With over 54% of UK consumers wanting to engage with more video content, this format should play a pivotal role across your entire purchase journey. Businesses who embrace video – from new brand and product discovery to guiding customers to purchase – will gain a vital advantage in an increasingly competitive online world.
Digital PR is one of the most powerful marketing disciplines, combining the power of SEO practices with PR’s traditional approach to generating mass medias interest. 73% of adults use digital platforms to access news. Almost nine out of ten news outlets now share their stories across Apple News amid a growing trend in investment in digital platforms syndicating its content.
Over 90% of all online transactions engage across search within the purchase journey. Retailers that aren’t prioritising search, look set to lose out to competition in what looks set to be one of the biggest online retail periods, following on from last year’s record-breaking levels of online purchasing.
The pace of change in the world of marketing is dramatically accelerating. As devices, platforms and channels that we consume increasingly diverge, so do the skills and knowledge required to maintain and grow as impactful marketeers. But how do we and our teams keep up with this rapid pace of change?
Consumers are set to spend over £200bn on Christmas this year; with online marketplaces still at the top of shopper’s confidence, key events in the run up to Christmas such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and January sales provide a huge opportunity to acquire new customers. However, the key to long term growth is to place a strategy to create loyal customers, drive Christmas sales and build long term brand advocacy.
In the market of B2B, focus on demand generation and sales initiatives can provide a surge in short-term sales for buyers in-market, but what about 95% of your target market currently out of the market? Can building your brand deliver long-term growth, influence your decision-makers and repeated exposure of your brand?