Titled “Era of Alignment,” Nielsen’s 2022 report illustrates how marketers must gain confidence in their data to focus equally on brand building and customer acquisition. The company surveyed nearly 2,000 global marketers between December 2021 and January 2022 for the global report, that revealed both a digital dominance in how dollars are being spent and exposed marketers’ lack of confidence in the data behind those decisions.

There is a hype around artificial intelligence (AI) for many years already and it has gotten another boost with the announcement of AI being able to write text on its own. How good such AI-written texts are and how the marketing industry can benefit from this technological innovation is, however, still questionable.

The Carousell Media Group (CMG) and the IAB SEA+India have released a new report showing a digital disruption spurred on by the migration of users from offline to online with the new stay-at-home paradigm.

Attention to online advertisements increases significantly when they are embedded in articles and users engage with the content, according to the Project Trinity study of Havas Media Group and Teads.

Marketing Production Automation (MPA) is an innovative, software-based solution concept to standardize and automate the production of various marketing content.

Marketing automation simplifies recurring marketing tasks and makes all B2B marketing more efficient. Despite this, many companies struggle with its business implementation. In most cases, however, the problems are not only due to the complex automation process itself, but to other missing prerequisites. A poorly developed strategy and undefined marketing goals become immediately apparent during automation and hinder the entire automation process. It is just as important to use the right tools, evaluate leads and use the analysis options of the automation software appropriately. Hence, know what is essential for successful marketing automation.

Customers expect personalization in every single interaction with a brand. At the same time, they don't trust companies to keep their personal information safe and handle it responsibly. Companies everywhere face this dilemma, as a new study shows.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning arrived in industrial production a long time ago – at least in theory. In any case, it is undisputed that AI-based automation solutions will be the big topic in the coming years. However, the question arises as to how quickly the immense potential of this technology can be tapped for the producing industry.

Following the announcement of the partnership last year, Bonsey Jaden and CUE Group are introducing innovative, data-driven technology primed for the retail industry that delivers a deeper understanding of consumer practices with real-time analytics, at all levels of operations and marketing.

In a recently published report, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) indicated that the global sum of DNS abuse dropped in "absolute terms and normalized rates" over the last four years, from October 2017 to January 2022. Globally, in January 2022, less than one percent of domain names were reported to pose potential threats to users.

According to GroupM's "This Year, Next Year" Global Mid-Year Forecasts, global advertising revenues are expected to grow significantly – despite fears of an imminent recession and the ongoing geopolitical situation in the world.

More than a year ago, Apple introduced new privacy features as part of iOS 14.5, turning the mobile marketing landscape upside down. As part of the changes, users will now have to proactively give consent to sharing device identifiers with apps, such as Apple's Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA).

Numerous indicators make clear that the next five years will usher in extreme transformation for a multitude of industries and sectors as well as the global economy at large. This begs the question: what is driving such significant and rapid change? This big question just might be answered in two words: alternative data.

Amplitude just released the survey report "Making the Leap to a Digital-First Enterprise" that shows the shift in how digital business leaders are measuring the impact of digital experiences in the new era and how businesses could thoughtfully transition to digital-first.