Study Shows How Social Commerce Drives Awareness, Performance For Brands by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 28, 2022 Marketers began to rely on social commerce when the pandemic hit. Now they have begun to see positive results, according to research released Tuesday. I have never been a big fan of influencer marketing, but apparently, … Continue reading Study Shows How Social Commerce Drives Awareness, Performance For Brands
Brands Worry About Economic Future, Merkle Study Finds by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 24, 2022 As the United States undergoes massive shifts, marketers are concerned about how changes will affect business, including inflation and macro-economic factors. Some 85% of the marketers who responded to Merkle’s survey conducted earlier this year are concerned about how inflation … Continue reading Brands Worry About Economic Future, Merkle Study Finds
At Cannes Lions, IBM promoted their Advertising Fairness pledge and released tools to help brands capture and mitigate bias. Kim Davis on June 21, 2022 Major brands, including IBM, Delta Airlines and WPP, as well as the IAB and the Ad Council, have publicly committed to raising awareness about, and mitigating, bias in adtech. The … Continue reading Major brands commit to mitigating adtech bias
Brands Struggle With Providing Good Customer Experiences by Rob Williams , June 10, 2022 Amid supply-chain bottlenecks and labor shortages, businesses face greater difficulties in keeping customers satisfied. U.S. consumers have a worse opinion of brands than they did a year ago amid the difficulties in providing a positive customer experience (CX). After several years of … Continue reading Brands Struggle With Providing Good Customer Experiences
Using Marketing & PR to Quickly Increase Your Brand’s Visibility Nate Nead / 02 Jun 2022 Want to grow your business? Want to continue adding new customers and getting in front of a larger audience of qualified buyers? You need to focus on brand awareness. Brand awareness and visibility are key elements of successful … Continue reading Using Marketing & PR to Quickly Increase Your Brand’s Visibility
All email platform providers send emails, but their technologies – both software and hardware – and approaches for doing so can differ. Pamela Parker on June 3, 2022 Despite being so well-established, email marketing continues to attract more investment. Global spending on email software is expected to climb from $ 4.5 billion in 2020 to … Continue reading What is email marketing and how are platforms helping brands succeed?
By Connie Lin May 17, 2022 When a high-profile sociopolitical issue erupts on the national stage—whether it’s Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill, or the Black Lives Matter movement—it often cues brand theatrics. And sometimes, that can feel like a tired performance. In today’s social media landscape, companies have fielded criticism … Continue reading Actually, Americans do want to hear what brands have to say about reproductive rights
71% of US customers wants companies to speak out on important issues. Constantine von Hoffman on May 23, 2022 As much as companies hate controversy, the public wants to know where they stand on today’s issues, according to two surveys. For marketers this is one more challenge when it comes to earning customers’ trust. A 2022 … Continue reading Public wants to know where brands stand on issues, surveys show
By Shalene Gupta May 10, 2022 Trust has always been an essential part of any business transaction—just ask the Quakers, who built business empires on the basis of fair business practices—but according to a new report from Salesforce, trust is becoming more important than ever before. Salesforce surveyed 13,020 consumers and 3,916 business … Continue reading Brands, take note: Your customers aren’t afraid to dump you if they lose your trust
Brands Get Pulled Into Politics by Aaron Paquette , Columnist, May 12, 2022 Last week’s leak of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade sent shock waves across the country, creating profound ramifications for consumers and businesses alike. Suddenly, staying neutral in the “culture wars” is no longer an option for brands increasingly called … Continue reading Brands Get Pulled Into Politics
