Rise of the Platform Marketer

The Rise of the Platform Marketer helps you leverage the "always-on" consumer to deliver more personalized engagements across media, channels, and devices. By managing these interactions at scale throughout the customer lifecycle, you can optimize the value of your customers and segments through strategic use of Connected CRM (cCRM). This book shows you how to take advantage of the massive growth and proliferation of social and other digital media, with clear strategy for developing the new capabilities, tools, metrics, and processes essential in the age of platform marketing. Coverage includes identity management, audience management, consumer privacy and compliance, media and channel optimization, measurement and attribution, experience design, and integrated technology, plus a discussion on how the company as a whole must evolve to keep pace with marketing's increasingly rapid evolution and capabilities.

The expansion of digital platforms has created addressability opportunity through search, video, display, and social media, offering today's foremost opportunity for competitive advantage. This book outlines the capabilities and perspective required to reap the rewards, helping you shift your strategy to align with the demands and expectations of the modern consumer.

• Develop the tools, metrics, and processes necessary to engage the modern consumer
• Gain a deep understanding of Connected Customer Relationship Management
• Leverage trends in technology and analytics to create targeted messages
• Adjust your company's structure and operations to align with new capabilities

The new era of marketing requires thorough understanding of cCRM, along with the knowledge and innovative forethought to thrive in the ever-expanding digital audience platform environment. The Rise of the Platform Marketer gives you an edge, and helps you clear a path to full implementation.

CRAIG DEMPSTER is Executive Vice President and Digital Agency Group Leader for Merkle. He has been a member of the company’s executive team for nearly a decade and currently leads the team responsible for delivering integrated performance media agency services across search, display, social, mobile, email, web development, user experience, and creative services. For the past four years, Craig has also led Merkle’s corporate development, steering the strategic acquisitions that have solidified the company’s position as a revered performance marketing agency. Previously, Craig served as Merkle’s chief marketing officer and also as vice president of the content solutions group. Prior to joining Merkle, Craig held a number of executive positions at Experian Marketing Services. Craig holds a political science degree from Hofstra University and lives in Ridgefield, CT.

JOHN LEE is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Merkle, responsible for the agency’s growth strategy and the development of products and solutions across industries. John is also a strategic advisor to many Fortune 500 clients. Since joining Merkle in 2008, John has served in a number of leadership roles, including management of the company’s Healthcare, Life Sciences, Wealth Management, Travel, Media, and Entertainment industry practices. In addition to his duties as CSO, John currently oversees Merkle’s Insurance practice. Prior to Merkle, John played executive roles in Liberty Mutual’s Personal Markets division and was a member of CapGemini’s CRM Strategy practice. John began his agency career with Young and Rubicam, Rapp Collins, and iXL/Razorfish. He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and lives in Wellesley, MA.

Both John and Craig are frequent conference speakers and contributors to industry publications including Advertising Age, AdExchanger, DM News, Target Marketing, and AdWeek.