In the Headlights, December 9, 2020: 2021 Challenges, UX Testing, Scaling Marketing - Trust Insights Marketing Analytics Consulting

2021 Challenges, UX Testing, Scaling Marketing

Take our one question survey and let us know what challenges you’re facing moving into 2021

Last week, we asked you to fill out the survey (link above) so we could learn what the major challenges of 2021 might look like for marketers. For those who have participated, thank you! What have we found thus far in your responses?

First, virtual events are a challenge for you. It’s no surprise that virtual events are struggling; first, there’s a glut of content being given away just for eyeballs. Companies more or less threw open the doors in the early days of the pandemic just to keep mindshare, and almost anything you could want can be found for free on YouTube. Second, we’re all kind of tired – and by kind of, I mean really tired of staring at screens. The last thing someone wants to do is stare at the screen some more to watch some slides and a talking head.

Second, focus has moved down the funnel. Again, unsurprising – we’re in a recession any way you slice it, and a bad one. Despite a soaring stock market, Wall Street isn’t Main Street, and Main Street is hurting. Any time seas get rough, stakeholders automatically move their focus to the bottom of the funnel. What’s selling? What’s bringing in money? How many leads did we get? How do we get more, better leads?

Third, scaling is big. Scaling, at least in the context of your responses, means doing more with less. Budget cuts, headcount reductions, you name it – companies are tightening belts while simultaneously asking us to deliver more than ever. How do we do more with less and not work 100 hours a week?

We tackled our perspectives on some of these questions this week on the podcast, but there’s plenty of room for exploration. If you’ve got a perspective to share on these topics, join our free Slack group, Analytics for Marketers, and add your point of view to the discussion on how you’re addressing these challenges.

And please do answer the survey if you haven’t taken it yet!

In this week’s In-Ear Insights, we discuss scaling and bottom of the funnel focus as part of the 2021 challenges we’re all facing together. How do we scale? How do we free up time during the workday while still maintaining a life outside of work?

Watch/listen to the most recent episode of In-Ear Insights here »

On last week’s So What? we looked at the basics of conducting a UX/UI audit on your website with the new, free Microsoft Clarity software. See what the tool does and doesn’t do and how you can get started auditing your site for usability.

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Coming up this week on Thursday at 1 PM Eastern Time, we’re going to answer a question bugging some of our social media marketing friends: do hashtags make a difference in engagement on Instagram?

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In this week’s Rear View mirror, we’re highlighting our second annual 12 Days of Data. This series runs at the end of every year when we look back at the data from the year on major topics of concern.

2020 has been quite a year, and the data reflects it. In addition to reviewing the stats, we also provide our recommendations on what you should do with each of the data reviews to guide your strategy for the coming year.

Here’s what’s on tap and what’s already available:

Facebook Brands Stats for 2020
Facebook Influencers Stats for 2020
Instagram Brands Stats for 2020
Instagram Influencers Stats for 2020
Overused Words in Press Releases for 2020
News Release Stats for 2020
Media Outlet Totals for 2020
Top News and Web Stories for 2020
Content Republishing Stats for 2020
SEO Link Decay for 2020
Discord and Slack Stats for 2020
Marketing Jobs Stats for 2020

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Get Back To Work

We’ve changed things up in Get Back To Work, and we’re looking at the top 310 metro areas in the United States by population. This will give you a much better sense of what the overall market looks like, and will cover companies hiring in multiple locations. Want the entire, raw list? Join our Slack group!

What do you do with this information?

By looking at this data, you’ll see what the most popular titles are; use any of the major job/career sites to ensure your resume/CV/LinkedIn profile matches keywords and phrases for those titles. For companies, search job sites for those companies specifically to see all the open positions and apply for them.

You can also hit up LinkedIn and see who you know at companies listed, and see if your connections have any inside tips on hiring.

Top Marketing Positions by Count, Manager and Above

Marketing Manager : 403 open positions
Digital Marketing Manager : 266 open positions
Social Media Manager : 221 open positions
Director of Marketing : 123 open positions
Account Manager : 114 open positions
Marketing Director : 111 open positions
Communications Manager : 88 open positions
Demand Generation Manager : 64 open positions
Project Manager : 64 open positions
Product Manager : 58 open positions

Top Marketing Hiring Companies by Count, Manager and Above

Pearson : 177 open positions
Google : 139 open positions
Amazon.com Services LLC : 133 open positions
Deloitte : 122 open positions
New Relic : 59 open positions
Thermo Fisher Scientific : 58 open positions
American Heart Association : 55 open positions
Symphonic Digital, LLC : 43 open positions
Facebook : 33 open positions
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. : 33 open positions
Microsoft : 33 open positions

Top Locations of Hiring Companies by Count, Manager and Above

New York, NY : 584 open positions
Austin, TX : 335 open positions
Seattle, WA : 320 open positions
San Francisco, CA : 310 open positions
Chicago, IL : 275 open positions
Remote, NA : 275 open positions
Boston, MA : 263 open positions
Atlanta, GA : 252 open positions
Los Angeles, CA : 189 open positions
Dallas, TX : 179 open positions
Philadelphia, PA : 179 open positions

Methodology: Trust Insights uses the Indeed.com API to extract open positions from a geographic area focused on marketing analytics, marketing, social media, data science, machine learning, advertising, and public relations, with a filter to screen out the most junior positions.

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