July Digital Strategy supplement
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The good, the bad and the useful
Increasingly, there’s no such thing as a bad review and brands are using sophisticated social media thinking to integrate reviewers into their online strategy. By Charlotte McEleny
Spread the word – viral is catching on
Hit viral campaigns can generate explosive results – but understanding the nature of the beast is crucial to creating virals that go forth and multiply.
The future of search is in your hands
It’s currently cheaper, highly targeted, delivers results quicker and is taking over the world: how many more reasons do businesses need to mobilise their search offering?
Survival of the fittest
Traditional online ad networks are under increasing pressure and need to evolve to stay alive. Five industry specialists discuss the issues.
Channelling the energy online
A rethink of its whole attitude towards online has transformed VIMN’s TV brands, including MTV, into cutting-edge, social-media-savvy exponents of the art of digital marketing.
The on-off romance blossoms
After a stuttering start, online and offline marketing are finally beginning to speak the same language, and the relationship is blooming.
Harnessing the power of social advertising
Sponsored feature Forward by Jonathon Beeston, global marketing director, Efficient Frontier Performance-based marketing – search, advertising, direct marketing, and now social marketing – used to work within reasonably clear boundaries. Good marketers would link them by creating unified messages, sharing insight from each discipline, and even getting all the various agencies round the table to […]
He who shares, wins
When dealing with those marketers still sceptical about the power and importance of social media, one of the easiest ways to explain its value is to talk about word-of-mouth. The idea that social media is, at least in part, the everyday conversations about the products and services people use writ large has become commonplace, and […]
From marketing director to MD: Weetabix’s Sally Abbott on ‘failing forward’ and driving growth
From her new position as managing director of Weetabix, former marketer Sally Abbott plans to make marketing a fundamental driver of business growth.
Facebook’s appeal fades as younger users move to Instagram and Snapchat
While Facebook remains the most popular social network in the UK, it is still losing share to Snapchat among younger age groups.
Lidl overtakes Waitrose to become the UK’s seventh biggest supermarket
Aldi and Lidl continue to make massive gains in the UK grocery market as the big four supermarkets lose out on market share.
Stephen Fry to open The Festival of Marketing
The actor, author and director will talk digital disruption and his advocacy for charity Mind.
