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A new report from BrightEdge reveals that although marketers at B2C and B2B Fortune 500 brands recognize the AI, voice and hyper-local revolution is here, most are not yet planning to adapt their marketing strategies to these new ideas. The wheels do tend to grind slowly in large corporations. Like biting the tail of a dinosaur - it takes a while for the message … [Read more...]
Influencer marketing is no longer some edgy new technique..According to an eMarketer study 86 percent of marketers used this strategy in the last year and most marketers are looking to double their investment in 2017. That's because they see results. 71 percent of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based on a social media reference. (Source) On average, … [Read more...]
While B2C brands have been hitting content marketing full-bore, B2B companies have been a little more circumspect. Many B2B small businesses have discovered that creating effective content that gets results is not the easiest task. What are these results they're trying to achieve? Lead generation Customer engagement According to a study by DemandWave, … [Read more...]
Goals for publishing brand content A new study from Skyword and Researchscape International found that the majority of enterprise marketers have yet to take all of the steps necessary to set their departments up for success. There is no doubt that we're seeing a change in how the public responds to brand content. "This dictates a shift in mindset from pure product … [Read more...]
Senior marketers expect spend for new media and online initiatives to increase in the next year despite the poor economyThe sixth annual PRWeek/Manning Selvage & Lee (MS&L) survey by Millward Brown polled 252 U.S. chief marketing officers, VPs of marketing and marketing directors and managers, focused on digital and consumer generated media, marketing ethics and the … [Read more...]