1. Introduction Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, an increasing number of organisations is ordering their workforces to work from home for the foreseeable future, meaning many businesses and teams are facing new and unprecedented challenges. Econsultancy has created this Best Practice Guide to provide marketers with the essential techniques to empower successful and powerful remote […]
1. Introduction Modern marketing requires new skills for the digital age. As new technologies and channels have emerged and digital transformation has become a priority for organisations across all locations, sizes and industries, the demand for expertise in the likes of data, analytics, customer experience, content and personalisation has increased. With this demand often outstripping […]
1. Introduction The question of how leadership is changing in a digitally empowered world is a consistent theme in subscriber feedback and the digital transformation work that Econsultancy does with clients. 2015 saw the publication of Econsultancy’s initial research and report into Effective Leadership in the Digital Age, which was designed to provide insight into […]
Introduction Many marketing leaders have been forced to rethink the structure of their marketing teams in order to take advantage of the new capabilities and tools that are available to the modern marketer. Many have also done so as a result of changes in the wider business landscape. In response to these changes, Econsultancy has […]
This report will identify the key issues, challenges and opportunities around the evolving skills of modern marketers in response to the rapidly changing digital marketing and media environment.
It expands on Econsultancy’s Modern Marketing Model (M3) by examining the key skills required to be successful in marketing organisations.
It is based on a series of in-depth interviews with marketing leaders, a quantitative study of over 500 marketers and a review of the academic and professional literature related to marketing skills.
Introduction This guide summarises the key findings from Econsultancy’s Skills of the Modern Marketer report, which examines the changing marketing landscape and the key skills required to be successful in this environment. It outlines three of the most important areas for marketers to focus on – knowledge of marketing concepts, understanding of data as a […]
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is impacting every part of our lives, from the places we can go to the way we spend our time, to the priorities we have and the way we spend our money.
Econsultancy subscribers can watch our recent quarterly briefing on demand to learn from a panel of expert marketing leaders how mindset can transform your career and your organisation.
The latest phase of Econsultancy and Marketing Week’s ‘Marketing in a Crisis’ research has revealed that Covid-19 has spurred on organisations to prioritise learning resources for remote employees.
Rory O’Connor is the founder and CEO of Scurri, a provider of software that connects and optimises the ecommerce ordering, shipping, and delivery process. Econsultancy caught up with him to find out his view on the long-term trends affecting retail, how retailers have been adapting to the pandemic, and what advice he would give to young junior professionals just entering the industry.
The uncertainty surrounding revenue and future planning caused by the coronavirus pandemic has caused most businesses to put a freeze on recruiting new hires, with many companies going so far as to furlough employees who had recently joined or who were due to take up new roles in the midst of the crisis.
