By Expert commentator 17 Oct 2019 How to get your sales representatives and marketing teams to work together Aligning your sales and marketing teams is one of the easiest ways to grow your business. In most companies, marketing and sales teams don’t collaborate very efficiently. But that shouldn’t be the case. After all, they’re both trying to help …..
By Expert commentator 16 Oct 2019 Forget focus groups: Unlock these 4 insights from rapid testing While focus groups often reinforce assumptions, rapid testing is able to illustrate whether any assumptions about a product, audience, and go-to-market strategy are accurate. It’s time to face the facts: focus groups aren’t cutting it anymore. These relics date back …..
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By Expert commentator 15 Oct 2019 Only 37% of personal emails are considered “useful” Chart of the Week: Only 57% of personal emails are now being opened by recipients and just 37% are viewed as being useful People are now spending less time checking their emails, according to research from Adobe. Personal emails have …..
By Expert commentator 14 Oct 2019 How emotionally fueled mass communication can affect advertising and brands Advertisers are often tempted to use sensationalist mass communication to promote their brand, which isn’t a good idea It can seem like the news cycle these days is filled with sensationalism and attention-grabbing headlines, putting brands in a challenging and …..
By Expert commentator 14 Oct 2019 Key principles to use rich media in emails With so many emails being delivered each day, how do you stand out and make your email count for your subscribers? According to Radicati Group, the consumer and business emails sent and received every day will exceed 281 billion in …..
By Mark Kelly 14 Oct 2019 The 10 most common mistakes of marketing agency owners Avoid these 10 mistakes when developing digital services for your marketing agency If you’re running a marketing agency, you probably know a thing or two about offering marketing services to your clients. But with the pace of digital transformation and …..
By Expert commentator 11 Oct 2019 Twitter’s ad targeting bug and TikTok under fire – News roundup Twitter admits ad targeting data bug, digital media provides best ROI, TikTok under fire or using Creators’ videos, Facebook testing new multi-image layouts. Twitter has admitted that a ‘bug’ has allowed data submitted for safety purposes to be used for …..
By Simon Swan 10 Oct 2019 The challenge of building and retaining brand relevancy Tap into your brand heritage to revive your brand’s position and values. “An organization’s history and background is a valuable asset in how they are perceived to a wider audience and which can be used to its advantage” Corcoran (Source: …..
By Expert commentator 09 Oct 2019 4 marketing lessons from B2C giants Looking at what big B2C brands get right can help inform your strategy and show you what the next marketing trends are likely to be. According to a recent survey, only 32% of B2C marketers thought that they were proficient …..