Market Insights

Since the GDPR took effect, brands must do more to identify themselves clearly, provide contact details, and tell people how they are using their data. Therefore, rules and regulations are increasingly vital for brands looking to run online contests as consumers now have greater power to file complaints.

At the same time, contest platform providers, like WILY, are among the security compliant vendors who Fortune 500 brands can turn to for all their contesting needs and avoid any potential security issues.

Brands and agencies are beginning to understand the importance of developing their brand activations for the digital age. Traditional advertising and marketing communications are no longer resonating with target audiences, and brands must adapt to a growing need for hyper-personalization. Many brands are now creating experiential marketing activations, and leveraging digital technology to enable more effective campaigns. A lot of time and preparation goes into developing memorable brand activations. However, many marketers struggle to measure the success of their activations, so it’s important to understand where your ideas are most impactful.

Marketers have a lot of their plates. Brands today are developing content at regular intervals and deploying it across their social channels in order to be in front of, and connect with their consumers 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Marketing automation and digital marketing makes it more possible than ever to track and manage these programs, and the ability to easily collect and assess customer data is truly a timesaver for many marketing professionals. But how can marketers get more out of their campaigns without putting more time in?

Marketers spend their days tirelessly capturing customer data. If you take a look at your CRM it’s likely a vast bank of customer information. But let’s jump off the data collection wagon just for a second. Our automated campaigns can take over for just a second; let’s think about the big picture. What are we doing with all this data? Are we nurturing those relationships? If so, are we doing it effectively? How can we activate all this data and leverage the information we are collecting?