The big issues facing Digital Marketing Managers in 2015 Almost half of the UK’s 16 billion pound advertising spend goes on digital campaigns. This is because advertisers have had to chase changing consumer habits. Time spent online among the UK audience has doubled over the past decade, driven primarily by tablets and smartphones. Digital marketing…
The key to start-up success is planning and discipline Starting a business is no mean feat, there are a vast number of factors which need to be considered and a successful business model needs imagination, insight and inspiration. Implementing the business model can be even harder than creating it, and needs determination and discipline. You…
An integrated small business campaign example I awoke on the last Friday of November to the usual Black Friday hangover. On checking my emails I was inundated an avalanche of offers in relation to that American import which, like Halloween, is now huge over here in the UK too: Black Friday. With the Argos, Currys,…
What’s going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting everything that popped up over the last week in his web development reading list so that you don’t miss out on anything. The result is a…
When Shanghai Disney Resort opens towards the beginning of 2016, it will represent just the latest move by western companies determined to entertain and profit from China’s new middle classes. Chinese household spending on entertainment and leisure activities rose 56% in just one year between 2010 and 2011 and the rise in entertainment spend is…
Analysis and actions showing the best ways to increase your conversion rate An abandoned basket is exactly as it sounds; it’s when a visitor who already added a product/service to the shopping cart then, for whatever reason, abandons their shopping cart and never proceeds to make a purchase. At best this is very frustrating; at…
Use this infographic to evaluate what you need from your Email Service Provider Selecting a good ESP is essential to drive your email marketing efforts to the next level, attain SMART goals and derive adequate results. Without in-depth data analysis, your ability to take clear decision gets paralyzed. Managing email bounce Managing the bounces could…
“Get out of the deliverables business” has become quite a mantra in the lean startup and UX movements. There’s much to love in that sentiment — after all, for every wireframe you make, you’re not shipping code to customers. But I’m worried that, just like with the concept of a minimum viable product, we’ve taken…
Defining the scope of digital marketing is essential for businesses to get the most from it Smart Insights exists to help advise marketers how to best plan and optimise their use of integrated digital marketing, but recently the term digital marketing has had a fair bit of criticism. Dave Chaffey’s recent blog post on digital…
How different functionality and value varies between the different Marketing Automation platforms Marketing Automation is a key trend for 2016. In fact it is currently top in our survey of what marketers think will be the most important marketing trend in 2016. An impressive 92% of marketers who are using marketing automation feel that it…
