Americas
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.
Does your email arrive safely in the inbox – or end up in the spam filter? Mailbox providers deploy email engagement metrics to identify reputable senders – so marketers should take heed of subscriber complaints. Examine the email journey, advises Guy Hanson, and how emails are perceived by recipients, in order to successfully reach subscriber inboxes.
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.
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.
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B2B marketing is changing, with more and more B2B marketers shifting to targeted and personalised approaches – emulating B2C tactics and focusing on solving the buyer’s requirements rather than purely promoting standard products and services. Dave Munn discusses The Three Rs of strategic marketing: Reputation, Relationships and Revenue, drawing details from his topical book which explores insight-led ABM.
A database is like a garden – it needs continual attention, says Robert Howells. Here, he presents part 2 of his series of articles looking at data strategy and business goals. This one examines requirements for growth of small and mid-size businesses and those SMBs data needs.
Online juggernaut Amazon is ‘in its Prime’, international research shows: nearly 40 per cent of online spend is conducted via Amazon and consumers view it as leading the field in digital retail. How can other retailers compete? Researcher Salmon has some answers.
Some major brands are really ‘getting it right’ on Facebook, attracting and retaining hundreds of thousands of followers. How do they do it? What’s their strategy for success? And what can smaller businesses do emulate that success and get more followers on Facebook? Here’s some top tips:
We have grown used to exaggerated ad pitches from desperate salespeople, but now the web is beset by fake news, gathering click-throughs from intrigued viewers. Research from Rakuten shows us that brands that advertise on websites carrying fake content are suffering; their reputations tarnished. Can we save the web in this ‘era of untruth’?
Marketers aim to understand all potential customers’ needs, desires and behaviours in order to give them personalised access to their services and goods. So why do they shy away from segmenting minority populations according to ethnic groups, culture and background? Prof Richard Webber says that by ignoring those differences – albeit with noble and non-racist intent – marketers are actually depriving those potential consumers of the benefits of customer experience personalisation.