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Nielsen Annual Marketing Report: Era of Alignment
Learn about future-focused marketing and advertising strategies for brand building and customer acquisition.
Beyond martech: building trust with consumers and engaging where sentiment is high
While brands can use data to inform messaging, leverage modern martech to improve targeting and measure engagement to gauge performance, there is one facet of marketing that modern technology can’t help with: consumer trust.
The Olympics Is the Biggest Platform for Gender Equality in Global Sports
The Olympics features men and women competing in the same events for medals of equal importance. And broadcasters and sponsors don’t differentiate.
Brand awareness remains global marketers’ top priority, but mass reach isn’t what it used to be
Global marketers say building brand awareness is their top objective for the year ahead, followed very closely by new customer acquisition.
Agility is key for marketers amid the convergence of brand and acquisition
In concert with the launch of Nielsen’s 2022 Annual Marketing Report, we spoke to Jamie Moldafsky, Nielsen’s chief marketing and communications officer, about the importance of brand, the intersection of brand and acquisition, understanding full consumer journeys and the value of scalable data...
Fans are changing the game
This report examines the global consumer shifts over the last two years and their impact on sports sponsorship models and content distribution.
Consumer behavior shifts and new experiences are broadening fan engagement
There is no substitute for live sports action, but the proliferation of content across an expanding array of platforms has sparked increased consumption of additional sports content—both related to and not related to live matches.
Why focusing on the entire marketing funnel is key for long-term brand growth
The quick wins as a result of conversion-dominated marketing may feel rewarding at the moment, but it often does not lead to long-term brand growth.
The not so hidden problem with big data sets
Big data sets don’t have rich details about actual people—from age, to income, to race and ethnicity—the way you do with a robust panel. These data sets, because they’re created by machine-to-machine transfers, also increase the possibility of waste and fraud.
The death of third-party cookies is an opportunity—not a pitfall—for marketers
Now is the time for marketers to prepare for a world without third-party cookies if they want to be able to outperform their competitors.
CTV Has Expanded the Commercial Opportunities in the TV Landscape
The dramatic rise in global CTV adoption, accelerated by the pandemic, has ushered in new commercial models that are fragmenting the landscape in much the same way that the myriad viewing options are.
Tracking the Evolution of Global TV Viewing
As the cornerstone of many living rooms around the world, the TV set remains a fixture for media consumption. That consumption, however, looks much different than it did a few years ago.
What Global Ad Spending Tells Us About the Future of Media
The pandemic is far from over, and we will feel its effects for years to come, but the resilient media industry is bouncing back, with certain constituents pulling out ahead of others.