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The Diggintravel Podcast

Key Pillars of Modern Airline Digital Marketing [Learning from Former Chief Growth Officer at AirAsia]

Oct 4, 2023
Former Chief Growth Officer at AirAsia, Ravi Shankar Mallavarapu, discusses lessons learned in transforming AirAsia's digital marketing team. He also talks about his global branding campaign with Eric Cantona and the challenges of measuring its impact. The podcast also touches on the intersection of AI and marketing.
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Quick takeaways

  • Building a platform instead of a product and implementing an event-driven architecture are key pillars of modern airline digital marketing.
  • Having internal data science resources dedicated to digital marketing and an internal development team for enhanced agility are essential in creating a modern digital marketing environment.

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Ravi Malavarapu's Journey: From AirAsia to Carson

In this podcast episode, Ravi Malavarapu, former Chief Growth Officer at AirAsia and current CMO at Carson, shares insights from his transition into the role of CMO. He discusses the shift from AirAsia to AirAsia super app and the challenges of transforming the digital marketing team into a growth marketing unit. Ravi highlights the importance of building a platform instead of a product and implementing an event-driven architecture to capture accurate consumer behaviors. He also explores the opportunity for airlines to enhance their go-to-market speed and emphasizes the significance of marketing mix modeling in an increasingly complex marketing landscape.

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