12.09.2011 by Activeark
2015 Media & Marketing Manifesto
Digitalization has catalyzed tremendous change in our lifetime. And it continues to drive transformations that affect people and businesses globally. People have embraced the possibilities it offers and created platforms for many new forms of communication and collaboration. The Internet satisfies basic human needs for learning and exchange – and serving these needs has fueled the power of these media. The Internet has not changed us humans, but it has changed where and how we interact and seek information. We have clearly become a digital society.
Finding information online is simple. Finding the people or consumers you need to connect with is more challenging. Even more challenging is how to communicate with people that don’t know they need you. As the Internet increasingly filters content based on relevancy, marketing new ideas across these media becomes more challenging. What is the key to marketing in a virtual environment where users and search algorithms hold the power? We believe the key lies in offering meaningful products and services that touch people, create social equity and allow them to share and contribute.
However, today it’s not just the Internet a marketer needs to consider. You need to understand all media, and know your alternatives. Living as we do in the midst of change, the ability to make choices and take action is vital. Unless you understand all the touch points, how can you rationalize your decisions about where to communicate and what? You need to know more about people and about how people behave, and will behave, in the developing digital society. One thing is sure, though: soon the Internet will include all the world’s data. Uniqueness is what will then matter most, so focus on your value proposition, service, product or brand story, and make it stand out.
We believe things are evolving universally to a point where marketing communications and the product increasingly become one. This shows why the advertising industry needs to change: an agency that would serve our growing digital society cannot be built on old structures. This is an environment where the agency who understands media, consumer behavior and technology will master future creativity. And as the majority of all consumed media is expected to be digital by as soon as 2015, the creativity and productivity will be increasingly one thing: digital. Our aim is to be the agency for the digital society.