The days of marketers pulling in consumers with mindless product platitudes may be over. As the conversations unfold, consumers are becoming smarter and are able to question the validity and authenticity of a brand’s messages. The days of pulling in consumers with generalized mindless product platitudes may be over. Developing an effective content marketing strategy is critical...Read More

The practice of collecting and selling consumer data that tracks buying behaviors and monitors physical movements of every internet user is causing serious concern and consternation among the virtually connected. Effective digital marketing techniques depend greatly on understanding and utilizing the vast amount of data generated by social media users and the platforms that collect,...Read More

Inclusion is something that has been at the forefront of business and social conversations for years. Businesses have become accustomed to rules that have been initiated to establish an order of fairness; a common set of regulations to ensure equal participation in the physical and virtual commercial environments. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was...Read More

From the very beginning of the modern marketing era, one constant factor in advertising and a marketer’s broader efforts to connect with consumers was the inability to know, with any degree of certainty, the real impact the efforts had on a company’s success. Identifying the most or least valued media channel or message was a...Read More

E-commerce spending by consumers has been on the increase for nearly two decades as consumers embrace the convenience, cost, and variety available from a home computer, laptop, or mobile device. In 2020, consumers spent more than $861 billion on purchases from online merchants. E-commerce now represents 21.3% of all retail sales. During a year when...Read More

Rebranding appears to be a marketing strategy that is on the uptick across the world. It’s not so much the number or volume of organizations that are seeking to reidentify themselves, as it is the icons of industries that are finally undergoing a makeover after decades of staying the course. Together, visible brand elements such...Read More

The revolutionary gravitation to social media has been ongoing for nearly two decades. In 2020, the world’s population used social media platforms for commerce, news, and personal connections and interactions every day. More than 4.2 billion people are active across multiple platforms, each spending an average of 2 hours and 25 minutes per day on...Read More

Perhaps the greatest challenge for data collectors and marketers in the coming year will be complying with the regulations concerning the collection and use of consumer data. After years of mega-breaches of internet websites, consumers have awakened to the amount of private information that was collected and distributed without knowledge. In the first six months...Read More

Image Credit: 13_Phunkod / Shutterstock.com As the internet exploded upon the scene a couple of decades ago and millions of users let the world know who and where they were on the web, the whole of commerce initiated promotional campaigns utilizing emails. Much like direct mail marketing surged after the first street address was published,...Read More

Image Credit: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com It was a potentially explosive announcement for social media marketing, but it would appear that for advertisers and marketers, who rely on social media platforms to connect with customers, the news barely received notice. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in December that they would be filing antitrust legislation against...Read More