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• Report Create An Omnichannel Advertising Strategy Centered On Customer Experience

  Executive Overview: The Omnichannel Advertising Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Joanna O'Connell

  B2C marketers need to embrace omnichannel advertising strategies to orchestrate connected experiences that drive better results. How? By adopting a customer-obsessed planning and buying approach...

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  Webinar Listen Up: Use Podcasts To Engage Customers And Reach New Audiences

  January 19, 2021 | Collin Colburn, Sarah Dawson

  For marketers looking to connect with customers in new and trendy channels, podcasts may be a natural choice. But podcasts are a unique channel, and they require specific consideration before...

• Report A Post-Truth Climate Is Shaping Gen Z's Consumer Behaviors

  Now More Than Ever, The Next-Generation Consumer Expects Brands To Be Real, Be Respectful, And Represent

  January 14, 2021 | Mike Proulx

  Step aside, Millennials. CMOs have their sights set on the next generation of consumers and for good reason. Gen Z (born in or after 1997) is likely to form the majority of US consumers in just...

• Report Research Overview: Emotion

  A Guide To Our Emotion-Related Research

  January 11, 2021 | Jim Nail, Sarah Dawson

  Emotion is the foundation of consumer decisions, but organizations often prioritize hard data over the challenge of understanding emotions. New scientific insights as well as new measuring tools...

• Report Q&A: A Dozen Questions To Answer Before Taking Your Marketing Event Virtual

  December 21, 2020 | Laura Ramos

  Events are an important tactic B2B marketers use to attract and interact with prospects and customers. This report helps marketing leaders, demand generation, and event managers weigh the...

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  Webinar The Brands' Guide To In-Housing Media: Cultural Readiness And A Long-Term Vision Are Required For Success

  December 18, 2020 | Joanna O'Connell, Jay Pattisall

  As big brands make the headlines with their in-housing efforts, marketing professionals are asking themselves, "Should we move media in-house?" Our answer: Fortune favors the brave. Only those...

• Report Chatbots And Virtual Assistants Can Help B2B Organizations Close The Digital Experience Gap

  Automated Conversational Engagement Meets The Modern B2B Buyer's Need For Immediacy

  December 11, 2020 | Steven Casey

  Social distancing has fast-forwarded the B2B buyer journey into an almost exclusively digital adventure. With face-to-face meetings all but impossible, buyers are seeking experiences and content...

• Report Research Overview: Personalization

  A Guide To Our Personalization-Related Research

  December 11, 2020 | Rusty Warner, David Novitzky

  B2C marketers strive to deliver relevant, personalized customer experiences. But heightened customer expectations, conflicting business goals, overlapping technologies, and execution challenges...

• Report The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: Hong Kong Banking Sales Mobile Sites, Q4 2020

  Hong Kong Banks Need To Better Help Prospects Choose And Apply For Banking Products

  December 9, 2020 | Meng Liu, Riccardo Pasto

  Current accounts are central to a customer's relationship with their primary bank, and increasing numbers of customers are using their mobile phone to find, research, and apply for new current...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Banks Should Engage High-Energy Consumers With Hybrid Experiences

  December 2, 2020 | Xiaofeng Wang

  Consumer energy is the underlying emotional force that drives consumer desire, readiness, and ability to increase engagement with brands. High-energy consumers are strategic for banks in Singapore,...

• Report Make Social Media Bigger Than Marketing

  Executive Overview: The Social Marketing Playbook

  November 25, 2020 | Jessica Liu

  B2C marketers know that social marketing works but can't articulate how. That's because too many of them launched social programs without a clear strategy. Mastering social media requires more than...

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  Webinar Advertising Predictions 2021

  November 24, 2020 | Joanna O'Connell, Sarah Dawson

  2021 will be a year of transformation for the advertising industry. As impending privacy restrictions, the specter of total third-party cookie deprecation, and rising expectations of values-based...

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  Playbook The Omnichannel Advertising Playbook For 2021

  Create An Omnichannel Advertising Strategy Centered On Customer Experience

  B2C marketers need to embrace omnichannel advertising strategies to orchestrate connected experiences that drive better results. How? By adopting a customer-obsessed planning and buying approach...

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• Report Forrester Predictions 2021: Accelerating Out Of The Crisis

  October 28, 2020 | Sharyn Leaver

  2020 shattered the status quo. In 2021, advanced organizations will adapt and use the upheaval to forge a competitive edge. Discover your organization's path to success. Read Forrester's 2021...

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  Webinar Adtech And Martech Enter An Era Of Disruption: When And Where To Invest

  September 17, 2020 | Mary Pilecki, Emily Collins, Sarah Dawson

  Marketers need technologies that enable omnichannel advertising and memorable, moments-based experiences. These advertising and marketing technologies are not new, but industry forces like data...

• Report The Financial Payback For Marketing Measurement

  Business Case: The Marketing Measurement And Insights Playbook

  August 28, 2020 | Jim Nail

  As marketers are increasingly held accountable for the financial returns of their efforts, they need sophisticated measurement that accurately apportions credit to the myriad touchpoints in a...

• Report Research Overview: Online Marketplaces

  A Guide To Buying, Selling, And Creating Market Leverage Via Everyone's Favorite Digital Platform Business Model

  August 17, 2020 | Allen Bonde, Caleb Ewald

  Online marketplaces aren't a new idea. Yet over the past few years, they have (re)emerged as a preferred channel for consumers, small businesses, and a growing number of enterprise buyers. For...

• Report Define Your Social Media Maturity To Advance Your Social Marketing

  Assessment: The Social Marketing Playbook

  August 14, 2020 | Jessica Liu

  B2C marketers can't get more from their social marketing investments without first understanding where they are now in their overall social media maturity. Read this report to learn about the...

• Report Consumer Goods Companies Spend More On Digital Marketing

  The COVID-19 Pandemic Hastens Trends That Were Already In Motion

  August 6, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk, Brandon Verblow, David Novitzky

  For CPG marketers, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated shelter-at-home restrictions created both a burst of product demand and unexpected media behavior. The result is that digital spend by...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Martech For B2C Marketers, Q3 2020

  Tools And Technology: The Enterprise Marketing Technology Playbook

  July 30, 2020 | Mary Pilecki, David Novitzky, Jessica Liu

  Marketing technology (martech) is critical to a firm's ability to plan, execute, and measure its marketing efforts. This Forrester Tech Tide™ report presents an analysis of the maturity and...

• Report Q&A: What Marketers Need To Know About Social Media Consumer Segmentation

  Social User Data Allows Marketers To Build Novel Segments For Uniquely Relevant Insights

  July 22, 2020 | Ryan Skinner

  Social media data, in the form of profiles, connections, likes, shares, and posts, can be the raw material for remarkably relevant marketing. The data serves as a map to consumers' preferences,...

• Report Marketers' Options Improve As Social Marketing Technologies Converge

  Tools And Technology: The Social Marketing Playbook

  July 17, 2020 | Jessica Liu, Melissa Parrish

  B2C marketers struggle with today's web of social media marketing technologies. The complexity of options, along with use cases that don't always line up with technology capabilities, adds to the...

• Report Now Tech: Social Listening Platforms, Q3 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 25 Social Listening Platform Providers

  July 9, 2020 | Jessica Liu

  You can use social listening platforms (SLPs) to measure brands' social media efforts, conduct market research, and propel product innovation. But to realize these benefits, you'll first have to...

• Report Four Steps To Add Social Media To Your Marketing Strategy

  Roadmap: The Social Marketing Playbook

  July 2, 2020 | Jessica Liu, Melissa Parrish

  When pursuing social marketing, many marketers prioritize channel decisions (e.g., "Where should my brand be on social media?") over understanding if and how they can help their consumers while...

• Report How The COVID-19 Crisis Is Impacting Consumer Behaviors In Italy

  Italian Consumers Are Asking Firms To Start Their Digital Transformation Right Now

  June 22, 2020 | Enza Iannopollo

  After several weeks of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked Italian online adults how they feel about the virus and the economy as well as how their behavior is changing in response to...