Tag: brand awareness

Measuring attribution has been a long-term challenge for the media industry across the ecosystem, both online and offline. Relying on simple attribution models that often overestimate the impact of direct response ads – such as those that include call-to-actions like "click here" or "buy now"– ignore the myriad influences on the consumer journey.

Achieving visibility and memorability in a world where people are bombarded with adverts, messages and constant distractions is challenging, but not impossible. Strategic design thinking can provide the framework that brands have been searching for - the framework that will allow them to understand their target audiences and discover how to reach them at exactly the right time, in the right place.

The good news is: the digital marketing revolution is far from over and it’s providing new and exciting opportunities for marketing professionals to raise brand awareness and expand market share. Last year's important trend, personalisation, continues to be relevant as customers demand that their brands understand them better.

We’re deep into the age of loyalty and rewards programmes, with just about every bank, insurer, retailer, and service provider offering an initiative of some sort that purports to reward their customers for behaviour that demonstrates loyalty to their brand.

One of the great things about digital marketing is the ability to track and measure all your efforts across all channels and in immense detail. It is also one of the dangers. Marketing leaders should be wary of a bottom-up approach to measurement, which could leave them with a skewed view of their efforts - often at the expense of business performance. 

The retail sector is under increasing pressure as consumers have shrinking disposable income in a strained economy. Maintaining share of wallet is critical. Relying solely on a push route to market strategy from manufacturers into retailers is not enough to get consumers buying products.

The Rugby World Cup hosted by Japan is almost coming to an end. The final will be played this Saturday at the International Stadium Yokohama. The Bokke have made it to the final and will be playing against our northern hemisphere rival, England.

Changing consumer behaviour and creating loyalty throughout the supply chain are areas every FMCG manufacturer is trying to achieve. However, these are the last links and typically the most difficult elements to manipulate. This is due to challenges around validating sales – you can only reward loyalty if you can verify the purchase.