
AI won’t replace market research. But it will expose weak strategy
Much of the broader conversation around AI in market research assumes conditions that do not consistently exist across many African markets, writes Soyinka Witness.
DATA-DRIVEN MARKETING
By our News Team | 2022
Almost half of top marketers questioned in global study say that access to the right customer data is ‘hit or miss’.
More than 60% of marketers are only moderately confident, or worse, in their data, analytics and insights systems, while almost 50% say access to relevant customer data is hit or miss.
These are among the findings of a study on data-driven marketing conducted by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and GfK, an international market intelligence company.
The High-velocity Data Marketer report is based on a survey of over 300 marketing leaders globally. Additionally, the group conducted in-depth interviews with executives at various institutes.
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This new research examines the high-velocity data marketing maturity curve, including:
Among the key findings from the survey:
“CMOs around the world have entered a new era of high-velocity data marketing,” says Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director of the CMO Council.
“Many need to get better at extracting relevant data signals across channels, generating actionable insights, making insights available in real-time, and going deeper and more granular with customer insights.”
Adds Gonzalo Garcia Villanueva, CMO of GfK: “CMOs today need to manage hyper-targeted brands and messaging across thousands of potential touchpoints.
“Mastering this new landscape requires the best dashboards and data — yet our research shows that relatively few CMOs actually have the sophisticated insights and tools they need.
“Marketing leaders need to partner with CTOs, commercial leads and other key stakeholders to be sure that organisations have the high-velocity data and platforms they need to meet aggressive growth targets. CMOs are uniquely positioned to curate those insights, informing essential decisions through just the right combination of learnings,” concludes Villanueva.

Much of the broader conversation around AI in market research assumes conditions that do not consistently exist across many African markets, writes Soyinka Witness.

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