Adobe Digital Roadblock Infographic

DIGITAL ROADBLOCK:
Marketers struggle to reinvent themselves.
European marketers expect their roles to change
quickly — but face obstacles to reinvention.
68% of European marketers state that marketing has
changed more in the last two years than in the previous 50.
54%
Will your role
change in the next
12 months?
Yes
75%
Will your role
change in the next
3 years?
73 %
Yes
26 %
25 %
73% of respondents believe
marketers need to reinvent
themselves to succeed
But European marketers are 25%
less likely than US marketers to
want to redefine their own role
And only 26% of European
marketers hope to take more risks
in the coming year
Digital performance is lagging.
Customer Response
Management
PERFORMANCE
POINT GAP
IMPORTANCE
IMPORTANCE
PERFORMANCE
IMPORTANCE
Personalization and
Targeting
21
POINT GAP
PERFORMANCE
POINT GAP
POINT GAP
PERFORMANCE
22
IMPORTANCE
24
24
Marketing
Measurement
Content
Management
Gap between perceived importance and how well companies are performing
European companies are doing significantly
more digital marketing than last year.
55%
48%
46%
45%
44%
Social marketingcreating communities
on social media
Direct customer
engagement
through email
Digital
data analytics
Reorganizing
marketing
department functions
Creating
mobile apps &
campaigns
% of companies doing above activities more than last year
Digital-based initiatives are critical for the coming year.
71%
66%
PERSONALIZATION
67%
65%
OMNI-CHANNEL
62%
DIGITAL ASSET
MANAGEMENT
61%
61%
MEDIA MIX
PLANNING
59%
SOCIAL
BIG DATA
REAL-TIME
MOBILE
% of European marketers who see the above areas as priorities
European companies need to empower their employees
to embrace marketing reinvention.
Key obstacles cited by European marketers:
30%
Lack of training
in new skills
30%
Company resistance to
trying new programs
30%
Confusion over roles
& responsibilities
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Survey of marketers of more than 350 marketing professionals in the UK, Germany, France conducted April 11-25, 2014