Last year, consumers spent an average of 84 minutes per day watching videos online. And, with time spent consuming online video expected to increase in the next two years, not to mention the reported increase in video consumption during the current COVID-19 pandemic, marketers have a clear opportunity to reach potential consumers through video marketing.… Read More » The post Social Media Marketers Up Their Use of Instagram Video; Few Plan to Use TikTok For Now appeared first on Marketing Charts .

30-second summary: Chiefmartec released the much anticipated martech supergraphic 2020, 615 Martech businesses faded away in 2019 and didn’t make it to the 2020 martech-scape graphic. People won’t be very comfortable eating out in the post COVID-19 world but they showed an inclination towards wanting to support local restaurants and engage in more virtual get-togethers with family and friends. Algolia’s search trend report showed that education-related sites grew over 10X and grocery sites grew over 6X. But there’s more of a surprise in the findings, read on to discover. Consumers want ads to mention pricing, empathy, availability, and a few more. Video ads are the hero of advertising as TV and social media advertising soar. The pandemic sunk its teeth into the world economy but the mobile app economy has set its foot for success. Adjust’s App Trends 2020 report reveals the types of apps that are succeeding and their …

Early projections show that US media spend on paid social in 2020 is expected to increase by 17% over last year to reach more than $42 billion. And, while the coronavirus may have an effect on overall social media spend this year, Q1 2020 data [download page] from Merkle shows that its clients have already… Read More » The post Advertisers Continued to Gravitate to Instagram in Q1 appeared first on Marketing Charts .

30-second summary: Shoppers aren’t planning to significantly change how much they spend this holiday season compared with 2019. Many more people are planning to make their holiday purchases online versus in stores, where the fear of catching COVID-19 is still keeping shoppers away. While saving money remains a top priority for consumers, the contraction in consumer spending that occurred in April rebounded in May and June. Black Friday is moving online, converging with Cyber Monday to make the overall holiday shopping season for 2020 a very virtual one. Retailers can prepare for holiday shoppers by looking at behavior from the recent back-to-school shopping season. Sprout Social found that consumers and brands interacted much more on social media than pre-pandemic, dominated by social conversations focused on COVID-19. Retailers can prepare for the upcoming influx of virtual shoppers by focusing on personalization, polishing their messaging, understanding what platforms consumers use to communicate …

It’s been roughly a month now since the Coronavirus started to flip our lives upside down. From having to practice social distancing and getting used to life without the outdoors to continually washing our hands and wearing masks and seeing loved ones and friends getting sick, the Coronavirus is something none of us expected. Even our businesses our suffering. Just look at the Coronavirus marketing stats I shared a few weeks ago. The results are devastating. It’s why I decided to change Ubersuggest and make it more free to help small businesses out. Since then a lot has changed and there are new opportunities that have come around when it comes to your online business and marketing activities. Opportunity #1: Help others selflessly My ad agency has thousands of clients around the world. We lost a ton, but we still have enough to see trends in what’s happening. When I …

30-second summary: According to Global Web Index’s findings, 80% of consumers in the U.S. and UK say they have consumed more content since the outbreak. According to emarketer, 49% of marketing professionals and agencies held back a campaign launch until later in 2020 and 45% stopped or paused a media campaign midway. Admoik shared that there was a 17.2% drop in week-over-week ad revenues, direct deal and programmatic guarantee being the biggest drops. Despite the 8.3% decrease of retail industry’s M&A deals, Apple acquired AR technology startup, NextVR for a $100 million with an intention to launch its AR headset in 2022 and AR glasses in 2023. 53% of consumers prefer brands to communicate through TV ads. According to McKinsey, UK, Spain, and Italy are least optimistic, whereas the US (37%) and China (48%) are optimistic about their economies jumping back to normal in the next two-to-three months. Purchases are …

30-second summary: Lean on real-time data and insights to understand and engage consumers in meaningful ways. Elevate marketing and engagement strategies, acknowledging new consumer needs and shifts in behavior — increased e-commerce, social media usage and streaming TV. Deliver real value to consumers using localized approaches, messaging and incentives. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly changing consumers’ shopping habits, brand engagement and media consumption behaviors both now and in what will be our “new normal.” While much of life has changed due to social distancing, the temporary closure of businesses and apprehension even as restrictions are lifted, it’s important for brands and marketers to connect with customers in meaningful ways. Rather than pulling back on marketing or pausing engagement efforts, marketers have an opportunity to engage consumers in powerful ways by tailoring campaigns to new needs and priorities. During this unprecedented time, recent research from Valassis shows consumers value communication …

Global ad spend will fall by almost 12 per cent this year (excluding US political advertising), but this will be followed by growth of 8.2 per cent on a comparable basis next year, according to GroupM’s twice yearly This Year, Next Year report.

30-second summary: Video is now ‘the new normal enabler’ connecting brands and customers when offline interactions are still far from reverting to normal. Videos are bridging the gap for informing, educating, engaging, entertaining, and socializing with customers. Low-budget videos are now the it-thing of the video marketing industry – they look nothing like ads or promotional videos customers are likely to skip. Companies are expected to join the global conversation and express what matters to people behind the brand. And videos are a great tool for touching upon this conversation and revealing what the brand stands for as mere “We’re all in this together” message will not cut it. Although not a new trend, the popularity of live streams has soared due to COVID-19. Yes, while WFH, people tend to get distracted with their devices and watch a live stream. Not only stock markets are up – stock footage is …

It’s hard to believe Instagram started in 2010. It has turned into a marketing powerhouse . There are 1 billion monthly active Instagram users , and more than half of them use the platform every day. US businesses also love the social channel, and about 71% use it to connect with their market. While Instagram isn’t the biggest social media platform (that spot belongs to Facebook ), it’s still the most impactful influencer marketing channel . There’s just no denying the power of Instagram in this social media age. As the site continues to grow exponentially, businesses and brands everywhere are also leveraging the social network by working with Instagram influencers . So, how do you go about finding the best Instagram influencers for your marketing campaigns? Why You Need Instagram Influencers To appreciate how powerful Instagram is, you first need to understand what engagement rates are and what they …