Data, Insights & Audience
Channel Diversity & Budget Shifts
Measurement & Optimization
Testing, Learning & Full-Funnel Thinking
100

Many marketers say this step—dividing customers into groups—actually slows their campaigns down.  

What is audience segmentation?

100

When budgets rise, this social platform category gets the biggest slice of the pie.

What is social media?

100

Marketers use analytics to do this — to get better results from what’s already running.

What is optimize campaigns?

100

Nearly three-quarters of marketers agree this “try, test, repeat” process drives the most growth.

What is testing and learning?

200

When deciding which customers to target, marketers say this online metric is most valuable.

What is website engagement?

200

Three-quarters of marketers say the return on investment here is shrinking fast.

What is paid social media?

200

This type of measurement will be a marketer’s top focus in 2025 and beyond.

What is cross-platform measurement?

200

Even an imperfect measurement of data can still be this.

What is valuable?

300

A smart marketing plan starts not with channels, but with this.

What is an audience-first approach?

300

Some brands set aside money just to test and learn—these are called what?

What are test-and-learn budgets?

300

Around six in ten marketers say they’re prioritizing this method for tracking campaign impact.

What is attribution modeling?

300

Real-time journey tracking helps marketers do this faster across every channel.

What is optimize performance?

400

To move beyond broad demographics, marketers are focusing on this kind of customer signal.

What is individual intent?

400

Marketers must be quick to adapt, embrace tech, and keep this person front and center.

Who is the consumer?

400

This “O-word” is now critical for understanding success.

What is outcomes?

400

If B2B marketers suddenly got 20% more budget, most say they’d put it here first.

What is brand awareness?

500

These tools help marketers “clean up” and securely share data across platforms for more precise audience targeting and segmentation.

What are data clean rooms and integrations?

500

Today’s marketers can’t rely on fixed budgets or one-size-fits-all plans anymore. What kind of strategies are officially out of style?

What are inflexible strategies?

500

Marketers are obsessed with AI these days, but according to the IAB’s 2025 report, this measurement topic actually ranked even higher.

What is cross-platform measurement?

500

Strong full-funnel measurement leaves more budget to create brands that are both distinct and this.  

What is memorable?

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