Digital Food Chain Theory; Digital Bridges Into A Physical World

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Food Chain TheoryHowever, Physical Operators have begun to deploy
Five Rules to Unlock the Digital World, by Lawrencedigital solutions with significant successes.
Bergenfield- Consumer focused ‘push' solutions offering
Monday, February 1, 2010 (Revisited from 2008)coupons have seen redemptions significantly greater
Rule #1- Pay Attention to the ‘Tranquilthan traditional print coupons.
Obviousness' * Peter Drucker- Interactive ‘push/ pull' solutions like video rewards;
Digital Advertising Time & Resources are primarilyoffer an inducement for participation and provide a
focused on ‘Push' (one-way communications)means that the consumer earns coupons with each
advertisements.video they choose to view. This platform has
Fundamentally, today, monetization is derived via costsexperienced similarly high redemptions, drove
associated from pay per clicks, conversions,incremental sales and extends and enhances loyalty
impressions, time and actions.The high success rates validate rapid consumer
Physical World Business Operators  (such asadoption of and for Interconnected Digital Solutions that
Retailers) will enable clear measurement of Digitalextend and enhance value;
Advertising expenditures at point of consumption/ pointDigital Solution features and functionalities that capture,
of purchase. This will establish a game-changingconnect & optimize traditional data to individual
paradigm (‘food chain') shift.such as localizing data will create a new set of
Physical World Business Operators Deployment ofefficiencies around merchandising, loyalty, faster
closed-loop ‘opt in' solutions are the key to enablingsegmenting, indexing, and more targeted re-marketing
measurement, segmenting, indexing and remarketing.opportunities.
Rule #2- Recognize the Substantive and SustainableThe end effect will provide a greater benefit to all
‘Controlling Forces' in the value chainparties as coop dollars extend/ convert into digital
Who has the greatest clout to impact the value chain?dimensions
Are eyeballs, click or view through rates, and timeRule # 5- ‘It's a Journey' evolution does create
spent more important than measureable outcomes orrevolution
purchases at the electronic point of sale?NEAR: Physical World Business Operators
Many of the largest physically located businessesImplementation of Consumer Facing Hyperlocalization
operators (such as retailers) are also the largestwill enable personalized content offers, plus significantly
buyers of there vendors products and services;provide a superior means to measure trends, and
These same vendors also happen to have some ofeffectively manage and market inventory;
the largest global digital advertising budgets;CORE: Through Digital Solutions New Efficiencies and
- Is it more important for P & G to advertise onAssociated Return on Investments will establish a path
Google. Yahoo, Bing OR through a Retailers Digitaltowards extending, enhancing, and interconnecting the
Solution like CVS… who happens to be a top 5 globalenterprise marketing and advertising platforms with
outlets for the sale of P & G's products and couldinterconnected metrics.
enable measurability at point of sale?IN-SIGHT: Ongoing successes and rapid consumer
The future will illustrate that Physical World Businessadoption will accelerate ‘TIPPING POINTS' for all
Operators will use their purchasing clout to exploitthe below layered with "predictive analytics":
these very same digital advertising budgets;- Loyalty Shift (from Household to Individual)
The choice is clear: Digital Advertising Dollars captured/- Mobile payments
measured at the point of outcome/ electronic point of- Digital Signage
sale OR continue with yesteryears push style- Convergence
advertisements via Google, Yahoo, or Bing?Why building Digital Bridges into the Physical World is
Rule # 3- Influence ‘The Pawn's' Next MoveImportant Today
Digital Advertising Agencies may appear as theToday, the consumer is the final arbiter and thus,
supporting actors to Physical World Businesstoday's tipping point for whatever, whenever, and
Operators who endeavor to optimize digital advertisinghowever; communication and or content is consumed.
monies & exposure;The consumer is adopting new technology platforms
However, traditional Digital Agency roles andat annual speeds in just 90 days compared to the last
responsibilities will be forced into managed servicedecade.
(SaaS) business models for survival.Marketing, advertising, and promotion can no longer be
This will also include aggregation of technology solutionpassive one-way conversations.
providers that enable a focus and measurable meansInteractive digital advertising will provide the consumer
to decrease customer acquisition costs while providingvaluable, relevant, and hyper-localized content based
rich data around: registrations, push/ pull featureon established preferences and future predictive
functionalities, and superior segment and indexationanalytics.
capabilities;Ultimately, the entire value chain will monetize these
The Digital Advertising Agencies that adopt SaaScommunications through decreasing customer
models will have a strategic and tactical edge inacquisition costs, while increasing basket sizes, spends,
leveraging enormous value.& trip frequencies. However, the ability to capture
Accelerating and extending 360-degree consumerincremental sales will define the inflectionary growth
facing solution adoption will benefit the entire valuepoint(s).
chain, provoke these agencies to have new, more