Marketing technology continues to grow as a dynamic hybrid discipline that is highly relevant to the building materials industry. As a niche industry that nonetheless moves billions of dollars every year, successful companies in building materials must take advantage of the new marketing technique that technology provides.
You can bet that new MarTech trends will lead the industry down some very interesting pathways in the future. Here are some of the trends that you should be aware of;
Improved MarTech Applications
Marketing technology is no longer a novel buzzword to insiders – tools including multichannel attribution, view-ability measurement, demand side platform, cross device tracking and programmatic TV are now actively being studied by marketers who are in the know. It is definitely to the advantage of your marketing to identify the MarTech strategies that are most relevant to your business and drill down into their applications very soon.
Precision Prospect Hunting
Modern CRM and marketing automation systems now come equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning capabilities and predictive analysis functions. As long as the data input to the system is valid and properly scaled, pinning down new prospects will be easier than ever. These prospects will not be random; rather, the systems will identify and even tier prospects by their past behavior patterns and ability to purchase. Armed with this kind of tool, the savvy marketer will be able to take full advantage of buying signals specific to an individual prospect or trends from general news sources.
Increased Social Outreach
Marketers face a consistently stricter environment in terms of outreach through mass channels, most notably email. This is especially true for materials companies who are doing business overseas, as the EU and Canada are beginning to crack down on solicitations of all kinds. MarTech improves a company’s ability to employ inbound marketing, content marketing and social marketing for outreach. Organic techniques will soon dominate the landscape, and MarTech will lead the way.
Holistic Attribution Across the Customer Life Cycle
Quantifying both offline and online aspects of a marketing campaign is much easier with the current generation of MarTech. Even using managing multiple channels, MarTech experts will be able to watch prospects through the entire sales funnel, considering attribution throughout the total time frame. Marketers will be able to compute ROI holistically, determining the impact of each step for future analysis and improvements.
Higher Budgets for MarTech
You can expect your competition to continue directing funds towards MarTech in the future. CMOs love the overlap between marketing and tech. They were raised on it, and the proliferation of data creates more opportunities for programmatic buying in media. MarTech allows for the cultivation of big data, and the companies that apply it sooner will take hold of a strong competitive advantage in the marketplace.
If you have been toying with the idea of employing MarTech as a priority in your marketing, now is the time to make it happen. Money is moving into the discipline with an increased vigor, and you do not want to be the last one in the field. Building materials is a small community that requires a great deal of detail. People will not forget how you treat them, and the right technology helps you connect in a more personal way.
