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By Allison Ritcey, Toronto Marketing Recruiter
So, you want to improve your career. Most marketers and professionals in the marketing field want to, as well – meaning that you potentially face stiff competition at each step in your career. However, there are others who want more than just a great title; they want to have an impact on business.
One thing that prevents marketers from reaching their full potential is that many believe they have minimal business impact. Why is this the case? Marketing has a huge impact on the success of organizations. Patrick Barwise, Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at the London Business School, recently examined this question on the econsultancy.com blog.
Barwise identified three main gaps or reasons why marketers are believed to have little business impact today:
1. Trust: The focal point of marketing campaigns is about the future – which may or may not work out, causing skepticism. Therefore, marketers will always be trusted less than those in finance and other areas that report and work based on real-time performance and results.
2. Power: Marketers don’t inherently have power. Before marketers can gain power, they need to earn the trust and support of their internal business partners.
3. Skills: Marketing continues to change at a blistering pace. With things changing so quickly, it’s virtually impossible to be an expert in all thing marketing, creating specializations within marketing.
To overcome these inherent barriers, Barwise suggests that marketers need to do the following to improve influence and have a greater impact internally:
If you want to have a greater business impact, regardless of your marketing role, you need to start thinking about things from a more holistic perspective and understand how your campaigns impact marketing and business as a whole.
Get more marketing career tips and advice from our marketing recruiters in Toronto. Check out these great blog posts:
How Marketers Can Protect Their Personal Brand During Career Changes
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Mark leads Canada’s largest Marketing Communications & Media recruitment practice. Leveraging close to two decades of industry experience in the Marketing Services and Agency businesses, he has been responsible for hiring, developing, and retaining top talent as Vice-President with companies such as Young & Rubicam, Wunderman, and J. Walter Thompson.
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