By Dave Chaffey 18 Feb 2025 How can AI be used for Digital Marketing Strategy and Planning Using GenAI RAG techniques to support marketing strategy development Since I’ve been involved in digital marketing from when we used to call it Internet Marketing, I’ve always been keen to help businesses use a more strategic approach. I believe it’s …..
By Dave Chaffey 14 Feb 2025 Global social media statistics research summary Our compilation of the latest social media statistics of consumer adoption and usage of social networking platforms Social networks have transformed marketing and, as this post shows, their popularity is still growing in our latest global social media statistics research …..
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By Dave Chaffey 02 Jan 2025 10 Actionable Digital Marketing Trends for 2025 Dr Dave Chaffey’s practical review of the marketing trends that will matter for B2C and B2B marketers in 2025 I’ve been writing reviews of the latest digital marketing innovations for well over 10 years now; spurred on since they seem …..
By Dave Chaffey 02 Jan 2025 E-commerce conversion rate benchmarks – 2025 update E-commerce conversion rate and lead generation landing page stats for desktop and mobile devices for benchmarking averages across different industries As you will know, conversion rates are often used as a KPI to review the effectiveness of e-commerce sites. Naturally, …..
By Dave Chaffey 10 Dec 2024 10 reasons you need a digital marketing strategy in 2025 If you want to develop a strategy, where do you start? Well, it can be summarised in two or three sides of A4 in a table linking strategies to SMART objectives and KPIs to make sure you’re on track…
By James Story 17 Nov 2024 How to use the McKinsey 7S model in marketing An example of reviewing your marketing capabilities using the McKinsey 7S framework The McKinsey 7S model is a useful framework for reviewing an organization’s marketing capabilities from different viewpoints. Developed by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman during their tenure at …..
By Dave Chaffey 28 Oct 2024 Latest Gartner Hype Cycles for Digital Marketing: 2009-2024 Evaluating technology options for innovation in marketing – do you know your Hype Cycles? If you’re involved in marketing strategy development, you will be constantly making judgments and reviewing with colleagues which digital technology innovations are most relevant to your …..
By Gabrielle Wright 17 Sep 2024 Three digital marketing plan examples From B2B to E-commerce to Brands, we’ve got examples of digital marketing plans for early startups through to multinational enterprises Whether you’re starting from scratch, or improving your existing plans, examples of digital marketing plans help marketers see the how, …..
By Dave Chaffey 10 Jul 2024 Digital marketing strategy and planning template. 2024 edition. Use our digital marketing strategy template integrated across the RACE Framework to plan and get ahead in your digital marketing We all know the old saying “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”, but when it comes …..