Youth Seek More Multicultural Influences in Retail & Entertainment
America’s youth are looking for more cultural influences in what they watch, eat and buy, according to new research. The Harris Poll survey of more than 2,000 adults finds that 18-34-year-olds...
View ArticleVisual Content Performs Best on Social Media, Marketers Say
Senior marketers feel that visual assets are becoming more important to their brand communications, and now a new study from Clutch finds that visual content is believed to have the best performance on...
View ArticleCheck For These Common On-Site SEO Problems
Many websites are facing serious or severe on-site SEO issues, SEMrush reveals in an audit of 100,000 websites and 450 million pages. In fact, 6 of the 10 most commonly-found problems are considered to...
View ArticleSMBs Focus on Creating Relevant Content for Their Social Channels
More than 8 in 10 SMBs have a social presence on at least one platform, according to study results from The Alternative Board. Respondent companies – 3 in 4 of which are B2B focused – reported spending...
View ArticleB2B Execs Say Sales Needs Better Content. Here’s What They Think Works Best.
The marketing team is the one most commonly responsible for creating the content that salespeople use in their selling efforts, according to respondents to the 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study...
View ArticleSocial Post Interaction Rates on the Decline, With One Exception
Social media engagement rates are on the decline, reports TrackMaven in an analysis of interaction rates for 51 million pieces of content on four major social networks. Instagram has taken the biggest...
View ArticleSearch for Authenticity Drives Influencer Marketing Trend
Brands are turning to influencers primarily because they can offer them a greater degree of authenticity, research from TapInfluence and Altimeter, a Prophet Company [download page] has found....
View ArticleConsumers Say Stores Don’t Know Their Preferences. And They’re OK With That.
About 2 in 3 consumers surveyed in the US and UK say they see no evidence of stores knowing their preferences, a study has revealed. The report – from Periscope, by McKinsey [download page] – indicates...
View ArticleAdWords Benchmarks Show Which B2B Industries Benefit The Most
AdWords has the largest contribution to revenue (included projected revenue) for B2B financial services advertisers, finds Bizible in a recent benchmarking study [download page]. Based on marketing and...
View Article1 in 2 US Adults Say They’ll Watch Live Olympic Broadcasts
About half of American adults say they’ll definitely (17%) or probably (32%) watch live broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics that are starting today, according to a recent survey [pdf] from YouGov....
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