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New Research Cites Rise of the "Enterprise Marketing Technologist"

The Real Story Group critically evaluates 18 digital marketing technology vendors

Boston / London, July 17, 2012 -- The growing sophistication of digital marketing toolsets is driving a greater need for "Enterprise Marketing Technologists" -- specialists who can bridge the traditionally quite separate worlds of marketing and information technology, according to new research released today by independent analyst firm, The Real Story Group.

RSG's Digital Marketing Technology research critically evaluates 18 major vendors, including Adobe, Aprimo, Eloqua, ExactTarget, IBM, Marketo, Salesforce, SDL, Silverpop, and Sysomos.

The growing sophistication of digital marketing platforms requires marketing and IT teams to work more closely together to exploit these tools' full value:

  • A desire for richer landing pages and website integration is requiring more developer intercession
  • Effective CRM integration is becoming more complicated with richer datasets across diverse repositories
  • Conflicting reports from different social media monitoring platforms are compelling customers to scrutinize vendors' "black-box" interpretation methods 
  • Spiking mobile usage is driving demand for more advanced customization skills within these tools

"Marketing teams of the future will embrace technology, rather than follow a 'somebody-else's-problem' approach," argues RSG Senior Analyst, Irina Guseva. "Most digital marketing tools are cloud-based and can be purchased without IT input, but marketing leaders eschew that input at their peril," she adds.

"IT teams need to better understand the intense pressures and accelerated rhythms within marketing groups," notes RSG Senior Analyst, Apoorv Durga. "We're seeing successful enterprises embrace the role of 'marketing technologists' -- specialists dedicated to supporting the rapidly evolving and increasingly data-intensive requirements of enterprise digital marketing teams."

RSG's 225-page Digital Marketing Technology evaluation research is available via a range of subscription packages.

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Real Story Group is a uniquely “buy side” analyst firm, working solely for MarTech platform buyers and never for vendors.

RSG provides research and advisory services to help customers optimize their MarTech stacks. RSG evaluates Web Content & Experience Management, Digital Asset Management, Customer Data Platforms, AI for Marketing, Omnichannel Content Platforms, Journey Orchestration Engines, Email and Marketing Automation, Marketing Attribution, Ecommerce, and Personalization Platforms.