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2024年9月16日
You're facing pushback on cost-saving measures in marketing operations. How can you get your team on board?
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Implementing cost-saving measures in marketing can be challenging, but getting your team on board is crucial. To navigate this challenge:
- **Explain the 'Why'**: Clearly articulate the reasons behind cost reductions and how they'll benefit the company long-term.
- **Involve the Team**: Encourage input and ideas from team members on where to cut costs, making them part of the solution.
- **Highlight Successes**: Share examples of successful cost-saving initiatives, internally or from other companies, to inspire confidence.
How have you convinced your team to embrace financial prudence? Share your strategies.
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The first thing to remember is that not everything is about the budget. This might make the CFO happy, but to get your team on board, you need to consider all the stakeholders involved. Resistance to change can come from many places: the learning curve of new processes, how easy or hard it is to implement changes, perceived risks, the time it takes to adjust, personal resource constraints, and the perceived advantages (or disadvantages). If you address all these concerns, then cost might not even be your top priority anymore because it resonates least with the teams in marketing operations: marketing, sales, and customer service, with the product and tech teams watching closely.
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See it as a chance to do tailored marketing. Marketing with very small budgets is where you get creative and learn about effective marketing activities! If there is a clear "why" and reasoning behind the cost savings, it should be possible to understand: your personal desires should never be more important than the vision of your company.
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Overcoming Pushback on Cost-Saving Measures Communicate the bigger picture. Provide data-driven evidence. Involve the team in decision-making. Offer training and support. Highlight the benefits for the team.
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