Consumers demand immediacy – they want their chosen product/service promptly and they want brands to respond to their demands NOW! That means real-time marketing is essential. But how and when is it appropriate? Anthony Botibol has advice on speedy personal service.
Correctly analysing customer data is part of modern marketing strategy. But understanding marketing data and viewing it clearly is not always achievable. Author Steve Wexler explains how to simplify the task.
Whether B2B, B2C, Enterprise, SMB or a start-up, sports sponsorship is important to marketing strategy, says Ishveen Anand. Here, she explores how sponsorship has primarily been viewed as a channel reserved for the biggest brands with the biggest budgets – but she calls for a recount, showing how smaller brands can successfully take part in sports marketing.
Ten years on from the first airing of the hit TV series Mad Men, about a ‘golden age’ of advertising – a world of sexism, racism, hard drinking and even harder smoking – Dale Lovell looks at how the ad world changed after Mad Men and why the modern era of technology, appropriate data targeting and creative must coexist in order to maximise today’s advertising campaigns.
Nearly half of online ads served aren’t delivered to the audience that advertisers intended, with campaigns particularly struggling to target women. So what can marketers do to improve targeting and digital campaign accuracy?
New regulations come into force next May around data consent, but what will be the marketing consequences of GDPR? Robert Howells makes some predictions on who will benefit and who will struggle with the effects of GDPR.
Luxury brands are mastering social content, using it as a powerful vehicle to drive brand awareness and consumer engagement. George Aliferis has studied the types of content and platforms used by brands such as Chanel and displays his results along this catwalk:
The power of data and the dangers to business if marketers continue to misuse data by delivering bad customer experiences were discussed at a recent conference: Data experts agreed how vital it is to use data effectively.
ABM is now a key strategy for any company selling to enterprise businesses. Its evolution from Key Account Marketing has been rapid. However, it’s much more than a cosmetic name change, with a new approach to data and account-wide awareness and advocacy now seen as key to success.
This multi-channel approach requires new skills, new technology and new partners if it is to provide real ROI for your business.
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PPC campaigns are a vital marketing tool for developing brand awareness, increasing traffic and driving sales. However, even paid advertising can fail when used incorrectly and often marketers are left wondering why their AdWords campaign failed. Here are examples of good and not-so-good practice – and top tips on getting it right.