Demographics

Developing audience personas is a pretty basic part of being a marketer. Most product or account teams at some point go through the process of imagining an archetypical customer to keep creative messages on track—eg. Chris the IT Manager or Shawn the Organic-Manic Parent. And in the digital era, we have more buying and behavioral data than ever to paint the picture. But a lot of brands are still going about it all wrong. Working with hundreds of clients over the years to develop strategic brand platforms, my team and…

Harris Poll Underscores Inequity in Credit Scoring System for Minorities and Younger Generations New research from the Harris Poll and ZestFinance shows deep dissatisfaction among most Americans with the traditional credit scoring system. A majority of younger Americans as well as minority groups believe the way their credit is assessed stacks the economic odds against them relative to other demographics. Eight out of ten Hispanics and African Americans say their credit score is an inaccurate representation of who they…

"B2B audience targeting in 2018 is focused on reach beyond traditional channels. You must be able to not only identify what content is relative and compelling based on datapoints, but then deliver that in both traditional and new channels." Tell us about your role at Informa Engage and how you got here. What inspired you to join Informa Engage? As VP of Marketing Performance at Informa Engage my team supports in-house marketers and their clients with a healthy audience database and marketing technologies and tools to…

Although many of today’s marketers weren’t even born when it happened, the New Coke rollout in 1985 remains the cautionary tale for would-be rebranders. New Coke — a reformulation of Coca-Cola’s classic soda — was such a spectacular flop that the company reversed course and brought the original Coke formula back within just a few months. File the effort under “how not to rebrand.” Coca-Cola demonstrated the perils of messing with an iconic brand, but sometimes companies genuinely need to refresh their image and improve…

One of the biggest challenges facing today’s marketers is the need to quickly and cost-effectively acquire new customers. While the data landscape around consumer intent has changed drastically over the last decade, the average marketer’s approach to understanding it has not. Continued Reliance on Stale Data Stale data has always been a concern when it comes to marketing. Although it’s been a known issue since the days of Don Draper, it was never a top priority to solve, because frankly, there wasn’t a better option. To…