There are lots of definitions of strategy which are applied to marketing and lots of elements of digital marketing, but is strategic digital marketing something which can actually exist? The reason for doubt in my opinion is that almost all of the activities of digital marketing relate to promotions and tactical elements. Let me explain […]
The Constantly Connected Consumer – Alex Blaikley, Google Alex demonstrated how important mobile now is for marketers, some key stats: – 18 – 24 years olds check their phones on average 53 times per day – 35% of smartphone users check their phones within 5 minutes of waking every day – 40% of online transactions […]
Getting your Unfair Share of Business Barry Holder of Fantastic Media helped delegates gain an unfair advantage with lots of “Fantastic marketing” tips, interspersed with quotes. Some highlights were: email marketing 74% of marketers believe email will be most significant for ROI over the next 5 years Fantastic tips for email – Target and personalise […]
Using content marketing to generate new business leads Amy Byard from UMPF gave an insightful talk about content marketing – an area of massive importance for marketers due to the benefits it can provide for visibility, particularly online. Although, as was pointed out by Amy, it isn’t just online where content marketing can be used […]
Yesterday evening I attended the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) FutureFocus event in Leeds as part of their #Marketing2025 Hackathon launch. During the evening there were many interesting discussions about the role of marketing and what this might be in 10 years time. One theme which kept recurring was the actual role of marketing. One […]
