Top 3 factors that are the biggest challenge to marketers :

1) Growth of channel and device choices

2) Customer collaberation and influence

3) Financial constraints /ROI accountability

eMarketer’s core take away from this data is that marketers are challenged to keep pace with proliferation of mobile & social tech, and therefore need to work more closely with tech groups.

As a counterpoint I add the following thought:  the proliferation of channels, media, tech, etc… requires the development of transmedia marketers: storytellers, technical generalists (and sometimes specialists!) and community enablers.

Full article from eMarketer here:  http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009167&ecid=a6506033675d47f881651943c21c5ed4

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