How has Covid-19 impacted investments in data?

A new IAB study states that COVID-19 may cause 20% in data cuts in Q3 2020. Survey respondents expect the short-term impact of COVID-19 to require budgetary cuts and reallocation of investments. There is less consensus on the outlook in Q4 2020 and beyond.  Here a few key stats from the study.

  • 64.2% — decrease in Q2/Q3 2020 marketing spend
  • 49.1% — change messaging and content priorities
  • 26.4% — de-emphasize certain products or business lines
  • 22.6% — shift budget from brand initiatives to performance-oriented marketing
  • 20.8% — decrease Q4 2020 and beyond marketing spend
  • 17.0% — increase Q4 2020 and beyond marketing spend

The report focuses on U.S. advertiser and marketer spend on third-party audience data; spend on services, technologies and hybrid activation solutions that support the use of data across consumer and B2B marketing.  It outlines the major demand drivers, operational challenges, and other trends impacting investment in data.

Check out the article on MediaPost https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/353961/iab-the-impact-covid-has-on-data-spending.html for more details.

It’s Time to Admit It: Backup is Your Job

Click to learn more about author W. Curtis Preston. Salesforce finally made it official: Backup is the customer’s responsibility. To be clear, it always was the customer’s responsibility, but Salesforce used to provide a safety net that some used as an excuse not to back up their Salesforce account. As of July 31, 2020, that […]

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Can Our Future Networks and Connected Society Survive Without Automation?

Click to learn more about author Ilan Sade. Are we at a watershed moment for network automation? COVID-19 has pushed a significant number of consumers and businesses into a digital-first, connectivity-centric ecosystem beyond anything we’ve seen before. The pandemic has made it clear we can’t afford gaps and broken areas within our network infrastructure that […]

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