Marketing resource management

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Key concepts Distribution Pricing Retail Service Activation Brand licensing Brand management Co-creation Corporate identity Dominance Effectiveness Ethics Operations Promotion Research Segmentation Strategy Account-based marketing Digital marketing Product marketing Social marketing Influencer marketing Attribution
Promotional content Advertising Branding Corporate anniversary Direct marketing Loyalty marketing Mobile marketing On-hold messaging Personal selling Premiums Prizes Product placement Propaganda Publicity Sales promotion Sex in advertising Underwriting spot
Promotional media Behavioral targeting Brand ambassador Broadcasting Display advertising Drip marketing In-game advertising Mobile advertising Native advertising New media Online advertising Out-of-home advertising Point of sale Printing Product demonstration Promotional merchandise Publication Visual merchandising Web banner Word-of-mouth

Marketing resource management (MRM) provides the software infrastructure to support marketing operations management (MOM). Marketing operations management is the alignment of people, process and technology to support marketing activities and improve marketing effectiveness. The growing importance of an effective MRM strategy is reflected by the number of leading organizations which are following this path, with implementations of software provided by some of the leading technology vendors operating in this space. This growth is also reflected in the growing importance of the marketing operations role in organizations.

MRM generally refers to technology for the areas of planning, design and production within marketing and MRM solutions do not provide the analytics, decisioning and automated execution capabilities for personalized marketing across channels. MRM is a subset of Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) solutions which provide more complete capabilities for all of the functions and roles within the marketing.

What MRM is, What it is not

MRM platforms can be confused with "web-to-print" systems that house digital assets and send them to production with instructions. These platforms have been around since the mid 1990s and have changed slightly to integrate other features associated with print like direct mail fulfillment and list purchasing. MRM platforms are fully integrated Marketing Strategy Platforms for Businesses to Connect their Brand to Customer experience, simplifying the complicated reality of today's marketing world.

Brands also use these platforms to manage Market development funds for their affiliates.

See also

• Marketing operations management
• Enterprise marketing management