This document provides a summary of a global annual marketing report for 2022. It finds that global marketers are increasing spending across paid media channels, with an expected 53% increase in social media spending. The top objectives for marketers are brand awareness and new customer acquisition. While marketers are confident in measuring certain channels, they lack confidence in full-funnel ROI measurement. The report emphasizes that brand awareness has never been more important given changes in consumer behavior and media fragmentation.
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Challenges
Inaccurate forecasts of retailer demand has become a major issue at Obermeyer. The two major factors that made this task more difficult was the increase in product variety and intense competition in market. Second challenge the company had faced was to allocate production between Hong Kong and China. Although Obermeyer had 1/3 of Parka production in China for 1992, this year the organization insisted on increasing the sales to half. There was difference in quality and labor rate at China and Hong Kong which made allocation decision more difficult.
Another challenge the company faced was the larger lead time. The company had supplies of raw materials from various countries which resulted in delayed production time. Organization challenges along with competition from competitor companies were major challenges the company had faced.
Analysis
From the sales predictions that the six managers forecasted, a coefficient of variation (COV) was determined, which indicated the level of spread of the forecasted data. The COV values were broadly divided into two levels, the low risk group and the high risk group. Every value below 0.2 were considered to be among the lower risk items and all the items above COV value of 0.2 were considered to be of higher risks. Once the risk levels of each item were determined, the quantities of items to be produced in first and second production cycles could be calculated with least risk. 70% of the entire sales forecast for the lower risk items were ordered to be produced. Only 30% of higher risk items were ordered to be produced in the first production cycle. The quantities which amounted to 1200 were manufactured in China and that which were close to 600, were manufactured in Hong Kong in the first production cycle.
Once the 80% of the orders were received from the retailers from the Vegas show, a clear picture of the demand forecast could be obtained, according to which the rest of the items could be manufactured either in China or Hong Kong. Referring to exhibit 1, the four products to be produced in China in the first production cycle are: Assault, Seduced, Entice and Electra. These four products have COV less than 0.2. However Gail, Daphne, ISIS, Anita, Teri, Stephanie are produced in Hong Kong for the first production cycle as they have a high level of risk associated with it.
Conclusion
Short term operational changes
o Decrease lead time by obtaining raw materials from geographically closer locations to ensure timely delivery
Long term operational changes
o Cross scaling Chinese labors which would help the company produce quality and reliable goods at a cheaper price
This presentation discusses the supply chain drivers and associated trade-offs for each. The case has been picked up from Pearson\'s SCM book authored by Peter Meindl and Sunil Chopra
Shopper Marketing is a core B2C (business to consumer) marketing strategy used to activate your brand in the online and offline retail world. From omnichannel marketing, to analyzing shopper insights, this guide distills a best practice approach to Shopper Marketing that will superpower your strategy and lead you in the direction of success.
With input by experts in the shopper marketing world, this guide will take you from the basics and into the challeneges, tactics and metrics you need to follow. After all of the best practices are shared, there is a stage by stage, step by step action plan with tools and templates designed to immediately help your organization leverage best practices.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Evolution of Shopper Marketing
The Essence of Shopper Marketing
What Shopper Really Is, What it isn’t, and Who’s Profiting
The Key Differences Between Consumers and Shoppers
The Incredible Importance of Shopper Insights/Analytics
The Non-Linear Omni-Channel Shopper Journey
Powerful Statistics that Make the Business Case
Case Study: Scotch Tape
The Nuts and Bolts of Shopper Marketing
Processes and Best Practices
Know Your Shopper(s) Before You Begin
Channels, Trends, Seasonal Events and Tactics
Common Challenges in the Shopper Marketing World
Watching Your Competition Closely for Insights
Case Study: Allegra
What You Need to Succeed
Digital & Social Acumen
Partnership With All Levels (Retailer, Brand, and Agency)
Retailer Led Marketing
Brand Led marketing
Case Study: Alcon
Exploring the Future of Shopper Marketing
Neuromarketing and Behavioral Insights
Tracking, Testing and Simulations
Seamless Shopping Experiences
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Shopper Marketing action plan & toolkit
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Brand Management Project on Maggi noodlesAnil Nandyala
• Brand Image Measurement using Brand Asset Valuator method
• Brand Equity Measurement using Colombo Morrison & Van Westendorps method
• Brand Value Measurement using Inter brand valuation method
While digital channels continue to gain ground, the ambivalence isn’t gone.
Many of you feel you don’t have the right tools to measure and compare the
ROI of your ad campaigns across all the channels you use.
Challenges
Inaccurate forecasts of retailer demand has become a major issue at Obermeyer. The two major factors that made this task more difficult was the increase in product variety and intense competition in market. Second challenge the company had faced was to allocate production between Hong Kong and China. Although Obermeyer had 1/3 of Parka production in China for 1992, this year the organization insisted on increasing the sales to half. There was difference in quality and labor rate at China and Hong Kong which made allocation decision more difficult.
Another challenge the company faced was the larger lead time. The company had supplies of raw materials from various countries which resulted in delayed production time. Organization challenges along with competition from competitor companies were major challenges the company had faced.
Analysis
From the sales predictions that the six managers forecasted, a coefficient of variation (COV) was determined, which indicated the level of spread of the forecasted data. The COV values were broadly divided into two levels, the low risk group and the high risk group. Every value below 0.2 were considered to be among the lower risk items and all the items above COV value of 0.2 were considered to be of higher risks. Once the risk levels of each item were determined, the quantities of items to be produced in first and second production cycles could be calculated with least risk. 70% of the entire sales forecast for the lower risk items were ordered to be produced. Only 30% of higher risk items were ordered to be produced in the first production cycle. The quantities which amounted to 1200 were manufactured in China and that which were close to 600, were manufactured in Hong Kong in the first production cycle.
Once the 80% of the orders were received from the retailers from the Vegas show, a clear picture of the demand forecast could be obtained, according to which the rest of the items could be manufactured either in China or Hong Kong. Referring to exhibit 1, the four products to be produced in China in the first production cycle are: Assault, Seduced, Entice and Electra. These four products have COV less than 0.2. However Gail, Daphne, ISIS, Anita, Teri, Stephanie are produced in Hong Kong for the first production cycle as they have a high level of risk associated with it.
Conclusion
Short term operational changes
o Decrease lead time by obtaining raw materials from geographically closer locations to ensure timely delivery
Long term operational changes
o Cross scaling Chinese labors which would help the company produce quality and reliable goods at a cheaper price
This presentation discusses the supply chain drivers and associated trade-offs for each. The case has been picked up from Pearson\'s SCM book authored by Peter Meindl and Sunil Chopra
Shopper Marketing is a core B2C (business to consumer) marketing strategy used to activate your brand in the online and offline retail world. From omnichannel marketing, to analyzing shopper insights, this guide distills a best practice approach to Shopper Marketing that will superpower your strategy and lead you in the direction of success.
With input by experts in the shopper marketing world, this guide will take you from the basics and into the challeneges, tactics and metrics you need to follow. After all of the best practices are shared, there is a stage by stage, step by step action plan with tools and templates designed to immediately help your organization leverage best practices.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Evolution of Shopper Marketing
The Essence of Shopper Marketing
What Shopper Really Is, What it isn’t, and Who’s Profiting
The Key Differences Between Consumers and Shoppers
The Incredible Importance of Shopper Insights/Analytics
The Non-Linear Omni-Channel Shopper Journey
Powerful Statistics that Make the Business Case
Case Study: Scotch Tape
The Nuts and Bolts of Shopper Marketing
Processes and Best Practices
Know Your Shopper(s) Before You Begin
Channels, Trends, Seasonal Events and Tactics
Common Challenges in the Shopper Marketing World
Watching Your Competition Closely for Insights
Case Study: Allegra
What You Need to Succeed
Digital & Social Acumen
Partnership With All Levels (Retailer, Brand, and Agency)
Retailer Led Marketing
Brand Led marketing
Case Study: Alcon
Exploring the Future of Shopper Marketing
Neuromarketing and Behavioral Insights
Tracking, Testing and Simulations
Seamless Shopping Experiences
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Shopper Marketing action plan & toolkit
Dave Carrol, a musician traveled in United Airlines and finds his Guitar being broke due to poor cargo handling. The case tells about the events that followed and how United Airlines responded back and the customer service that was given to Dave and how he responded back.
Brand Management Project on Maggi noodlesAnil Nandyala
• Brand Image Measurement using Brand Asset Valuator method
• Brand Equity Measurement using Colombo Morrison & Van Westendorps method
• Brand Value Measurement using Inter brand valuation method
While digital channels continue to gain ground, the ambivalence isn’t gone.
Many of you feel you don’t have the right tools to measure and compare the
ROI of your ad campaigns across all the channels you use.
Closing the Gap: Adopting Omnichannel Strategies for Stronger Brand-Consumer ...Catalyst
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Key takeaways:
• U.S. consumer trends and engagement compared to advertiser approach to search, social, ecommerce, gaming, CTV, DOOH, podcasts, and more
• Media consumption differences across key audience demographics and implications for omnichannel planning
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• Barriers to adopting omnichannel programs and recommended solutions
• The impact of privacy and identity on consumers, advertisers, and omnichannel programs
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Do you know digital channels build long term brand loyalty? In this presentation, we share learnings around which digital channels deliver the best ROI and key insights to create breakthrough marketing in a connected world.
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For more information view us on www.accenture.com/ConsumerGoods
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We study the link between the evolving age structure of the working population and unemployment. We build a large new Keynesian OLG model with a realistic age structure, labor market frictions, sticky prices, and aggregate shocks. Once calibrated to the European economy, we quantify the extent to which demographic changes over the last three decades have contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate. Our findings yield important implications for the future evolution of unemployment given the anticipated further aging of the working population in Europe. We also quantify the implications for optimal monetary policy: lowering inflation volatility becomes less costly in terms of GDP and unemployment volatility, which hints that optimal monetary policy may be more hawkish in an aging society. Finally, our results also propose a partial reversal of the European-US unemployment puzzle due to the fact that the share of young workers is expected to remain robust in the US.
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2. 2
Foreword
Navigating constant change isn’t easy, but it is
what makes the role of the CMO so exciting, as
well as one of the most challenging.
Agility has never been more paramount. We
continue to hear from marketers that an
adaptive mindset is the most important attribute
to have in business today. Combine that with a
clear and real-time understanding of consumers
and their behaviors, and brands become well
positioned to hone their messages, allocate
their ad spend, adjust their media mix and
optimize to drive ROI.
Consumers want brands to know them. It’s a
progressively tall order, but it’s not out of reach.
It’s also what’s blurring the line between brand
building and customer acquisition. In fact, the
intersection between the two has probably
never been closer, and that means a relentless
focus on driving business outcomes will depend
on exceptional upper-funnel through lower-
funnel planning and execution.
With real-time changes in consumer attitudes,
behavior and media engagement, the right data is
more important than ever. Robust and accurate data
must be marketers’ north star for understanding
and engaging the consumer and for measurement
and attribution that enables the highest ROI. With
the complexities of ongoing disruption and media
fragmentation, several things remain constant: the
need to know consumers and clients, what they want
from you and how you most effectively and efficiently
can engage them.
Unlike the finite amount of time in a single day,
device and platform choices are seemingly infinite. As
consumers toggle between devices and platforms, it’s
clear that their attention can be divided. But there’s
always a time and place where they focus—and
that’s where marketers must be, armed with the right
message.
Jamie Moldafsky
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
3. 2
Foreword
About this report
30
4
Introduction
14
Ensure that your
cross-platform
measurement isn’t siloed
18
Crystalize your data and
your data strategy for a
personalized future
25
Make your brand
your promise
5
Key takeaways
6
Driving brand awareness
has never been more
important
2022
global
annual
marketing
report
4. 4
Introduction
Expected budget change over the next
12 months among global marketers
Percentages represent responses to this question: How do you expect your budgets to change in the next
12 months for each of the following paid media channels?
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’ and ‘don’t know’.
1 Nielsen Ad Intel
Despite the difficulty of the past two
years, brands continue to rebalance
their marketing efforts after widespread
pullbacks in 2020, especially with respect
to traditional mass reach channels. In the
U.S. for example, brands spent more than
$74 billion on network, cable and spot
TV advertising last year, well above the
$57.4 billion they spent in 20201. WPP’s
GroupM expects a solid year for the ad
market in 2022, forecasting global growth
of 9.7%, and the planned spending among
the marketers we surveyed for this year’s
marketing report aligns, as they anticipate
increased spend across all channels.
In select digital channels, the planned
increase will be as high as 53%.
Consumer behavior isn’t just in flux—it has
changed.
As it always has been, data is a marketer‘s
guiding light. But that data—which should
be increasingly rooted in an effective first-
party data strategy—should be plugged
into scalable marketing solutions that
brands of all sizes can use to approach
all decisions with precision to arrive at
reliable, growth-driving outcomes.
Introduction
Social media
Display: Online/mobile
Video: Online/mobile
Search
OTT-TV/connected-TV
Streaming audio
Podcasts
OOH
Email
Native advertising
Direct mail
Linear TV
Print
Cinema
AM/FM radio
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in all other markets
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA APAC
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA APAC
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA APAC
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA APAC
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
Significantly lower in EMEA and higher in NA
4% 8% 23% 46% 19%
4% 8% 24% 48% 14%
5% 8% 24% 46% 16%
4% 9% 28% 45% 13%
4% 11% 31% 39% 13%
4% 10% 34% 38% 11%
4% 10% 33% 38% 11%
5% 14% 31% 36% 12%
5% 12% 35% 36% 11%
4% 12% 35% 35% 11%
5% 14% 38% 31% 9%
5% 15% 37% 30% 10%
6% 19% 34% 29% 9%
5% 15% 39% 26% 9%
6% 16% 39% 26% 9%
53%
Aggregate
increase
50%
49%
45%
37%
35%
35%
29%
30%
30%
21%
20%
13%
15%
13%
5. 5
Key takeaways
Brand awareness has never been
more important
Global marketers are united in stating
that building brand awareness is their top
objective. Today, amid media fragmentation
and sources of brand equity sources evolving,
brands need to leverage an array of channels
to reach the widest audiences.
Un-silo your measurement
Consumer journeys have never been siloed,
but increasing media fragmentation amplifies
the need for holistic measurement. Globally,
marketers are somewhat confident in ROI
measurement across select channels, but their
confidence in full-funnel ROI measurement
stands at just 54%.
Use data to champion personalized
marketing strategies
Globally, marketers understand the need
for audience data, yet they struggle with
varying aspects of their data strategies,
citing notable challenges with data access,
identity resolution and being able to derive
actionable insights.
Make your brand your promise
Consumers want more than just a product
or service from brands, and purpose-driven
initiatives are proving their weight in ROI. Global
marketers say their brands are emphasizing
purpose, but Nielsen data shows that 55% of
consumers aren’t convinced that brands are
fostering true progress.
Key takeaways
Advertiser’s
objectives
Brand awareness
Consumer belief in
brand progress
Unconvinced that
brands foster
true progress
55%
Major data
challenges
resolution
Identity
Driving
insights
from data
Data access
Channel
measurement
Confidence in
full-funnel
measurement
54%
6. 6
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
Driving brand awareness
has never been more important
Numbers represent responses to this question: Please rank, in order of importance, each of the following
marketing objectives for your business from most important (1) to least important (7)
Marketers’ top objective makes
sense, as the need to drive
awareness has never been
more important. In addition to
the prevalence of consumer
choice and access, some
traditional sources of brand
equity are less apparent
than before the pandemic
simply because of reduced
visibility. With many consumers
shopping less regularly at
physical stores, for example,
the frequency of seeing a
product on a shelf or a sign in a
store window has declined.
Top marketing objectives for the next year
The notable increase in
advertising spend over the
past year aside, marketer
objectives, strategies and
tactics are largely unchanged
from what we saw a year ago.
Brand awareness and new
customer acquisition remain
top objectives, and marketers
continue to increase their
spending across social media
and online channels (display
and video) as consumers’
media behaviors evolve.
Brand awareness
Less important in EMEA
Customer
acquisition
More important in LATAM
Customer retention
More important in NA,
less important in EMEA Customer
advocacy
More important in EMEA,
less important in APAC
Competitor
conquesting
More important in LATAM
Churn reduction
More important in
APAC EMEA,
less important in LATAM
4.3
Other
6.6
4.1
3.1
3.3
3.7
3
Most
important
Least
important
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
7. 7
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
Source: Nielsen Brand Resonance report
2 Nielsen Streaming Platform Ratings 3 The Gauge, February 2022
Fewer people are driving to stores and shopping
inside them, which reduces equity support simply
because people aren‘t seeing logos on shelves or
on storefronts as much.
The online “shelf“ is infinite, which makes it
increasingly difficult for single brands to stand out.
Disrupted supply chains from electronics to
auto to lumber have affected brand and product
availability, forcing customers to try alternatives.
The circumstances and resulting behavior cause a
lost source of equity.
In today’s world, it’s a risky proposition to take non-
marketing sources of equity for granted. These examples
also elevate the importance of staying top-of-mind with
consumers when a sale is at stake.
There is no discounting the growing reach of select
digital channels, such as online video and connected TV,
and marketers are increasing their spend accordingly.
Importantly, they’ll want to ensure that their spend is
reaching the right audiences—real people making real
choices. In December 2021, for example, YouTube reached
135 million people on TV screens alone2. YouTube is also
a strong competitor in the streaming space, as Americans
streamed 177.3 billion minutes of video3 on the platform in
January 2022.
Nielsendatashowsthatmarketing
accountsfor10%-35%
ofabrand’sequity
Factors affecting brand equity
8. 8
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
Expected change in social
media spending by market
Percentages represent anticipated changes in social media spending over the next 12 months.
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’ and ‘don’t know’. Percentages below 3% not shown.
Social media remains global marketers’ most
bankable channel, as 64% say it’s their most effective
paid channel. And many brands are finding success
with social media, especially on platforms like TikTok
and Instagram. The popularity of these channels and
growing brand successes are influencing increased
spend, as global marketers plan to boost their social
media budgets more than any other channel over
the next year. The global average, however, would
be higher if it weren’t for marketers in Europe, Middle
East, and Africa (EMEA), as they intend to increase
their spending less than marketers elsewhere. The
planned spend across social media is also interesting,
as the marketers we surveyed say they are not
prioritizing engagement with Gen Z as a key business
priority even though their primary increases focus on
platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
APAC LATAM North America EMEA
20%
50%
21%
6%
21%
49%
19%
7%
5%
22%
48%
20%
6%
3%
14%
35%
31%
12%
6%
9. 9
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
Percentages represent responses to this question: Please rank the effectiveness of each of the following paid media channels for your business.
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’and ‘don’t know’. Percentages below
3% not shown.
4 2021 Nielsen Trust in Advertising Survey
Compared with paid digital, global marketers plan to
increase their spending across traditional channels
less, particularly across mass-reach options like TV
and radio. In addition to garnering higher consumer
trust than many digital channels4, TV and radio
are more traditionally aligned with brand building
and new consumer acquisition efforts. That said,
marketers plan to increase their ad spending
across linear TV and traditional radio significantly
less than across social media, where the aggregate
increase is 53% among global marketers.
Perceived effectiveness of primary
paid traditional channels
Perceived effectiveness of primary paid
traditional channels
4%
Direct mail
OOH
Cinema
Linear TV
AM/FM Radio
Print
46%
16% 30% 32% 15% 4% 3%
47%
17% 30% 31% 14% 5% 3%
43%
15% 28% 30% 16% 5% 6%
47%
41%
43%
17% 30% 30% 16% 3%
14% 27% 33% 17% 5% 4%
15% 28% 34% 16% 5%
Extremely confident Moderately confident
Very confident
Slightly confident Not applicable
Not at all confident
Extremely confident
Moderately confident
Very confident
Slightly confident
Not applicable
Not at all confident
10. 10
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
While 61% of global survey respondents say they
are confident in their ability to measure the impact
of brand building, their planned limited increases
in ad spending across traditional mass reach
channels highlights a possible misalignment
between top business goals and marketing tactics.
It also highlights the lesser amount of confidence
among marketers in the effectiveness of traditional
channels when compared against digital ones.
Perceived effectiveness of primary
paid digital channels
Perceived effectiveness of primary paid
digital channels
Social media
Search
Email
Podcasts
Streaming audio
OTT-TV/connected – TV
Video: Online/mobile
Online/mobile
Native advertising
44%
16% 28% 32% 16% 4% 4%
64%
58%
51%
48%
16% 32% 30% 14% 5% 3%
49%
17% 32% 31% 13% 4% 3%
58%
22% 36% 26% 11% 3%
58%
21% 37% 27% 12% 3%
47%
17% 30% 31% 16% 3%
28% 36% 23% 10% 3%
22% 36% 27% 12%
19% 32% 30% 14% 3%
Extremely confident
Moderately confident
Very confident
Slightly confident
Not applicable
Not at all confident
Chapter III Data 4b
Percentages represent responses to this question: Please rank the effectiveness of
each of the following paid media channels for your business.
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not
applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’and ‘don’t know’.
Percentages below 3% not shown.
Extremely confident
Moderately confident
Very confident
Slightly confident
Not applicable
Not at all confident
11. 11
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
When it comes to new customer
acquisition, patience will be a
brand’s best friend. According to
Nielsen Commspoint Journey, a
survey of purchase journeys across
80 product categories found that
85% of purchases involved brands
the customer had already tried
in the past. Additionally, 22% of
consumers report feeling worried or
nervous about trying a new brand.
5 Nielsen’s Take command of your brand report
Brand awareness tops the list of
important marketing metrics
Percentages represent responses to this question: Please rank the importance of each of the following metrics/measurement capabilities to your organization.
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’
and ‘don’t know’. Percentages below 3% not shown.
1 E.g. Time spent, video views, clicks... etc.
The stated high confidence in their
ability to measure the effectiveness
of their brand-building campaigns
notwithstanding, it’s not uncommon
for brands to find it challenging
to quantify the effects of brand
building on long-term sales.
Marketers are always pressured to
deliver ROI for their efforts, so it’s
not surprising to see a greater focus
on short-term wins—especially in
recent years. The good news is that
Nielsen’s experience base shows
that on average, a 1-point gain in
brand metrics, such as awareness
and consideration, drives a 1%
increase in sales.
Unduplicated reach frequency
Multi-touch/sales attribution
Full-funnel media ROI
Brand awareness
Marketing mix modeling
Viewability
Engagement¹
57%
60%
61%
66%
61%
61%
63%
Significantly higher in
LATAM and lower in
APAC
Significantly higher in
LATAM and lower in
EMEA APAC
Significantly higher in
LATAM NA and
lower in EMEA APAC
Significantly higher in
LATAM and lower in
EMEA APAC
Significantly higher in
LATAM NA
and lower in APAC
Significantly higher in
LATAM and lower in
EMEA APAC
Significantly higher in
LATAM and lower in
EMEA APAC
27% 36% 25% 10%
26% 35% 27% 10%
25% 36% 27% 10%
30% 36% 23% 9%
23% 38% 26% 11%
23% 37% 27% 12%
22% 35% 30% 11%
Extremely important
Moderately important
Very important
Slightly important
Not at all important
12. 12
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
Read as: Channel 1 accounted for 30% of the marketing spend for the campaign. Relative to the 30% contribution to spend, Channel 1 produced 13% less short-term sales than would be expected (based on fair share of spend), and lifted
awareness and consideration 56% less than would be expected.
Source: Nielsen Marketing Mix Models
Channel effects:
short- vs.long-term impacts
To illustrate, consider the marketing spend case
from an insurance brand. It highlights just how
difficult it can be to use lower-funnel impacts to
optimize the upper funnel (awareness).
Index of each channel‘s effectiveness
vs. overall marketing effectiveness
30%
87
44
Baseline
100
17%
14%
8%
6%
5%
4%
4%
4%
106
92
113
45
115
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58
44
86
191
169
330
21
103
73
86
Effectiveness in driving short-term sales
Effectiveness in driving awareness and consideration
% of marketing
spend in channel
Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 5
Channel 6
Channel 7
Channel 8
Channel 9
Channel #
30%
87
44
Baseline
100
17%
Effectiveness in driving short-term sales
Effectiveness in driving awareness and consideration
% of marketing
spend in channel
Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel #
A1-pointgaininbrandmetricswoulddrive
$1millioninsalesforabrandthatgenerates
$100millioninannualsales
Understanding consumer needs and behaviors
is a great way to partner with consumers.
Brands that partner with consumers, clearly
articulate their company’s value proposition and
meaningfully engage with them, will develop the
foundation for long-term relationships with them.
13. 13
Driving brand awareness has never been more important
Align your marketing strategy and tactics with KPIs that
can be achieved through established tactics.
The last several years have been a rollercoaster ride,
so it's natural that marketers want to put their money in
channels and tactics that deliver immediate ROI. However,
marketers are increasingly more interested in driving
brand awareness, requiring a different set of channels,
tactics and KPIs.
Stay top-of-mind with consumers across the platforms
and channels they spend their time.
Many traditional sources of brand equity have become
less visible in recent years as people spend more time at
home or do more of their shopping online. The increased
pressure on non-marketing sources of equity elevates the
importance of marketing in preserving a brand’s health.
Lean into the mass reach capabilities of digital channels.
Yes, linear TV is, on average, one of the most effective
channels for driving long-term sales lift, but next-gen
channels like online video and CTV are increasingly
growing in their ability to engage very wide audiences
and can help round out well-balanced and holistic
marketing strategies.
For building brand awareness
Keyrecommendations
for marketers
14. 14
Ensure that your Cross-Platform Measurement isn’t siloed
From a marketing perspective, technology to engage, measure, optimize
and prove ROI has never been more rampant, but marketers should
be increasingly focused on strategies that provide holistic views of
consumers—not just channel—or platform-specific look-ins.
Whilemarketersaremostconfidentin
measuringROIfromsocialmedia,
globalmeasurementconfidenceisonly64%
Across paid digital channels, global marketers surveyed are most
confident in their ability to measure ROI across social media (64% are
extremely or very confident; equal to their perceived effectiveness of
the channel). Confidence in measuring social media ROI is significantly
higher in Latin America (86%) and notably lower in Asia-Pacific (55%),
while North America comes in at 59% (behind paid search at 60%). In
light of the planned increases across social media over the next year,
global marketers’ confidence in measuring its ROI—outside of Latin
America—is low.
The lack of ROI-proving confidence in these preferred channels suggests
an opportunity for martech providers to help brands improve their
execution and results. Perhaps more important is the lack of confidence
that global marketers have in measuring ROI across other paid and
traditional channels.
Percentages represent responses to this question: How confident are you in your ability to measure ROI for each of the following
paid media channels?
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’ and ‘don’t know’.
Percentages below 4% not shown.
Confidence in measuring the ROI
across paid channels
Ensure that your
cross-platform
measurement isn’t siloed Moderately confident
Very confident
Extremely confident
N/A
Not at all confident
Slightly confident
Confidence in measuring ROI
for paid digital channels is
greatest in LATAM across
channels, while marketers in
APAC feel least confident.
51% 58% 64% 47% 58% 59% 49% 49% 44%
19%
32%
30%
14%
22%
36%
27%
12%
28%
36%
23%
10%
17%
30%
31%
16%
21%
37%
27%
22%
36%
26%
12%
17%
32%
16%
32%
16%
28%
31% 30%
32%
13%
4%
14%
5%
16%
4%
4%
11%
Email Search
Social
media
Native
advertising
Display:
Online/
mobile
Video:
Online/
mobile
OTT-TV/
connected
TV
Streaming
audio Podcasts
Net: Extremely/very confident
Confidence in measuring the ROI across paid channels
15. 15
Ensure that your Cross-Platform Measurement isn’t siloed
The marketers surveyed for this year’s report
spent more than half of their 2021 advertising
budgets on digital channels, noting significant
planned increases over the next year. Despite
leaning into newer channels, however, many
marketers express lackluster confidence in
being able to prove ROI. Almost half (49%) of
global marketers, for example, said they plan to
increase their spending on podcasts over the next
year, with 11% planning increases of more than
50%. That said, their confidence in measuring the
ROI of that investment is fairly low. Only 44% are
either extremely or very confident.
There may not be much confidence tracking
podcast ROI, but marketers shouldn’t overlook
this growing media channel. Nielsen’s Podcast
Ad Effectiveness (PAE) solutions show that host-
read ads drive a brand recall rate of 71%, which
subsequently creates high levels of consumer
interest, purchase intent and recommendation
intent. Globally, two-thirds (65%) of marketers
believe new formats, like podcasts, brand
integrations and sponsorships are greatly important
to marketing strategies. This sentiment is less in
Asia-Pacific (59%) and EMEA (58%), but greater in
North America (71%) and Latin America (73%).
Percentages represent responses to this question: How confident are you in your organization’s ability to accurately
measure the following?
Note: The data may not sum to 100% because the charts do not display data for ‘not applicable’, ‘prefer not to say’
and
‘don’t know’. Percentages below 3% not shown.
1 E.g. Time spent, video views, clicks, ... etc.
Confidence in measurement
by metric
Significantly higher
in LATAM and lower
in APAC EMEA
Significantly higher
in LATAM NA
and lower in APAC
Significantly higher
in LATAM and lower
in APAC
Significantly higher
in LATAM and lower
in APAC EMEA
Significantly higher
in LATAM and lower
in APAC
Significantly higher
in LATAM and lower
in APAC
Significantly higher
in LATAM and lower
in APAC
Unduplicated reach and frequency
53%
19% 34% 29% 14% 4%
Full-funnel media ROI
54%
20% 34% 29% 12% 5%
Customer lifetime value
57%
24% 33% 27% 12% 4%
Viewability
59%
23% 36% 30% 9%
Engagement¹
60%
23% 37% 26% 11% 3%
Brand awareness
61%
27% 34% 29% 10% 3%
Sales
64%
29% 35% 24% 10%
Extremely confident Moderately confident
Very confident
Slightly confident Not at all confident
16. 16
Ensure that your Cross-Platform Measurement isn’t siloed
Consumer journeys aren’t isolated to platforms and channels, but only 54% of
global marketers are confident in their ability to measure full-funnel ROI. Somewhat
surprisingly, 73% of marketers globally express satisfaction with their measurement
tools. The gap between confidence in full-funnel ROI measurement and overall
martech satisfaction presents an opportunity for martech companies to provide
assurance in measurement capabilities where confidence is muted.
Standard industry solutions don’t typically account for both upper- and lower-funnel
marketing efforts in the same solution. To address the need for short-term sales
and to seed long-term growth, marketers should run effectiveness studies for both
short- and long-term ROI. One way to do this is to run marketing mix models (MMMs)
to optimize channel mix for short term-sales, and then use a second analysis to
optimize channel mix for awareness or other upper-funnel metrics. Finally, brands
should look at both plans and weight them together based on organizational goals.
This should help brands create a more balanced plan that supports both their short-
term needs and their long-term ambitions.
17. 17
Ensure that your Cross-Platform Measurement isn’t siloed
Leverage the technology that delivers on your needs.
Marketing budgets are no stranger to scrutiny, but
the past two years shine an even brighter light on the
importance of efficient and effective spending. With
relatively low measurement confidence, especially with
respect to next-gen channels, global marketers should
focus on solutions that provide the confidence they need
to prove the effectiveness of their spending.
Remain agile and adaptive.
Having insight into the consumer is the best way to stay
agile and adaptive. Investments in trusted and robust data
sources will be money well spent.
Optimize throughout the funnel.
Individual industry solutions don’t typically account
for both lower- and upper-funnel marketing efforts. To
validate short-term sales and seed long-term growth,
consider running MMM studies for both short- and long-
term ROI.
For measurement confidence
Keyrecommendations
for marketers
18. 18
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
Crystalize your
data strategy for a
personalized future
Data has never been more important for brands
and marketers. Engagement with digital channels
continues to rise, and every interaction creates a
step in the consumer journey. Understanding the
consumers behind those engagements ensures
that advertisers are reaching the right audiences
with the right messages.
No two audiences are the same, and the increasing
proliferation of channels produces an abundance of unique
data sets. This is particularly relevant with respect to next-
gen channels like connected TV (CTV) and podcasting, which
present new challenges to traditional targeting solutions. CTV
is especially a growing focus for global marketers, with 51%
planning to increase their over-the-top/CTV spending in the
coming year. In North America, the percentage is 61%, which
aligns with last year’s streaming video boom. In the U.S.,
Americans streamed almost 15 million years’ worth of content
across subscription- and ad-supported platforms.
Americansstreamedmore
than15millionyears’worth
ofvideocontentin2021
Typically, individual marketing campaigns don’t
have a single KPI. Instead, they have an array of
them, which makes it difficult to align on a single
data strategy. For example, an advertiser may
want to grow revenue and acquire new customers.
Ideally, each of those objectives should have its
own data strategy aligned with the appropriate
channels. In that way, a “define once, activate
everywhere” approach isn’t likely to deliver optimal
campaign results.
19. 19
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
Marketers looking to improve
performance with better audience
targeting should:
To improve and optimize their
campaigns and engagements,
marketers will need high-quality,
deterministically sourced data for
comprehensive data strategies. This
is particularly relevant for the global
marketers surveyed this year, as their
complete confidence in audience data
is relatively low.
Personalize their efforts at scale by
leveraging a combination of contextual and
behavioral data
Unbundle individual households by
leveraging solutions that can better identify
who within the household is viewing a given
program in real time
Continuously optimize data strategies to
ensure alignment with campaign KPIs
Only 26% of global marketers are fully
confident in their audience data
Percentages represent responses to this question: We have access to the quality audience data we need to get the most out of our media budget.
Note: Percentages below 3% not shown.
Total global North America APAC LATAM EMEA
% Agree
72% 78% 75% 71% 61%
Significantly higher /
lower than global
average 95%
confidence level
26% 30%
22%
37%
18%
45%
49%
53%
34%
43%
15%
12% 16%
12%
22%
9%
4%
7%
3%
7%
10%
6%
13%
5%
20. 20
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
Data confidence aside, there is widespread
agreement that data is essential. Given the
many—and growing—sources of data across the
media industry, it’s easy to see why marketers
may agree on its importance, yet have difficulty
feeling confident in how to harness its full power.
A majority of marketers (69%) believe first-
party data is important for their strategies and
campaigns, and even more (72%) believe they
have access to quality data to maximize the
impact of their media budgets (61% in EMEA and
78% in North America).
Audience targeting is critical in positively
influencing campaign performance
The numbers on the bars reflect ranked order of importance for each marketing tactic from most important (1) to least important (9).
Most
important
Least
important
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
8.4
Audience
targeting
Ad creative
Significantly higher
in LATAM
Publisher
placement
Significantly higher
in EMEA and lower
in LATAM
Other
Audience
reach
Significantly higher
in LATAM
Data quality
Personalization
Path-to-purchase
message sequencing
AI/machine
learning
5
5.1
5.3
4.6
4.2 4.2 4.2
4.1
21. 21
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
Despite widespread agreement
about the importance of quality data,
the majority of marketers surveyed
struggle with varying aspects of
their data strategies. Globally, 36%
claim that data access, identity
resolution and deriving actionable
insights from data is either extremely
or very difficult. In Latin America,
the percentages are much higher
(57%, 54%, 52%, respectively), while
marketers in North America and Asia-
Pacific claim to have the lowest levels
of difficulty.
Percentages represent responses to this question: What level of difficulty do you face, if any, with each of the following audience data topics?
Note: The data may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
The majority of marketers struggle
with elements of audience data
To overcome these challenges,
marketers need to prioritize their
data strategies, complete with an
investment in first party data—the
data companies collect directly
from users or people in a consent-
compliant way. For brands that don’t
have the ability to capture data
directly from consumers, relationships
with data partners who collect
customized, quality data in consent-
compliant ways will help improve
campaign targeting and performance.
Moderately difficult
Very difficult
Extremely difficult
Not at all difficult
Slightly difficult
The majority of marketers struggle with elements of
audience data
12%
24%
32%
24%
8%
12%
24%
33%
24%
8%
12%
24%
33%
23%
8%
13%
22%
31%
25%
9%
10%
24%
35%
24%
7%
10%
22%
35%
24%
9%
11%
21%
35%
25%
8%
Difficulty is greatest in
LATAM across topics, while
marketers in APAC North
Amercia have lowest levels
of difficulty.
36% 36% 36% 35% 34% 32% 32%
% Extremely/very difficult
Data
access
Identity
resolution
Actionable
data
insights
Data
accuracy/
quality
Data
scale
GDPR
compliance
Third-party
cookie
phaseout
22. 22
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
The collection, maintenance and
application of person-based
identifiers is growing increasingly
critical for meaningful, relevant
consumer engagements. Complete
third-party cookie depreciation is still
on the horizon, but the current reality
is that just over 40% of U.S. internet
users are already using browsers
that block them, and others are using
browser capabilities to block them on
their own.
To that end, Nielsen’s ID System is
paving the way toward stronger,
personalized engagements
throughout full consumer journeys.
For the Barceló Hotel Group, Identity Sync revealed that 98% of conversions were attributed
to actual marketing touchpoints, allowing the company to identify which touchpoints led to
bookings and sales, shift resources away from keywords that weren’t leading to conversion,
and unlock 9% of potential savings in key areas, such as paid search.
Nielsen attribution case study: Barceló Hotel Group
Attributable
click media
touchpoints
Pay per click
(PPC) revenue
share increased
from 9% to 23%
23. 23
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
According to a multitude of Nielsen Multitouch Attribution
(MTA) studies, behavioral data based on actions people
actually take (downloading a coupon, filling out a form, or
making a purchase) delivers substantially higher marketing
performance than contextual signals alone. The most advanced
tactics combine power of both to drive the highest ROI while
delivering scale.
Todelivermorepersonalized,relevantexperiences—marketers
shouldcombinecontextualandbehavioraldatafortargeting
Contextual data alone is not a strong
signal for delivering high ROI
Additionally, programmatic addressability doesn’t equate to
targeting perfection. Data from Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings6
highlights that the average on-target percentage of ads across
computer and mobile is 63%—even for targets defined by age
and gender—targets for which there’s significant data coverage
and quality. Contextual marketing is also less personalized.
Source: Nielsen MTA studies
6 Nielsen Advertiser Playbook
To improve accuracy—and deliver more personalized, relevant
experiences—marketers should combine contextual and
behavioral data, allowing them to personalize at scale and
continuously optimize along the way.
As identity solutions develop, many marketers continue
to leverage contextual targeting solutions to engage with
consumers. To deliver the most ROI, however, marketers
should fortify their contextual consumer segment data with
complementary behavioral data sets.
Identity solutions also improve digital ad delivery and
measurement, allowing brands to connect digital impressions
to specific demographics across billions of devices. With
the recent release of the Nielsen Identity System for Digital
Ad Ratings, infused with demographic data from a range of
providers, advertisers and publishers gain people-based
metrics informing them that measured demographics are
appropriately assigned and deduplicated across devices.
Breakeven
Purchase based
Look-alike modeled
Retargeting
First-party
Geographic
Bahavioral (online)
Contextual
Native
ROI index
Channel
24. 24
Crystalize your data and your data strategy for a personalized future
For future-forward data strategies
Keyrecommendations
for marketers
Get to know consumers.
The growing proliferation of consumer touchpoints
amplifies the need for marketers to understand consumer
behaviors. Investing in high-quality, deterministically
sourced data will help marketers keep pace with
consumers even when change seems constant.
Effectively engage with consumers on next-gen platforms.
Many traditional targeting solutions aren’t built for
engaging with consumers across channels like CTV and
podcasting. By combining contextual and behavioral data,
marketers can be more effective and efficient with their
marketing campaigns.
Plan with a focus on privacy.
Consumers increasingly want personalized experiences,
and many are already blocking third-party cookies. To
deliver, marketers will benefit from solutions that can
identify which touchpoints lead to desired outcomes,
such as purchases and opt-ins.
25. 25
Make your brand your promise
Marketers have always
shouldered the responsibility
of forging connections with
consumers, but choice has never
been greater, and consumers
are increasingly looking for more
than just a product or service
from the brands they buy.
For example, Nielsen Scarborough
data highlights that over half of U.S.
consumers (52.3%) purchase from
brands that support causes they
care about; similarly, more than
36% expect the brands they buy to
support social causes. Brand trust is
also a significant purchase influencer.
What consumers want from brands
Source: Nielsen Scarborough USA+ 2021 Release 1
The focus on social causes, diversity and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
is worldwide, and global marketers report that their brands place significant
emphasis on them. While considered important globally, the importance is higher
in Latin America and less important in EMEA and APAC.
Diversity and CSR initiatives are
fairly equal in importance globally
Percentages represent responses to this question: How important, if at all, are each of the following to your organization?
Note: Percentages below 3% not shown.
Make your brand
your promise
I expect the brands
I buy to support
social causes
I am more likely to
purchase brands
that support a
cause I care about
I buy natural
products because
I am concerned
about the
environment
If a product is made
by a company I
trust, I’ll buy it even
if it is sligthly more
expensive
6.7% 11.3% 24.4% 12.8% 29.7% 41.0% 50.2% 41.9%
All initiatives are
considered more
important in LATAM,
and less important in
APAC and EMEA.
Extremely important Moderately important
Very important
Slightly important Not at all important
Environmental and social govermance in your marketing efforts
Corporate social responsibility in your marketing efforts
Diversity and inclusiong in vendor selection
Diversity and inclusion in the content where ads are purchsed
Diversity, equality, and inclusion in your marketing efforts
67%
65%
65%
68%
66%
30% 37% 24% 8%
28% 37% 26% 8%
27% 38% 24% 8%
28% 40% 23% 8%
27% 39% 24% 8%
26. 26
Make your brand your promise
Sports fans are particularly interested in purpose-driven marketing
campaigns, and that affinity has delivered for brands that lean in.
Across 15 MMM studies between 2017 and 2020 in France, for
example, 30% of the purpose-driven campaigns increased short-term
sales by 50%. Longer term, they improved sales between 1.2x and 3x.
Amid their desire for purpose-driven brands, however, 55% of consumers
aren’t convinced that brands are contributing to real progress7.
In addition to establishing and fortifying their brand purposes,
marketers should be thinking about how to evangelize them, such as
through influencer marketing. While influencer marketing wasn’t born
out of the pandemic, social circumstances over the past two years
have fostered a stronger need for interpersonal connection among
consumers, and many brands have followed suit.
7 Nielsen Fan Insights, July 2021; Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia,
South Korea, Spain, U.K., U.S.
California-based e.l.f. Cosmetics, for example, amplified its own
organic efforts last year with campaigns on TiKTok as a means to
engage Gen Z consumers. Understanding the influence of music
among Gen Z, the brand developed its own song, “Eye, Lips, Face,”
which it used as the foundation for a TikTok campaign that garnered
1 billion views in just six days, according to Nielsen InfluenceScope,
a solution suite that measures social media influencers. The song
was the first piece of branded content to hit No. 1 on TikTok’s organic
trends list and continues to engage, with more than 6 billion views to
date and more than 5 million user-generated videos created as part of
the campaign’s associated challenge.
InFrance,30%ofpurpose-drivencampaignsacross
15MMMstudiesboostedshort-termsalesby50%
#eyeslipsface
TIKTOK campaign snapshot
Source: Nielsen InfluenceScope
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Source: Nielsen 2021 Trust in Advertising study
In addition to amplifying brand exposure and
engagement with new audiences, influencer marketing
ranks high among global consumers as a trustworthy
marketing channel. Comparatively, many of the channels
marketers plan to leverage more heavily in the coming
year are less trusted by consumers globally.
In an analysis last year, Nielsen identified 1,280 URLs that
included Asian hate speech, 20% of which were published
in 2021. In the first quarter alone, the analysis identified
250 ad campaigns that ran on URLs where brands were
adjacent to content that featured the use of racist,
disparaging, stigmatizing, and xenophobic terminology
and conspiracies related to coronavirus origins, Asians and
China. According to Nielsen Ad Intel, media companies
spent $29.7 million on ads in those campaigns.
Examples like these highlight the evolving scope of
modern marketing considerations. Among the marketers
surveyed for this year’s report, however, the overwhelming
majority believe they have at least some visibility into the
content adjacent to their advertisements.
And just as brands should be focused on what they
stand for and use that as a springboard for their owned
marketing initiatives, they should be simultaneously aware
of the context in which their ads are viewed. For example,
the negative rhetoric against China as the source of the
COVID-19 virus sparked significant hate speech online
during the early phases of the pandemic. Amid that rise,
however, advertising remained largely business-as-usual,
placing brands at risk of being associated with hate
speech simply because of ad placement.
Marketing channel and consumer trust
Don’t trust Trust
Channel
Recommendations from people I know 89%
Branded websites 84%
Ads on TV 78%
TV program product placements 74%
Advertising/opinions about brands/
product placements from influencers 71%
Online banner ads
38%
Ads on social media networks
36%
Ads served in search engine results
36%
Ads on mobile devices
34%
Online video ads
33%
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Global visibility into ad
content placement is high
Percentages represent responses to this question: How much visibility, if any, do you have into the diversity/representation of content in which your ads are appearing?
Note: The data may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Percentages below 3% not shown.
It goes without saying that consumers will not
universally be returning to their pre-COVID
lifestyles in the foreseeable future. While
some markets have a clearer path to a more
recovered state, the pandemic remains a
notable consideration, and businesses will need
to remain agile in their adaptability—just as
consumers will.
The past two years highlight that adaptability, as
consumer behavior has significantly accelerated
the converging of our linear and digital lives.
As that convergence continues, well-defined
data strategies will help marketers engage in
meaningful, personalized ways that foster long-
term growth and prosperity.
Consumers around the world are standing up
and demanding accountability from businesses
to take action—beyond corporate social
responsibility. For advertisers, brand safety
is about more than a stagnant list of terms.
It’s also a team sport, and marketers should
be working with their brand safety partners,
publishers and ad tech providers to gain greater
visibility into ad placement options. Continued
vigilance among all parties will both meet
consumer demands and help marketers from
inadvertently tarnishing their brands.
Global visibility into ad content placement is high
Net: Complete/some visibility
85% 82% 79% 85% 92%
Significantly higher / lower
than global average 95%
confidence level
35%
50%
13%
28%
55%
15%
28%
52%
18%
36%
49%
12%
49%
43%
7%
Total global APAC EMEA North America LATAM
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Be the brand that consumers want to buy from.
Choice, fragmentation and access have essentially
leveled the playing field for any and all brands. When
marketers echo what consumers are looking for in the
brands they buy, they can foster more meaningful,
long-term relationships with their customers.
Keyrecommendations
for marketers
Champion brand safety.
Collaborate with brand safety partners (publishers and
adtech providers) to remain vigilant and ensure that
messaging is meeting consumer demands and appearing
in the places that consumers expect it to.
Leverage the power of influencers to evangelize
your brand.
Social media influencers help develop stronger
interpersonal relationships with consumers,
especially over the past two years. In addition
to growing as a way for marketers to amplify
their brands, social influencers are viewed as a
trustworthy marketing channel among consumers.
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About this report
About Nielsen
About this report
In terms of seniority level, we engaged global
brand marketers at or above the manager
level. These managers work with annual
marketing budgets of $1 million or more
across the auto, financial services, FMCG,
technology, health care, pharmaceuticals,
travel, tourism and retail industries.
Here are the corresponding sample
distributions by region. Please keep these
sample sizes in mind when reading and
interpreting the charts in this report.
Respondents by Region
APAC: 510 respondents
EMEA: 464 respondents
North America: 531 respondents
Latin America: 438 respondents
TOTAL: 1,943
This is the fifth annual marketing report
Nielsen has produced. The report leverages
survey responses of marketers across a
variety of industries whose focus pertains
to media, technology and measurement
strategies. This is the first time we fielded an
international survey. Previous reports only
include survey responses from marketers
in the U.S. For this report, we engaged
1,943 global marketing professionals who
completed an online survey between Dec. 2,
2021, and Jan. 12, 2022.
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