Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight

What did you do in 2015 to make sure that your business stayed one step ahead of the competition?

Did you manage to spot the upcoming trends and leverage them whilst they were still in their infancy, or were you late to the party – minesweeping the scraps left by your more forward-thinking peers? Did you spot that great new social platform and get your business up and running on it, or were you fooled into thinking that Ello really was going to be the next big thing?

Whether you got it right or wrong in 2015, let’s look back at some of the biggest developments in digital marketing, and why we expect them to expand even further into 2016....

Online publisher content is almost completely reliant on advertising – a $50 billion a year industry. However, so much of that advertising actively detracts from enjoying the content itself. We’ve gotten used to believing is the price we pay to be entertained by the Internet.

The future belongs to the companies that instead of barraging consumers to “buy us”, ask them to “trust us.” They’ll do this by replacing much of those ads with relevant, informative content that drives trackable brand awareness and trust.

Here are 5 ways that companies will leverage content to make this transition....