As digital marketing technologies have developed significantly, more marketers have prioritised investing into digital channels such as social media and search. However, recent evidence suggests another shift is taking place – this time, back to traditional channels. In August 2021 and February 2022, marketers predicted that “traditional advertising spending would increase by 1.4% and 2.9%, […]
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Was the marketing industry ever really in ‘crisis’?
Marketers have allegedly been facing an effectiveness ‘crisis’ – which would suggest that the ability to sell through advertising whilst driving long-lasting profit, has been declining. However, new data confirms that this is not the case, and ROI from online advertising has been increasing for the past five years. Short-termism and creative effectiveness The Crisis […]
Is sustainability key when targeting Gen Z’s?
Companies that fail to demonstrate a sustainable initiative could be losing interest amongst Gen Z’s, according to research by student marketing platform Student Beans. Sustainability remains in people’s minds despite the uncertainties and financial insecurities caused by Covid-19 with 82% of consumers agreeing that issues around sustainability are in fact more top of mind now than before […]
Marketing effectiveness in the digital era
Marketing effectiveness, broadly speaking, is the measurement of how successful a strategy has been in meeting short-term and/or long-term commercial goals. When looking at the success of a marketing strategy, often brands consider return on investment in the short-term, and metrics like share of market to benchmark the success of long-term growth initiatives. Relentless development […]
E-Commerce reaping the benefits of TV online-born businesses
If you’ve watched any TV lately, you’ve no doubt come across an increased presence of online-born businesses during commercial breaks. New players in the TV landscape include grocery delivery apps Gorillas and Getir, online/app-only finance businesses like Revolut, and curated clothing from Stitch Fix. TV as an area of growth for online-born businesses New analysis from Nielson […]
Google’s new guidelines for writing page titles
It should come as no surprise that Google prioritises “readable and accessible” content. With the help of our google page titles guide, make sure that your content should always be clear and easy for everyone to understand – the search engine juggernaut has been reviewing page titles since 2012. Back in August, they rolled out […]
