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McKinsey: 5 Factors Driving a New Golden Age of Marketing

Sword and the Script

In context, the management consulting firm says advances in technology are propelling marketing into a new era that is reminiscent of Madison Avenue’s glory days. Mad Men may come to mind for culture, but what McKinsey says heralded that golden age was “a happy marriage of advertising and technology.”. Five Factors of a Golden Age.

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Stephen Waddington

Every aspect of an organisation is becoming social, from customer service to marketing; and from product development to sales. Global internet usage continues to grow at a steady 10% per year according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), reaching 46% of the global population. It’s that control thing again.