Marketing

A European perspective on contextual marketing

November 09, 2015

Europe

November 09, 2015

Europe
Victoria Tuomisto

Editor

Based in London, Victoria joined The Economist Group in 2013 and manages research projects across a range of topics including technology and education. She has previously worked within the company at The Economist Corporate Network in EMEA. Her responsibilities included researching, writing and editing business outlook reports and white papers on a range of business themes in emerging markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining The Economist Group, Victoria worked in consulting in France. She holds a Master of Science in Political Economy and a BSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics.

A European perspective on contextual marketing

A recent survey by The EIU, sponsored by SAP, reveals that west European marketers are already collecting a large quantity of contextual information about their customers and prospects. Two-thirds are using some of that information to help them identify and communicate with prospects, among other marketing objectives.

However, much of the contextual information that companies collect is currently not used for marketing purposes. This reflects, among other concerns, a lack of understanding of how to communicate with customers and prospects most effectively in a given context. 

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