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Brands Worry About Economic Future, Merkle Study Finds

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

Business Survival Strategies for Tough Economic Times

Angela Hausman, PhD February 2, 2021 Actually, I probably should have stopped with just titling this post business survival strategies since virtually the same strategies help a business survive in tough times as in times of plenty. The difference is that, in tough times, your business can decline precipitously while in good economic times, potential … Continue reading Business Survival Strategies for Tough Economic Times

Microsoft Quietly Builds Economic Recovery Model To Support Digital Advertising, Predictive Analytics

Microsoft Quietly Builds Economic Recovery Model To Support Digital Advertising, Predictive Analytics by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, December 18, 2020 Microsoft’s analytics team believes marketers who understand the economy better can improve search and digital media campaigns, so the company plans to integrate the reflection of real-life events into the data it publishes. This week, Joe … Continue reading Microsoft Quietly Builds Economic Recovery Model To Support Digital Advertising, Predictive Analytics

Yelp Builds Out COVID-19 Section, As Data Reveals Larger Economic Impact

Yelp Builds Out COVID-19 Section, As Data Reveals Larger Economic Impact by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 17, 2020 In a push to help businesses as they re-open, Yelp says it will continue to build out its COVID-19 Section to help businesses that were temporarily shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 1, … Continue reading Yelp Builds Out COVID-19 Section, As Data Reveals Larger Economic Impact

Amid the economic gloom, some hopeful indicators emerge for marketers

Consumer confidence and spending have ticked up as people receive stimulus money and anticipate the lockdowns ending. Greg Sterling on April 21, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on consumer and business confidence, with various surveys reflecting pessimism and expectations of a deep and serious recession. Indeed, many economic forecasters and major investment … Continue reading Amid the economic gloom, some hopeful indicators emerge for marketers