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60% of Digital Marketing Spend Now Goes Toward Paid Channels

KoMarketing Associates

As marketers continue to discover new tactics to help them achieve their top objectives, new research indicates that many are now willing to invest more in paid channels. However, many marketers are still dedicated to utilizing their budget on unpaid channels as well. is invested in email marketing. About 8.5%

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Report: Marketers to Spend Less on Customer Initiatives as Budgets Fall

KoMarketing Associates

Although marketers have shifted their focus to initiatives, such as the customer experience and customer relationship management (CRM), new research suggests that they will invest less in these areas in the coming months. This comes as marketing budgets as a percent of company budgets fall to 12.3%, on average, from 11.8%

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Report: Marketers Struggling with Both Paid & Organic Search

KoMarketing Associates

Despite the challenges that often come with paid search, new research indicates that marketers are still willing to work with this tactic in order to reap the potential benefits. Merkle recently published its “Digital Marketing Report” for the second quarter of 2021. The Impact of Budget Restraints on Marketing.

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Report: 37% of Marketers Waste Marketing Spend as a Result of Poor Data

KoMarketing Associates

Many marketers struggle to harness valuable, accurate data, and new research shows that they are wasting their marketing spend and losing customers as a result. Over the past 12 months, an average of 26% of marketing campaigns have been hurt by poor data quality, amongst the respondents in the report.

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Report: Most Marketers Struggling to Find Multi-Channel Strategy Success

KoMarketing Associates

It’s becoming more important than ever before for marketers to connect with customers and prospects across multiple channels. Creating an effective strategy (48%), insufficient budget/resources (46%), and data quality (37%) were named the top challenges in this area. Balancing Paid and Unpaid Marketing Channel Investments.

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Report: Marketers Still Lack Control Over Their Budget and Strategy

KoMarketing Associates

Even though marketers are expected to deliver on a number of objectives across their organization, new research suggests that many still lack control over their own strategy and budget. The majority of respondents (52%) stated that their budget is not tied to their strategy. Investing in Digital Marketing Initiatives.

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Report: Facebook Remains Dominant Among B2B Social Media Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers turn to social media to reach out to customers and prospects, new research suggests that Facebook still reigns supreme as a go-to channel. LinkedIn (81%), Instagram (71%) and Twitter (59%) were also some of the top platforms utilized by B2B marketers. Marketers Now Using Facebook in New Ways. one year later.