Recently in Techcrunch, Anji Ismail (@anjismail) dicusses how the sharing economy will impact marketing. Specifcally, Ismail notes:
- More effective marketing. Marketing campaigns performed by curated teams of experts who possess the necessary skills as well as a genuine interest in a particular industry, promise to be more effective.
- More creativity. Crowdsourcing is being used by big brands to generate new ideas, logos and even products.
- Advanced scalability. Marketing through a collaborative economy platform makes it possible to run several marketing campaigns in different countries simultaneously.
- Cost effectiveness. There is no need to pay project managers, marketing coordinators and other staff for supervision.
- Control of marketing campaigns. The sharing economy enables businesses to have 24/7 access to marketing campaigns: It’s easy to track progress and adjust the parameters and cost of a campaign, which is nearly impossible to do in traditional marketing agencies.