How Do Shoppers Decide Between Brick-and-Mortar Retailers?
Brick-and-mortar retailers can’t slack off if they want to trample the competition and get customers to convert, based on recent research.
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Three Proven Steps To Data-Driven Marketing
Data-driven marketing is a complicated business, but there’s still a simple way to break down the market and develop a strategy, one that’s easily taught to all members of your marketing org.
The power of direct context as revealed by GfK eye tracking
The aim of this research was to establish what elements of each advertisement were able to catch the eye, and whether or not the context of the ad drew visual attention away from the ad. For all advertisements about 150 items were coded to describe the way consumers looked at the advertisements.
Mobile Messaging and Social Media 2015 [REPORT]
In today’s world, people — particularly young people — are continually finding and adapting new ways of communicating electronically to fit their needs.
Nearly 1 in 5 Movers Relocate to a Different Metro Area
About 18 percent of all movers in the United States and Puerto Rico, totaling 8.5 million people, moved to a different metropolitan area in the last year, according to new statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Engaging A Generation Of Visual Buyers
We’ve heard a lot from the media about millennials being a generation of narcissistic, lazy and entitled people. But considering there are 75 million millennials in the U.S. alone, I believe it’s unfair to lump them together so readily.
How Consumers Shop for the Holidays in 2015 [REPORT]
According to the study, 62 percent of respondents go straight to search engines when researching gifts for the holiday season and more than three-quarters of respondents look online for holiday shopping deals and discounts. They stay closer to home with the majority of respondents staying within 10 miles of where they live.
Transform Research into Revenue [REPORT]
Facing growing pressure to innovate better, more and more C-level executives are scrutinizing their consumer research investments and asking some really tough questions
How Millennials Use Technology to Get News: Differences by Race and Ethnicity [REPORT]
This study from the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and the AP-NORC Center, highlights similarities and differences by race and ethnicity in the technology use and news habits of Millennials.
Paradigm Shift: New Cultural Methodology Helps Drive Media Effectiveness for Marketers, Politicians, and Communities Targeting U.S. Latinos [LIVE STREAM TODAY]
A new study featured in The Journal of Cultural Marketing Strategy challenges conventional wisdom that Spanish-language programming is the most effective way to reach U.S.
Influencelebs: gold mine & minefield. – Part 1
By Gonzalo López Martí LMMIAMI.COM
- Jared Fogle pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and soliciting the services of underage prostitutes.
- Or something along those lines.
- He allegedly was using his foundation for such purposes.
- He had been touring schools across the country for years lecturing children (!) about healthy eating & healthy living.
- He was, in a way, the de facto leader of a child sexual abuse ring.
- With the media clout and deep pockets given him by a national fast food chain. !!!!!!!!
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM: Migration, Climate Change and Organized Violence In Central America
Central American “Eco-Migrantes” Expected To Increase the Foreign-born Population Of Hispanics In the United States. By Martin Vega, Senior Strategic Planner and Researcher / d expósito & Partners
Impact of Predictive Analytics on Advocacy-Based Social Media Marketing [INSIGHT]
Social media brand advocates can have a powerful influence on the purchase decisions of others, which makes it a promising tactic for companies to nurture them. Predictive analytics software can provide the necessary data to help companies locate the right influencers and craft engaging content that turns them into brand advocates.
Measuring Devices no Substitute for Measuring People
The most elusive and valuable of all media measurement is an independent, reliable understanding of the people who consumed a piece of content – whether it be video, audio or text.
Less than 1% of Shoppers Drive Sales Volume for the typical New CPG Product [REPORT]
In the CPG industry, generally-recognized failure rates for new product launches range from 60 percent to 80 percent.
Business needs to reset its purpose to attract Millennials
Business should focus on people and purpose, not just products and profits in the 21st century according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (Deloitte Global) fourth annual Millennial Survey. This and other findings from the survey suggest businesses, particularly in developed markets, will need to make significant changes to attract and retain the future workforce.
Small and Medium Markets are Vibrant Radio Marketplaces [REPORT]
According to a special edition of the Audio Today Report series focused on small and medium markets, 65 million Americans (12+) are using radio every week in America’s small and medium cities. That’s over a quarter of all listeners nationwide reached in those markets!
Embrace Organizational Change To Adopt New Marketing Technology
Easier said than done, right? It’s much easier for one person to commit to making behavioral changes and adopting a new technology to improve personal health. But getting an entire marketing organization to adopt a new technology or methodology and incorporate it into their day-to-day is much harder.
Oops! Do You Regret Social Posts?
eMarketer estimates that this year, there will be 180.3 million social network users in the US, equating to nearly seven in 10 internet users and 56.1% of the country’s total population.
Marketers struggle to Unify Content and Commerce, not realizing Full Value of Customer Interactions
Global marketers see the value of making their digital interactions with customers and stakeholders richer, more personal and predictive. But most are still struggling to make their mobile, social and web channels work together to provide a more enriching and engaging experience.
