As a new study claims that a majority of CMOs still struggle to prove ROI from social media ad spend, marketers are increasingly learning that placing their focus on social channels does not guarantee success.
Despite the rapid increase in social media ad budgets, many senior marketers remain unconvinced by its impact on their firm’s overall performance and are still failing to integrate it into their wider marketing strategies.
With a record 114.4 million Americans tuning into last year’s match, it’s clear the Super Bowl remains a huge draw for advertisers. However, with Super Bowl ad slots now pricier than ever before, many brands are changing the way they advertise around US sport’s biggest event.
Brands’ use of social media has evolved from clumsy attempts to engage customers to slick content marketing, but as social networks push their advertising products brands must decide whether they need to invest to grow their reach.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From experiential and events being named B2B marketers’ main priority for brand investment to the inside story from Hovis’s first CMO, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Brands may have to become more creative in how they advertise or look to innovate to avoid being impacted by the ban on pre-watershed TV and paid-for online ads.
More than 30,000 people have taken part in Marketing Week’s Mini MBA series since launch, with the feedback overwhelmingly positive.
Hovis, which was founded in 1886, is a brand blessed with a “treasure chest” of distinctive assets, says new CMO Mark Brown. His job is to deploy these in relevant way to drive demand for the brand.