- The survey received responses from 35% advertising, 11% e-commerce, 47% other industries.
- 61% of marketers want to target both genders, while 32% prefer males and 7% prefer females. Younger audiences like 21-25 were also preferred.
- Facebook was considered the best platform for outreach by 90% of respondents, while Google AdWords was second best.
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Out of the total number of respondents who participated in the survey:
•35% were form the advertising fraternity
•11% from the e-commerce industry
•47% from industries other than advertising, FMCG, Telecom and e-commerce
By Industry
Respondent Profiling
3%
Telecom
FMCG
E-commerce
Advertising
Others
4%
11%
35%
45%
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As per the analysis:
•61% of the marketers would like to target both male and females
•25% of marketers think it would be equally viable if one is able to target young people in the age group of 21-25 years
•32% of the respondents would like to target male audience
•7% were in favor of targeting only females.
Preferred Demographics
Preferred Demographics
18-20
3%
21-25
25%
26-30
33%
31-35
22%
BY GENDER
INR 10K-20K 13%
By Income
INR 21K-30K 12%
INR
31K-40K
14%
INR
41K-50K
14%
More than INR 50K
47%
By Gender
Both
61%
Male 32%
Female
7%
By Age
36-40
17%
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Preferred Demographics
By Profile
BY GENDER
By Profile
College
Going Adults
15%
Housewives
3%
Working
Professionals
3%
Besides age, respondents also considered other parameters such as gender, income level and work profile as crucial variables,
which can help in identifying the target audience. Also, on the basis of audience profile, college going adults were the second
best choice among the marketers.
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Key Online Platforms
Online platforms used for executing digital campaigns
Out of the various available social media platforms:
•90% of the respondents feel that Facebook is the best medium to reach out to people
•70% of the total votes say that Google Adwords is the second best platform to market the brands followed by Twitter, Ad Networks and Linkedln
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The Right Time
BEST TIME TO SEND EMAILS?
29% 23%
25%
23%
Morning
10am-11am
Afternoon
1pm-2pm
Evening
6pm-7pm
Night
10pm-11pm
40%
Yes
70%
No
29% of the respondents feel that 10.00 am to 11.00 am is the best time to gain maximum attention of the customers. In the
evening, 6.00 pm. To 7.00 pm.
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Trending Objectives
Main goals/objectives for Online Marketing
Consumer
Insight
38%
Increase
Awareness
Engagement
Drive
Sales
Generate
Leads
68%
62%
40%
68%
Out of the different goals mentioned in the question,
generating leads and increasing awareness were
considered to be the main goals of online marketing
mediums.
Engagement was considered to be the second most
important goal for online marketing.
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Parameters for measuring the Marketing Goals
Volume of Traffic
Brand Mentions
Leads
Conversions
Sales
Other
21%
16%
25%
25%
12%
1%
When asked about the parameters for measuring goals of online marketing:
•25% of the respondents think that determining the number of leads is the best method to measure the goal
•Conversions was voted the second best and volume of traffic as the third best method.
Trending Objectives
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Parameters for measuring the Marketing Goals
22%
0.5%
27% 5-10%
18%
10-15%
7%
15-20%
10% 20-25%
17%
> 25%
According to the votes of 27% of our respondents, marketers invest 5-10% of their marketing budgets in digital marketing. Overall as
per the opinion of our respondents, the percentage tends to be towards the lower side.
Trending Objectives
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Return on Investment
Clarity on ROI via SEO, SEM,
Display, Social Media, e-mail
5% 6% 4% 6% 7%
32% 28% 24% 25% 21%
36% 40% 45% 41% 47%
27% 26% 27% 28% 25%
Unclear/Clueless
Not Sure
Clear
Full Clarity
SEO SEM
ONLINE
DISPLAY
SOCIAL
MEDIA EMAIL
Basis on the clarity of ROI on different ways of online marketing,
respondents said that they have full clarity on social media
marketing (28%) followed by SEO & online display (both with 27%),
SEM (26%) and e-mail marketing (25% votes).
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Return on Investment
Challenges Faced when using Digital for advertising
15%
15%
26%
26%
16%
8%
20%
27%
32%
32%
8%
10%
37%
35%
10%
6%
17%
29%
33%
15%
11%
25%
27%
25%
12%
Generating
Leads
Measuring ROI
Reaching your
target audience
Generate consumer
Insights through
Detailed monitoring
Very limited interaction
during working hours
When asked to rate various challenges face by marketers while using a digital platform on scale a of 1 to 5, reaching out to prospective customers was rated as the toughest task.
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Return on Investment
Open rates of emails?
0-5% 50%
5-10%
12%
10-15%
38%
Click rates brands are getting
<1%
44%
2-3%
40%
>3%
16
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As per the analysis, the mail open rate varies from a minimum of 0-5% to a maximum of 10-15%. Additionally, on the basis of the
survey, the mail click rates in an email campaign ranges from less than 1% to 3%. Whereas 16% of our respondents think that often
times the mail click rate is more than 3%.
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Return on Investment
Expected information
in the result metric
21%
88%
70%
64%
50%
70%
53%
Impressions
Unique Viewers
Click
Unique Clicks
Time Spent by User
User Demographics - Location,
Gender, Marital Status, Company
Others
When asked about the information that one would like to have in the result metrics, about 87% of the respondents wanted to know about the user demographics. Closely followed by 69% of the people looking for information about the number of unique viewers and the time spent by them.