7 Ways to Prepare for the Future of Media Operations and Advertising Today
As we look ahead to the future of advertising and media operations, we see common themes driving the path forward. Let’s explore the top predictions along with 7 ways your team can prepare for the changes that lie ahead.
Building Customer Relationships: The North Star of Endemic Marketing
Although sometimes it seems like it, marketing isn’t just a numbers game. The foundation of marketing is built upon people and customer relationships. The changes we see now are pushing us to return to our roots by placing people back at the epicenter of our initiatives.
How the Pandemic Has Changed the Relationship Between Brands and Their Marketing Partners
The pandemic has forever changed many aspects of our lives, from the way we live to the way we work and everything in-between. Consumer mindsets have also shifted, so the marketing strategies that engage them must adapt accordingly. As a result, brands across the board are updating their strategies and requirements for their marketing partnerships.
Top Tips For Identifying and Targeting Ideal Audience Segments
Modern marketing teams are all implementing strategies to identify and target their ideal audiences. The challenge they currently face is how best to pivot their strategies to meet the demands of the impending endemic market we are living in. But what are the best ways to optimize your audience identification and targeting strategies in this modern marketing landscape?
How the Cookie Crumbles: What is the Future State of the Cookie?
The marketing world is abuzz with the demise of the third-party cookie. The reign of first-party data is imminent and many companies need to shift their focus to first-party data collection. But transitioning and leveraging first-party data is about much more than creating your own cookies, initiating new forms, and establishing a robust database. It also involves adapting to ever-evolving data compliance and privacy laws which is more complicated than it seems. How can marketing teams remain agile and adapt to the changes arising from the depreciation of the third-party cookie to ensure success?
Why Engaging in Micro-Moments Is Vital for Customer Engagement
In this new pandemic landscape, home-bound consumers are scrolling, clicking, and tapping more than ever before and the relevance of micro-moments in terms of customer engagement is clear. Marketing teams need to connect fragmented customer journeys to ROI and growth while ensuring customer engagement and loyalty, and micro-moments are a sure-fire way to do so.
Marketing Cloud Best Practices for Retail Brands
From enabling robust data collection, utilization methodologies and audience segmentation, to targeting, brand consistency and ongoing customer engagement, following the best practices for retail brands in the current marketing landscape is more critical than ever before.
The Importance of Omnichannel Marketing in the Modern Landscape
In the current digital landscape, communication and transparency between sales and marketing is imperative. With outbound efforts on the decline and inbound and micro moment marketing on the rise, marketing teams are contributing more leads and clients to the sales pipeline than ever before.
Meeting Consumer Demand for Transparent Marketing Practices
Consumer demand has accelerated the need for digital advertisers to pivot their strategies towards a more mobile-first, omnichannel, more personalized approach. While these trends are continuously evolving, it is clear that they are here to stay. To successfully adapt, media marketers must create deeper digital connections, better tailor their ad development, and leverage new platforms and technologies while adhering to a transparent privacy-first approach.
Episode 9: What’s Next For Digital Advertising
Consumer demand has accelerated the need for digital advertisers to pivot their strategies towards a more mobile-first, omnichannel, more personalized approach. While these trends are continuously evolving, it is clear that they are here to stay. To successfully adapt, media marketers must create deeper digital connections, better tailor their ad development, and leverage new platforms and technologies while adhering to a transparent privacy-first approach.