How brands can close the marketing skills gap
Brands need to address the missing skills in marketing departments by focusing on core abilities, offering training and adapting quickly to change.
Brands need to address the missing skills in marketing departments by focusing on core abilities, offering training and adapting quickly to change.
As part of Marketing Week’s big debate on whether marketing ‘experts’ need formal training in marketing, we asked three CMOs and business leaders where they stand when hiring.
Following the uproar caused by Marketing Week columnist Mark Ritson’s assertion that all marketing experts should have a formal qualification in marketing, senior marketers on both sides of the argument debate the hotly contested issue.
In a period of post-Brexit uncertainty and potential recruitment freezes, marketers will need to embrace upskilling to maintain a competitive advantage.
CEO Chris Kempczinski has praised the role of marketing in boosting McDonald’s brand strength.
While marketers working in consumers electronics command the highest wages, their peers in the charity/not-for-profit sector bring home the smallest average salary, according to the 2023 Career and Salary Survey.
Cross-selling, upselling and even down-selling can be highly effective techniques, but the basics are not always well understood by marketers.
Tom Fishburne is founder of Marketoon Studios. Follow his work at marketoonist.com or on Twitter @tomfishburne See more of the Marketoonist here