Looks like agile marketing has taken hold in about one-third of marketing teams, based on the state of agile marketing insights, a percentage of 32% of respondents claiming this label. Moreover, 50% label themselves “traditional”, meaning they focus on up-front planning and then try to stay true to that plan. Without further ado, let’s know …
The portrait of trust in institutions gives brands a reason to be uneasy, commerce is increasingly digital and if consumers don’t have confidence in the accuracy of online information regarding a brand or its products, they’re less likely to purchase. Reading online reviews is prior for consumers to make purchases, both brands and consumers have …
The concept of “User Persona” has first introduced by Alan Cooper in 1999 to help inform design strategy. This was necessary then since user-friendly digital services and products were lacking. In 2002, businesses began a focus on “Buyer Persona” to address the rapid changes in buying behaviors starting to occur. The question businesses get asked …
Needless to say that Marketing automation plays a vital role in how well your email campaigns perform. As shown in the latest benchmarks study conducted by GetResponse to compare traditional newsletters and automated emails, results showed that automated emails have doubled the average open rate (45.7% compared to 22.83%) and tripled the average click-through rate …
Marketing and advertising are becoming increasingly integrated, with a steady increase in depending on a myriad of data sources to personalize advertising and measure performance. Dominant channels – and thus budgets – are shifting, too. Increasingly, advertisers will rely on major platforms under Google and Facebook umbrellas to deliver their messages. There has been also …
The number of data sources available to inform digital advertising continues to grow. Each contributes to a single objective, targeting the right audience, with the right message, at the right time. Building a personal brand is useless unless you target the right audience. A target audience is a specific group of people with shared characteristics who are most likely to …
Desktops and laptops are the most commonly used device for checking emails in general – with a rate of 79% – and for those aged 35 or older with 81%. This is followed by smartphones for three-quarters of respondents. Smartphones also are more commonly used by respondents aged 18 to 34. Checking emails using tablets …
42% of online shoppers in the US have made purchases via smartphones in 2016. More than half of these smartphone purchases (51%) have made through mobile apps especially on Android devices (47% vs. 40% for iOS devices). Men were more likely than women to make their smartphone purchases on mobile apps (56% vs. 46%). Younger …