This year’s predictions from the digerati
Ben DavisFrom the future of third-party cookies to the dearth of digital talent, there is plenty of opportunity and challenge in digital marketing this year.
From the future of third-party cookies to the dearth of digital talent, there is plenty of opportunity and challenge in digital marketing this year.
From standing up and being proud of marketing as a career, to turning back to insight to understand customers, and from the need for new routes to attract a more diverse workforce, to TimeTo campaign’s uphill struggle, we set out the key items that need to be on your list of priorities in 2020.
A change of decade carries with it a weight of hopes and predicted changes. Here’s my wish list of the ways I hope marketing will be better in 2020.
In the latest edition of the Marketing Week Explores podcast, we look back at the best campaigns of the past 12 months and offer our predictions for the biggest marketing trends for 2020.
Amid a fail-fast culture of agile working, the pace of innovation looks set to slow as marketers pursue quality over quantity.
Crying out for greater clarity on their media investments, brands are coming together to develop solutions for cross-media measurement.
Recognising that the future of sports sponsorship has moved beyond megastar athletes performing tricks in front of devoted fans, brands are increasingly turning to the grassroots to tell more engaging stories.
As calls mount in the US and UK to bring the power of the social media giants under control through regulation, the independent future of ‘Big Tech’ hangs in the balance.
By offering additional benefits and unexpected perks, retailers can improve customers’ experience and get them talking about the brand, taking the relationship from transactions to advocacy.
As focus on the climate emergency intensifies and the role businesses have to play in reaching net-zero emissions rises up the social agenda, an increasing number of brands are calling on activists to hold their sustainability efforts to account.
Uncertainty over the shape of Brexit continues to make planning hard for brands and consumers, with skills shortages hitting companies facing the prospect of EU tariffs.
From CMO rebranding to Brexit and the evolution of loyalty, here are the key issues, challenges and opportunities that will shape marketers’ working world in the year ahead.
The trend of dropping the CMO and other established titles is set to continue in 2020 while companies scramble to better reflect customer and company need, and marketers lack confidence in their own contribution.