By Dave Chaffey 18 Feb 2025 How can AI be used for Digital Marketing Strategy and Planning? Using GenAI RAG techniques to support marketing strategy development Since I’ve been involved in digital marketing from when we used to call it Internet Marketing, I’ve always been keen to help businesses use a more strategic approach. I believe it’s …..
By Dave Chaffey 14 Feb 2025 Global social media statistics research summary Our compilation of the latest social media statistics of consumer adoption and usage of social networking platforms Social networks have transformed marketing and, as this post shows, their popularity is still growing in our latest global social media statistics research …..
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By Dave Chaffey 15 Jan 2025 AI Marketing Trends in 2025 6 Trends and the latest practical innovations which will change marketing in the year(s) ahead We all now know that Generative AI (Gen AI) has already made a huge impact on marketing and the wider world. Yet it will grow …..
By Dave Chaffey 02 Jan 2025 10 Actionable Digital Marketing Trends for 2025 Dr Dave Chaffey’s practical review of the marketing trends that will matter for B2C and B2B marketers in 2025 I’ve been writing reviews of the latest digital marketing innovations for well over 10 years now; spurred on since they seem …..
By Dave Chaffey 02 Jan 2025 E-commerce conversion rate benchmarks – 2025 update E-commerce conversion rate and lead generation landing page stats for desktop and mobile devices for benchmarking averages across different industries As you will know, conversion rates are often used as a KPI to review the effectiveness of e-commerce sites. Naturally, …..
By Annmarie Hanlon 01 Jan 2025 How to create a marketing plan in 2025 A Marketing Plan is a bit like a job description for your company. Everyone should have one, but they’re often not fit for purpose, out of date and reviewed infrequently… Research has shown that businesses with plans succeed…
By Dave Chaffey 10 Dec 2024 10 reasons you need a digital marketing strategy in 2025 If you want to develop a strategy, where do you start? Well, it can be summarised in two or three sides of A4 in a table linking strategies to SMART objectives and KPIs to make sure you’re on track…
By James Story 17 Nov 2024 How to use the McKinsey 7S model in marketing An example of reviewing your marketing capabilities using the McKinsey 7S framework The McKinsey 7S model is a useful framework for reviewing an organization’s marketing capabilities from different viewpoints. Developed by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman during their tenure at …..
By Dave Chaffey 28 Oct 2024 Latest Gartner Hype Cycles for Digital Marketing: 2009-2024 Evaluating technology options for innovation in marketing – do you know your Hype Cycles? If you’re involved in marketing strategy development, you will be constantly making judgments and reviewing with colleagues which digital technology innovations are most relevant to your …..