importance of thinking like a business leader
The podcast emphasizes that marketers should think of themselves as business leaders rather than just marketers. It is crucial to align marketing strategies with the overall business strategy and understand the impact of decisions on the bottom line.
Harnessing neuroscience for customer insights
The podcast explores the use of neuroscience-based emographics for understanding customer behavior and preferences. By combining demographic and psychographic data with insights into customers' unconscious emotional drivers, marketers can personalize experiences and target customers more effectively.
Collaboration and interdependence in the C-suite
The podcast highlights the need for collaboration and interdependence in the C-suite. As senior executives, individuals must work together, align decisions, and consider the best interests of the entire organization rather than making unilateral decisions.
The importance of culture and self-reflection
The podcast emphasizes the significance of building a positive culture, developing soft skills, and engaging in self-reflection as a leader. Creating a healthy work environment and maintaining a work-life balance are essential for successful leadership and long-term career growth.
To connect with their customers, companies have to understand them. But current approaches just don't work, says Anywhere Real Estate CMO Esther-Mireya Tejeda.
Breaking those customers into demographic groups obscures important differences, and psychographic profiles are not easily targetable. The missing link is an emerging neuroscience-backed framework called emographics, which explains why people do what they do.
"The majority of human behavior upwards of 95 percent is actually emotionally driven by the unconscious," Tejeda says. "The closer we get to actually understanding that unconscious persona — and we marry that data set with the demographics and the psychographics — now we're talking about a truly 360 robust understanding of that person. Now we can understand what makes that person tick. Now we can start building personalized, targeted, precise campaigns."
Today on Building Better CMOs, Esther-Mireya talks with MMA Global CEO Greg Stuart about why no one is "just" a marketer, the irreplaceable human element in real estate, and why the era of "one size fits all" marketing is over. Plus: How technology is simplifying the home-buying experience, and how brands can respond to an era of widespread distrust.