Is your consumer marketing capturing the attention of the younger consumers known as Generation Z?
Chances are, your old ways aren’t going to work, because this generation is unlike others that have come before them. More
Content marketing has come a long way since the early days of cranking out dozens of poorly written blog posts stuffed with keywords, links to irrelevant websites, and reaching out to anyone and everyone for backlinks as part of a consumer marketing strategy. Today, content marketing is one of the best ways to help your brand gain consumer interest by telling your story rather than letting it be told by someone else.
And though the days of keyword stuffing are gone, creating high-quality, keyword-rich content will improve your visibility on search engine results pages and attract more organic traffic to your brand. More
When facing a downturn in the economy, we often look to the past for lessons on how to deal with the present. What did other CPG brands do to weather the last recession? Which brands increased profit and exposure when consumer spending was down? Which marketing tactics helped them gain traction, and which were a bad use of their budget?
While we can learn lessons from the past, we must remember that consumer behavior is ever-changing. Attention spans have gotten shorter. Audiences are fragmenting into smaller niches, and new niches are overlapping every day. In other words, throwing content at the whole world doesn’t work. Instead, targeting is crucial, especially during a recession, because you need to reach the audience most likely to engage with and buy your products.
So, what can you do to ensure you’re reaching the people who are most likely to engage with your brand, buy your product and then tell their network about it? Following are a few tips to reach buyers with influencer marketing during a recession. More
Marketing in any industry requires a deep understanding of a brand’s target audience before creating campaigns and choosing distribution for those campaigns. One or two generations or cohorts comprise the target audience for many industries. When it comes to pet ownership, however, marketers must fully understand the preferences of all ages, from Generation Alpha to the Silent Generation.
Why? Because everyone loves their pets. Most are passionate about them. How they shop for their pets, however, is a different story. Each generation consumes information and shops in their own unique ways. Marketers also mustn’t overlook how the pandemic altered shopping habits, particularly online purchases.
Following are some tips for helping to understand how to speak to consumers and convert them. More
Though Baby Boomers hold more than $2.6 trillion in spending power and control 70% of all disposable income in the U.S., they are often overlooked by marketers, specifically when digital campaigns are created. That’s a lot of money that brands may be leaving on the table, and a massive cohort of shoppers left feeling ignored.
When 67% of Baby Boomers own smartphones and account for 59% of digital purchases, it’s clear that this generation is more technologically savvy than younger generations give them credit for. With brands and marketers continuing to ignore them, Baby Boomers have effectively taken matters into their own hands. That’s right; we’re now in the age of the “Granfluencer.” More
For years, well before adopting the moniker of influencer marketing, brands have sought endorsements from celebrities and people of note. Generations that came before Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alphas—notably Generation X and Baby Boomers—can also be swayed by the right message from the right person at the right time.
Influencer marketing has become the catchall term for certain types of celebrities, experts, thought leaders, bloggers, and content creators who use their online presence to affect a group of people’s purchasing choices. It is one of the fastest-growing brand-building strategies, nearly tripling in value to an estimated $9.7 billion in recent years.
To develop killer influencer marketing strategies for all generations, it’s essential to understand the formula of the message, influencer, place, and time most effective for each generation. More
There is little precedent to help us understand how COVID-19 might shape consumer trends, especially in light of the technology that has emerged since the last global pandemic event in 1918. Now that the end of the tunnel is in sight, we’re gathering data at a lightning pace to understand the emerging consumer trends expected through 2021 and beyond. More
With online, direct-to-consumer, and click-and-collect options, buying CPG products is easier than ever before. When marketing CPG brands, providing those flexible options to consumers, and building awareness through social media marketing, are both essential for staying competitive and building online and in-store sales.
Social media marketing gives marketers the ability to reach vast numbers of potential consumers while getting instant feedback about their brand. More
Influencer marketing is nothing new. Ninety-two percent of consumers say that recommendations from people they know or follow are more powerful than brand advertising, and 74% say that word-of-mouth influences their purchasing decisions. It’s also why 67% of brands plan to increase their influencer marketing budgets this year.
In our new reality, with US consumers currently sheltering in place, influencer marketing has become even more powerful. With less access to non-essential items, consumers are relying on word-of-mouth recommendations more than ever before. More
Halloween may not be here yet, but brands are already pulling out the stops for holiday food and beverage marketing. And why not? It’s the time of year to eat, drink, and be merry! But it’s also a lucrative time of year for brands that make the most of their holiday food and beverage marketing strategies.
Last year, consumers spent $707.5 billion, with a large chunk of that directed at holiday meals and parties. Those numbers are expected to climb by at least 4% by year’s end, for a total of $730 billion.
Read on for tips on how to enhance your holiday food and beverage marketing this year. More
