5 Major Takeaways From This Year’s ANA B-to-B Marketing Virtual Conference
B2B marketers can achieve market share expansion and greater outcomes when they focus on a broader reach, while a connection between data and creativity builds more emotional connectivity — two of several findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published insight from a recent Association of National Advertisers (ANA) event which featured marketers from LinkedIn (client) and other B2B organizations. Adweek
Marketers Are Adjusting Their Brand vs. Performance Budgets Amid Economic Woes
63 percent of marketers have said that the economic recession has had an impact on consumer concerns that will affect their 2023 marketing strategies, with 33 percent pinpointing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) along with social justice issues, according to recently-released survey data. MarketingCharts
Google Analytics 4 Rolling Out Built-In Landing Page Report
Search giant Google has begun rolling out a new set of features for the latest version of its Google Analytics data analysis system, with the biggest addition being an array of new reports centered around website landing page performance, Google recently announced. Search Engine Journal
Research: Consumers Value Fate in Marketing Narratives
Marketers who tap into a product or service’s component pieces to uncover and build an intriguing story of discovery may find unexpected value, according to newly-published research, with initial findings released by the Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review
HubSpot’s November releases: A manager’s guide
Meta-owned global messaging platform WhatsApp integration and more efficient data collection are among an array of new features added to HubSpot, joining a new email approval process and updates to HubSpot’s Campaigns 2.0 features, HubSpot recently announced. MarTech
Publishers, Ad Buyers Face Big Challenges In 2023: Study
54 percent of digital media experts who utilize programmatic advertising have said that digital audio will be a top priority in 2023, with 50 percent pinpointing digital video, 48 percent social media, and 47 percent noting mobile — some of the findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data. MediaPost
Infographic Design Trends for 2023 [Infographic]
Personalized data, bright palettes, animated elements, and nostalgic visuals are three infographic ingredients that are poised to see greater implementation in 2023, according to recently-released infographic trend data, which has also predicted more visual representation of data as art. Social Media Today
The Most Important Tech and Societal Trends for Marketers in 2023 [WARC Report]
31 percent of marketers have said that they expect an increased investment in brand marketing over the next year — up from 23 percent in 2021, while 46 percent expected increased investment in performance marketing, up from 41 percent in 2021, according to newly-published global marketing forecast data. MarketingProfs
New Instagram Templates: Create Year-In-Review Highlight Reels
Meta-owned Instagram has begun rolling out a new year-end feature that allows marketers to create narrated best-of highlights in the platform’s Reels short video format, Instagram recently announced. Search Engine Journal
These Advertising Channels Look Set for Growth in 2023
Paid search advertisement spending is expected to rise 14.4 percent in 2023, with digital video and social media ad spend each expected to rise by 6.5 percent — two of several statistics of interest to digital marketers contained in newly-published forecast data. MarketingCharts
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:
A lighthearted look at “how to do strategic planning” by Marketoonist Tom Fishburne — Marketoonist
Christmas Break Nowhere Near Enough Time to Fix All of Parent’s Tech Issues — The Hard Times
TOPRANK MARKETING & CLIENTS IN THE NEWS:
- Lee Odden — Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders & Influencers You Should Work With In 2023 (North America) — Thinkers360
- LinkedIn Marketing Solutions — Maersk’s Anne With Damgaard on how B2B marketing can be innovative and creative — The Drum
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