AI-induced anxiety and SEO volatility among top 10 challenges for marketers in 2024  

Marketing and PR leaders are facing sleepless nights from a series of complex challenges in 2024, with SEO volatility, landing PR coverage, upskilling, and AI-induced anxiety around job security topping a list compiled following new research.  

With the marketing and PR industries already facing high burn out rates and poor mental health, and a new CIPD study reporting that 76% of employees have experienced some form of stress-related staff absence, the new data...

25 March 2024 | Automation

Digital Marketing Institute launches AI in Digital Marketing course to plug AI skills gap 

The Digital Marketing Institute (DMI), a provider of Digital Marketing Certification, has launched its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital Marketing course, following overwhelming demand from marketers. 

The decision to launch the course comes following DMI’s latest Membership Survey in 2023, which found AI to be the top skill members are looking to develop over the next 12 months.  

The course will bridge the AI knowledge gap for marketers of all...

20 February 2024 | Advertising

Consumers trust banking sector the most with personal data

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Thales, a global technology and security provider, has published the findings of its 2024 Thales Digital Trust Index which reveals that the banking sector is most trusted when it comes to protecting personal data and delivering trusted digital experiences.

Thales surveyed 12,426 consumers globally about their relationship with online brands and services, what privacy expectations they demand, and how brands can earn their trust.

Danny de Vreeze, VP Identity and Access...

8 February 2024 | Big Data

8 in 10 Americans concerned about online data privacy, but 48% trust zero-party data collection

With third-party cookie-less marketing nearly here, a new research report released today finds an overwhelming majority of Americans distrust brands when it comes to their data privacy.

Attest, a leading consumer research platform finds that 84% of Americans are concerned about data privacy when interacting with brands online (including 41% who are “very concerned”). 

This concern about intrusive data gathering and disconcertingly personal advertisements appears to...

7 February 2024 | Best Practice

Global martech spend will surpass $215bn by 2027

Industry analyst firm Forrester has published a Global Martech Software Forecast, 2023-2027, which gives a five-year forecast of growth for global martech spending.

Forresters's forecast examines six categories of marketing technology software: experience delivery, marketing automation, marketing resource management, marketing performance management, customer analytics and customer data management software.

In the report, Forrester predicts that global spending on...

6 February 2024 | Automation

Dior dominates the Emmys red carpet conversation

Dior was the most globally talked about luxury brand by influential sources on social media from the Emmys red carpet in the three days following the event.

According to influencer analytics platform WeArisma, 99 celebrities, influencers and press shared 138 pieces of content with a total media value of $5,573,007.

With a star-studded lineup wearing pieces from the fashion house – including Quinta Brunson who made history as the first black person to collect a Best...

22 January 2024 | Branding

Acxiom partners with MetaRouter to help brands overcome cookie deprecation

Acxiom, the customer intelligence company, has teamed up with MetaRouter, a specialist in customer data infrastructure. The partnership will see Acxiom implement MetaRouter solutions that will enable customers to better define their first-party data strategies in a world facing cookie deprecation.

Combining MetaRouter's data delivery strengths with Acxiom's integration expertise, the two companies help brands refine first-party data strategies and develop effective customised...

11 January 2024 | Big Data

Accenture acquires Jixie’s intelligent digital marketing platform

Accenture has agreed to acquire the business of media and marketing technology company, Jixie.

Jixie’s intelligent digital marketing platform and team will be integrated into Accenture to strengthen its marketing transformation capabilities and resources through Accenture Song - the firm’s tech-powered creative group - helping Indonesian clients deliver more personalised experiences to enhance customer engagement for sustainable business growth.

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3 January 2024 | Customer Experience

The future of marketing: 3 key trends set to transform the European landscape in 2024

Matthew Biboud Lubeck, VP EMEA, Amperity, offers valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

In the face of ongoing economic uncertainty, brands are gearing up for a pivotal year in 2024 with a strategic emphasis on growth. While there will be many opportunities to drive profitable growth, one key theme emerges: privacy prioritisation. Strong privacy foundations enable accurate measurement while building consumer trust.

Research demonstrates...

22 December 2023 | Automation

51% of UK consumers admit to deliberately trying to withhold their personal information  

Two thirds (66%) of UK consumers hear from brands digitally six or more times per day, yet a staggering 88% of them claim that half or less of the content they receive is relevant to them.

This is according to a survey conducted by customer data platform Treasure Data, which also found that almost one in five (19%) UK consumers said none of the content they receive was of relevance at all. This has shined a bright light on brands’ failure to deliver accurate data-driven...

13 December 2023 | Best Practice