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Digital strategies: senior marketers – you’re being way too optimistic!

Research by Acquia has exposed a huge gap between digital strategies and their execution, with senior marketers in large organisations being blindly optimistic and setting unrealistic expectations for their company’s digital ability. But Sylvia Jensen believes it’s not just a lack of skills or budget holding large organisations back, it’s also not having the right technology in place. She says brands need to be embedding digital within the culture of the business, rather than viewing it simply as a ‘tool’.

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The ROBO Economy: how reading reviews impacts offline sales

ROBO economy – the GMA has partnered with Demand Exchange to bring you access to the latest report from Bazaarvoice.

The guide presents details about the phenomenon of ROBO and how it can impact your marketing.

Download the report to discover:

  • What ROBO is
    • How ROBO and ‘reverse showrooming’ trends are changing and what to look out for going forward.
  • Exclusive ROBO stats
    • Drawn from more than two million data points, see the impact of ROBO across 12 key product categories.
  • How to calculate your ROBO multiplier
  • What ROBO means for marketers
    • 3 steps to making the most of ROBO opportunities.

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Best practice Europe Global Strategy and Management UK

Diverse marketing and brand reputation: why it’s so important to embrace diversity

How ‘diverse’ are your marketing teams? Are they viewing a campaign’s creativity from a multi-cultural, gender-fluid, age/ability-inclusive perspective? Or is there still an insensitive slant towards sweeping generalisation in your marketing messages? Lucy Smith calls for more diverse marketing and shows how and why your care and regard for all minority groups and segments can enhance your business reputation and customer loyalty.

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Tackling ad fraud: joining forces to turn the tide and regain brand trust

Industry bodies and publishers are taking action to combat online fraudsters, aiming to rout those who put brands’ reputations at risk. They are tackling ad fraud by developing better standards of best practice in digital advertising and are promoting greater transparency by increasing regulatory controls. Chris Liversidge discusses programmatic advertising and the problems that can cause, but says there needs to be a balance between introducing more rules to deter the bad guys, without defeating the industry’s good guys.

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Time to stop drowning and start riding the Big Data wave

Big Data is everything, marketing practitioners from agencies around the world agree. But it isn’t easy to stay abreast of it all and many feel overwhelmed by data, data, everywhere. Don’t be engulfed by the Big Data wave, says Bart Omlo – who brings together comments from senior marketers on how companies are adjusting their strategies and using the latest technology to keep up with the ever-increasing data flow.

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The 6 best SEO practices for WordPress blog posts

You have written an article for your website and now you hope that blog you post will attract and engage visitors. Make sure it does by deploying the best SEO practices, says Jay Kang – who details how careful use of WordPress and search engine optimisation can boost your site’s rankings and ultimately drive more people to your e-shop window.

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Have a merry social media Christmas: 12 tips for holiday marketing

In the run-up to the busy festive season, how can savvy social marketers outshine their competitors, get their cash tills ringing heartily and therefore enjoy a very merry social media Christmas? Rafferty Gifford has some ideas and examples of social strategies that can work:

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Social media animal magic: marketing with a conscience

Are ‘cutesy’ pictures of wild animals shared online fuelling the illegal wildlife trade and can marketers serve the increasing demand for social media animal marketing, but in an ethical and responsible way? Phil Aiston shows how working with animals – but with a conscience – can be a force for good.

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AI insight: ‘moments that matter’ are no use without the merchandise

For too long, brands have focused on the who and the where of advertising and, along the way, have lost sight of the ‘what’. In today’s AI insight driven world, technology is at the forefront of helping put the right ads in front of the right people at the right time. Rocket Fuel’s Joe Peters looks at how dynamic creative optimisation is helping to end the guesswork.

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Data Strategy Global Insight Strategy and Management

How to adjust your vision of new tech, data marketing and business growth

The arrival of the digital age has flummoxed many marketers – some of whom still call decade-old technology (such as smartphones) new tech. Three-quarters of the web’s sites are inactive, full of graveyard content, and there’s a deluge of data as yet unprocessed. Get with it and pick up the pace, says author Minter Dial; don’t let your business get left behind. Look to the future . . .

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