Best Practice

Econsultancy’s collection of practical reports, webinars and case studies cover all the core elements of digital marketing and ecommerce best practice.

Latest Best Practice Guides

How-to reports authored by industry experts and practitioners, covering strategy, planning and execution in digital marketing and ecommerce.

Latest Quick Guides

Quick Guides offer condensed versions of our Best Practice Guides for marketers short on time.

Quick Guide to Why Email Still Matters

Email marketing is a vital channel for marketers, enabling direct, personalised and highly effective communications between a brand and its customers. This quick guide discusses the business case for email marketing and the technology that is reshaping how it is carried out.

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Data Driven Marketing Best Practice Guide

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How-to reports authored by industry experts and practitioners, covering strategy, planning and execution in digital marketing and ecommerce.

Retail Media Best Practice Guide

Retail media can help brands reach in-market customers near the point of sale. This guide looks in-depth at the retail media opportunity, with best practice advice on strategy, campaign execution and measurement.

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Paid Search Best Practice Guide

Search engines are often the first port of call in the customer journey. Econsultancy’s Paid Search Best Practice Bundle covers everything businesses need to know about the complex and constantly evolving area of paid search advertising.

B2B Digital Transformation

B2B businesses embarking on digital transformation programmes must factor in a growing demand for ecommerce and a shift in approach towards customer-centricity. This report provides best practice on the opportunities and challenges involved.

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B2B Social Media Strategy Best Practice Guide

A best practice guide covering the fundamentals of social media, providing models for developing a B2B social strategy and explaining how B2B companies can harness the potential of social to win new leads and expand their audience.

B2B Content Marketing Best Practice Guide

This report looks at all stages of the content marketing process which, when executed effectively, can be a powerful engagement tool and convey brand purpose and brand story in a credible and authentic way. The report offers best practice advice from experts in the field.

Content Marketing Best Practice Guide

Content plays a vital part in any brand’s marketing strategy, supporting business objectives at every stage of the purchase funnel. This report provides best practice guidance on building an effective content marketing strategy to enable brands to engage audiences in creative ways that promote authenticity and trust.

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Online Video Best Practice Guide

This report looks at how brands can identify clear objectives, fine-tune audience profiles and plan their distribution strategies, getting to grips with the numerous different platforms on offer. Some of the key technical aspects needed to commission video and work with specialist partners are also covered.

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Content Strategy Best Practice Guide

A guide providing marketers with the practical guidance they need in all aspects of content strategy, covering the fundamentals of good content strategy, how to develop detailed personas, the importance of linking content strategy back to business strategy and the future of trends in content strategy.

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Ratings and Reviews Best Practice Guide

This best practice guide looks at the feedback economy, why it is important, and the challenges and opportunities it presents brands. It explains how marketers can capitalise on ratings and reviews, including how to unearth insights from customer feedback, diffuse any emerging crises and measure its effectiveness as a channel.

B2B Digital Transformation

B2B businesses embarking on digital transformation programmes must factor in a growing demand for ecommerce and a shift in approach towards customer-centricity. This report provides best practice on the opportunities and challenges involved.

Digital Transformation and the Role of Data

A report aimed at helping marketers better understand data within the wider scope of digital transformation and how data underpins businesses. It sets out why digital transformation is needed, the role of data, the DaaS model, data strategy frameworks and why transformation can fail.

Social Commerce Best Practice Guide

As social commerce continues to evolve, it has become an essential part of how many brands do business online. This best practice guide looks at developing a selling strategy across each of the major platforms, including influencer marketing and emerging trends within the space.

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Building a Digital Culture

Pragmatic advice for marketers, HR professionals and other leaders about how to apply, support and promote a digital culture within teams and organisations, in order to enable greater agility and improved customer experience.

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The Fundamentals of Modern Marketing Mindset

A guide exploring in detail Econsultancy’s 10 Cs framework for building a Modern Marketing Mindset, also explaining the difference between mindset and ‘modern marketing mindset’, and looking at what mindset means for individual performance, career success and organisational goals.

Search Marketing Best Practice Guides

International and Multilingual Paid Search

Part of Econsultancy’s Paid Search Best Practice Bundle, this report looks at the key considerations involved in launching international and multilingual paid search campaigns, including Google’s competition around the globe and localisation concerns.

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Paid Search Best Practice Guide

Search engines are often the first port of call in the customer journey. Econsultancy’s Paid Search Best Practice Bundle covers everything businesses need to know about the complex and constantly evolving area of paid search advertising.

B2B Digital Transformation

B2B businesses embarking on digital transformation programmes must factor in a growing demand for ecommerce and a shift in approach towards customer-centricity. This report provides best practice on the opportunities and challenges involved.

Social Media Bundle

Social Media Bundle

A collection of best practice guides containing actionable, real-world insights, frameworks and practical advice to help both B2C and B2B businesses develop and improve their social media strategy and performance.

Social Media Advertising Best Practice Guide

Social media platforms can offer brands highly targeted and effective advertising in a wide variety of formats. This best practice guide covers the key opportunities, with practical advice on navigating the challenges, designing campaigns and developing a strategy.

Social Commerce Best Practice Guide

As social commerce continues to evolve, it has become an essential part of how many brands do business online. This best practice guide looks at developing a selling strategy across each of the major platforms, including influencer marketing and emerging trends within the space.

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