It should come as no shock that consumers these days are quite mistrustful of businesses and advertising. We’ve all gotten excited by an ad for some product that makes grand promises or looks a certain way – only to be quite disappointed once we actually buy it: This may be funny in some instances (like when […]
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89% of B2B brands and 86% of B2C brands are using content marketing in some form for pretty much three reasons, in this order: It’s cheaper than traditional marketing. It’s easier to do than advertising. It’s more popular with people (i.e. your audience) than the above two points. In case you’re one of the 11% or
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Chart of the Week: 64% of consumers are now belief-driven buyers who want brands to deliver on societal issues, as well as products We all know that trusting a brand increases the chances of a customer buying from it. Building trust turns customers into advocates, providing priceless word-of-mouth marketing. On top of this, brand trust
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What Is Branding? As the American Marketing Association defines it: “A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers.” Water is a simple product, yet these brands have all managed to differentiate themselves from each other: Why would
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More choice means it not only becomes harder to persuade customers to engage with a particular proposition but also to retain their interest post-transaction. Digital has leveraged the greater array of choice available to consumers now, which is much more than at any other time in our economic development. At the same time, it has
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Instagram to stop recommending ‘borderline’ content, the UK government is proposing new rules for social media companies, Amazon Alexa conversations being listened to by people, Netflix is testing new subscriptions in India and Lego named as the UK’s favourite brand A big focus this week across the board is social media and the spread of
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It’s well-established that Amazon is the first place a majority of consumers turn when they want to search for products. But what happens when brands successfully lure consumers to their websites? Unfortunately, according to new research published by Episerver as part of its Reimagining Commerce report, over half of them are still likely to head
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If your brand logo or brand message is not connecting with your ideal consumers, the chance of brand recall in the future are slim Branding is equivalent to telling a story, a story that resonates with your ideal buyers. Visuals form the core of this storytelling. In other words, visual branding is the first step
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When your employees fail to understand your brand identity, it is nearly impossible to communicate it effectively to your consumers Establishing a strong brand identity is like building a healthy relationship – you have to believe in yourself before anyone else can do the same. However, getting your sales team, customer service team and every other department
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The old-style homepage that serves the same content to one and all is dead in this era of website personalization. These days, the key to generating maximum conversions from your website lies in presenting the most relevant content to individual users. Marketers and webmasters are continuously improving the UX of their sites in order to
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