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Five Strategies for Navigating the New Corporate Landscape
- October 24th, 2009
- Crandell's Corner
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Those who hold the Chief Marketing Officer, or CMO, title also carry a dubious distinction: They occupy the C-level executive post with the shortest tenure. To a great extent, the position’s limited life span results from the fact that what was once primarily a circumscribed branding function has ballooned into a diversified strategic and operational role. In addition to traditional market planning and communications, today’s CMOs are often responsible for sales management, product development, channel management, public relations, market research, and customer service -- a broad assortment of specialties, some of which used to report into other areas of the organization.....