Posts tagged with 'marketing'
Marketing complexity continues to increase due to data proliferation, channel fragmentation, technology advancements and the increasing empowerment of the consumer. In addition, marketing is being asked to address some key organizational challenges as the role of marketing becomes more pervasive across an organization.
But what can you look at in order to address these challenges and bring your organization into the future of business?
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by David Newberry
28 February 2013 15:37pm
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A new Yahoo!7 survey has revealed that social media is playing an increasingly larger role in influencing the television viewing habits of Australians.
The second annual Social TV Survey polled more than 7,000 online Australians late last year and found that almost half of the respondents (43%) used social media while watching television.
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by Claire Brinkley
20 February 2013 22:15pm
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Marketers, you are not normal.
You may think you know what the average consumer wants, but the reality is that you do not have normal internet habits, you do not shop like the average consumer does and you do not have average social media knowledge. You cannot be a focus group.
This is the message that ExactTarget is attempting to get out in their new report, Marketers From Mars, which compares marketers' use of email, social media and other channels against that of consumers - and is something Econsultancy has raised before as being an issue within the industry.
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by Claire Brinkley
18 February 2013 22:00pm
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Anyone who tells you a tweet is worth a specific amount of money is wrong. One source will tell you a tweet is worth 1/10th of a cent and another will tell you it's worth $5. A Facebook Like, meanwhile, is valued from $8 to $137.84. With figures varying so wildly it's easy to see this can't be a reliable measurement because the number is inevitably based on opinion.
When you consider this premise, it’s not surprising that many brands aren’t getting the engagement they had hoped to see from social. According to ExactTarget, 51 percent of fans say they rarely or never visit a company’s page after “liking” them. And 71 percent of fans say they have become more selective about “liking” companies on Facebook.
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by Matthew Kates
13 February 2013 19:36pm
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The recent State of Digital in Australia 2013 report, produced by Econsultancy and Marketing Magazine, has revealed some interesting stats around the use of offline and online marketing channels and highlights which online channels marketers are planning to spend the big dollars on this year.
Notably, the report also shows how companies are planning to dedicate more of their budget and time towards digital.
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by Claire Brinkley
10 February 2013 22:00pm
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Findings from Econsultancy’s annual State of Digital Marketing in Australia report has revealed that the digital skills and knowledge gap is still very present in Australia, with a quarter of respondents saying knowledge of digital within their organisations is “poor” to “very poor”.
Produced in association with Marketing Magazine, the report highlighted the existing barriers and issues facing Australian marketers today.
In particular, it brought to light the problem marketers are having developing the necessary skills needed to maintain an all-round knowledge of each digital offering, due to the fast-paced nature of the industry.
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by Claire Brinkley
06 February 2013 22:15pm
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Econsultancy’s annual report, the State of Digital Marketing in Australia, produced in association with Marketing Magazine, has found that the industry is continuing to develop at a rapid pace.
Investment in digital remains high, alongside an increased focus on measurement, attribution and channel accountability.
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by Jake Hird
05 February 2013 01:06am
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The digital scene across the Asia-Pacific region is already booming, but industry experts are also predicting that APAC businesses will begin to rethink their current digital plans this year, finding alternative ways to enhance their online offerings to better appeal to consumers.
But what else is expected to happen across the region this year?
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by Claire Brinkley
03 February 2013 23:50pm
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Google's continuing moves to penalise marketers ‘chasing the algorithm’, and to reward those who produce useful and valuable content, is one of the principal reasons why content marketing has emerged as a hot topic over the past 18 months.
The majority of marketers surveyed in our Content Marketing Survey Report (produced in associated with Outbrain) agreed with the statement that “Content marketing is becoming its own discipline, like SEO or email marketing”.
The question remains to be seen as to how content marketing and SEO will change, integrate and evolve over time, with some predicting the demise of SEO and others insisting that it will remain as its own discipline.
To find out more, and following last week's post on the expert view on content marketing, we asked a selection of marketers how they "see the relationship between content marketing and SEO evolving over the next few months?” Their answers, some of which do conflict, are below…
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by Andrew Warren-Payne
21 January 2013 10:42am
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In the next five years, Experian predicts more than 50% of marketing budgets will be associated with mobile, as above-the-line channels continue to become more interactive and engaging - but it’s a far cry from where Australian marketers are today.
A recent study conducted by the CMO council and Adobe found only 41% of Australian marketers are spending 25+% of their marketing budgets on digital activity as a whole - and there is little doubt in my mind that mobile investment is barely more than a blip.
With consumer consumption of mobile internet growing at a rapid rate, Australian brands can no longer ignore the importance of mobile as a key channel within the marketing mix.
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by Teresa Sperti
15 January 2013 22:30pm
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