The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media

In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context.

We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For the first time in history, ordinary people around the world have the ability to create, distribute, and consume content instantly, from anywhere, using connected devices. The massive increase in media "noise" created by these consumers and devices creates an entirely new situation that makes conventional marketing models obsolete. And yet countless companies and marketing organizations continue to rely on traditional models, assuming that their "campaigns" will sway customers. They couldn't be more wrong.

In this provocative and practical book, Salesforce marketing maven Mathew Sweezey boldly outlines this new "infinite media" environment and poses a profound question: In a transformed world where customers shape their own experience, what is the key to breaking through and motivating them to buy? It is context--the close linkage between an individual's immediate desires and the experiences a brand creates to fulfill them. Drawing on new research and new insights into current consumer psychology, Sweezey defines the five key elements of context. Customer experiences must be:

  • Available: Helping people achieve the value they seek in the moment
  • Permissioned: Giving people what they've asked for, on their terms
  • Personal: Going beyond how personal it is to how personally you can deliver it
  • Authentic: Combining voice, empathy, and brand congruence simultaneously
  • Purposeful: Creating a deeper connection to the brand, beyond the product

Sweezey uses vivid examples to highlight a new marketing model used by high-performing brands big and small. The final part of the book shifts to execution, providing a new rule book for context-based marketing.

The Context Marketing Revolution will change forever how you think about the purpose and practice of marketing.

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The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media

In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context.

We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For the first time in history, ordinary people around the world have the ability to create, distribute, and consume content instantly, from anywhere, using connected devices. The massive increase in media "noise" created by these consumers and devices creates an entirely new situation that makes conventional marketing models obsolete. And yet countless companies and marketing organizations continue to rely on traditional models, assuming that their "campaigns" will sway customers. They couldn't be more wrong.

In this provocative and practical book, Salesforce marketing maven Mathew Sweezey boldly outlines this new "infinite media" environment and poses a profound question: In a transformed world where customers shape their own experience, what is the key to breaking through and motivating them to buy? It is context--the close linkage between an individual's immediate desires and the experiences a brand creates to fulfill them. Drawing on new research and new insights into current consumer psychology, Sweezey defines the five key elements of context. Customer experiences must be:

  • Available: Helping people achieve the value they seek in the moment
  • Permissioned: Giving people what they've asked for, on their terms
  • Personal: Going beyond how personal it is to how personally you can deliver it
  • Authentic: Combining voice, empathy, and brand congruence simultaneously
  • Purposeful: Creating a deeper connection to the brand, beyond the product

Sweezey uses vivid examples to highlight a new marketing model used by high-performing brands big and small. The final part of the book shifts to execution, providing a new rule book for context-based marketing.

The Context Marketing Revolution will change forever how you think about the purpose and practice of marketing.

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The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media

The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media

by Mathew Sweezey
The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media

The Context Marketing Revolution: How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media

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Overview

In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context.

We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For the first time in history, ordinary people around the world have the ability to create, distribute, and consume content instantly, from anywhere, using connected devices. The massive increase in media "noise" created by these consumers and devices creates an entirely new situation that makes conventional marketing models obsolete. And yet countless companies and marketing organizations continue to rely on traditional models, assuming that their "campaigns" will sway customers. They couldn't be more wrong.

In this provocative and practical book, Salesforce marketing maven Mathew Sweezey boldly outlines this new "infinite media" environment and poses a profound question: In a transformed world where customers shape their own experience, what is the key to breaking through and motivating them to buy? It is context--the close linkage between an individual's immediate desires and the experiences a brand creates to fulfill them. Drawing on new research and new insights into current consumer psychology, Sweezey defines the five key elements of context. Customer experiences must be:

  • Available: Helping people achieve the value they seek in the moment
  • Permissioned: Giving people what they've asked for, on their terms
  • Personal: Going beyond how personal it is to how personally you can deliver it
  • Authentic: Combining voice, empathy, and brand congruence simultaneously
  • Purposeful: Creating a deeper connection to the brand, beyond the product

Sweezey uses vivid examples to highlight a new marketing model used by high-performing brands big and small. The final part of the book shifts to execution, providing a new rule book for context-based marketing.

The Context Marketing Revolution will change forever how you think about the purpose and practice of marketing.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781633694033
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 03/24/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

Mathew Sweezey is Principal of Marketing Insights for Salesforce. A researcher, thinker, award-winning marketer, and writer, his work has appeared in leading publications such as AdAge, Forbes, Brand Quarterly, The Economist, and The Observer. He is the author of Marketing Automation for Dummies. He keynotes at conferences around the world and routinely works with the world’s largest and most well-respected brands, including UPS, Home Depot, AT&T, and Dell.

You can find Matthew Sweezey at:
mathewsweezey.com
Twitter: twitter.com/msweezey
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mathewsweezey/

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Why Context Is King

Part 1 How Infinite Media Has Transformed Your Business Forever

1 Three Keys to the Context Marketing Revolution 21

2 New Consumer, New Consumer Journey 39

Part 2 How Context Works in Marketing

3 The Context Framework 61

Breaking Through the Noise

4 Available 71

Helping People Achieve the Value They Seek in the Moment

5 Permissioned 87

Coordinating with Individuals to Give Them What They've Asked for, on Their Terms

6 Personal 99

Going Beyond How Personal the Experience Is to How Personally You Can Deliver It

7 Authentic 113

Combining Voice, Empathy, and Channel Congruence Simultaneously

8 Purposeful 125

Creating a Deeper Connection to the Brand beyond the Product

Part 3 How to Market Brands in the Infinite Media Era

9 Shifting from Campaigns to Customer Journeys 139

10 Triggers along the Journey 151

11 Using Automation to Guide Journeys 171

12 Faster, Better 193

Building Agile Processes into the Journey

13 A New Business Model for the Context Marketing Revolution 209

14 The First Step, and Final Thoughts 227

Notes 233

Acknowledgments 241

Index 243

About the Author 259

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