ROI | Metrics
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Social
Marketers Are Looking Beyond Top-of-Funnel When Gauging Social Media Effectiveness
Engagement continues to be the most common metric for determining success on social media, according to Sprout Social’s 2025 Impact of Social Media Marketing report. But more and more marketers want to see the direct business impact.
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Digital
Tinuiti Report: Q2 Ad Spend Uncovers Opportunities for Brands in Digital Marketplaces
Despite concerns about inflation, tariffs and consumer sentiment, performance marketing agency Tinuiti found that businesses increased their advertising spend across major digital platforms during the Q2 of this year.
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Acquisition
Nature Made Expands Reach With HelloFresh and Food Influencer Partnership
Nature Made’s recent marketing initiative with HelloFresh is highly targeted, aiming to place product samples of its probiotic directly in the hands of interested consumers. Here’s a deep dive into the vitamin brand’s campaign.
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Acquisition
What Causes Cannibalization—and How to Avoid It in a Company Brand Portfolio
Why a new brand may start competing with existing ones rather than strengthen the portfolio—and ways to avoid it.
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ROI | Metrics
Forrester to B2B Marketers: Invest in Full Buyer Lifecycle, Improve AI Discoverability in 2026
Forrester’s “Budget Planning Guide 2026: B2B Marketing Executives” focuses largely on resilience when budgeting the year ahead. Recommendations include investing in influencer relations and improving discoverability in AI searches.
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Branding/Marketing
How Six Retail Merchants Are Communicating Tariff-Driven Price Increases to Consumers
Half a dozen major merchants—Fat Brain Toys, E.l.f., Topdrawer, Schmidt Brothers Cutlery, Swingline Staplers and The Honest Kitchen—share strategies on communicating their tariff woes and price increases.
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Research
Study: Enterprise B2B Marketers Focusing More on Financial Metrics and Efficiency
Enterprise B2B marketers are now emphasizing revenue-focused KPIs over vanity metrics such as clickthrough rates and lead volume, according to a study from B2B marketing specialist 2X and management consultancy Avasant.
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Data & Analytics
McKinsey Growth Survey Spotlights CMO-CEO Disconnect on Metrics Tied to Business Outcomes
We sat down with McKinsey & Co. partner Robert Tas to discuss the report findings, reasons for the CMO-CEO disconnect, how successful companies are handling customer growth and the biggest lessons for CMOs moving forward.
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ROI | Metrics
How AI Is Changing Advertising’s Hottest Currency: Attention Metrics
In a media ecosystem defined by velocity, variability and vast amounts of noise, one thing has become increasingly clear: Attention is the new currency. In light of this shift, here are practical tips for marketers.
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ROI | Metrics
Gartner: 39% of CMOs Plan to Reduce Labor Costs and Cut Agency Allocations
According to Gartner’s 2025 CMO Spend Survey, marketing budgets as share of company revenue remain flat, and 39% of plan to reduce labor costs and cut agency allocations.
