June 2 – 16 Marketing and ScholComms weekly round up
Updated: Jul 28
Welcome to our handpicked selection of marketing and scholcomms news from the past week. These are all free to access articles, so click through and explore.
Recent statistics find that when presented with an email, only just over half can identify if it has been written by AI; marketers are anticipating that marketing budgets in B2B will rise over the next 12 months, despite current economic challenges; contributors to The Scholarly Kitchen explore insights from the SSP 2023 Annual Meeting.
Marketing
Brands urged to stand behind their Pride campaigns
Marketing Week shares how brands will have to ensure that they are standing by their campaigns for Pride, highlighting that a brand’s actions should reflect the stance they portray during Pride month rather than just using performative measures.
https://www.marketingweek.com/brands-to-stand-behind-pride-campaigns/
Two-thirds of B2B marketers expect budgets to grow in the next 12 months
Marketers are anticipating that marketing budgets in B2B will rise over the next 12 months, despite current economic challenges.
UK ad spend to grow 4.8% this year, according to GroupM forecast
Recent projections anticipate that ad spend in the UK will rise by 4.8% this year.
https://www.marketingweek.com/uk-ad-spend-to-grow-this-year-according-to-optimistic-groupm-forecast/
Increased pressure is driving marketers to focus more on performance
Marketers are focusing even more on performance amid rising pressures.
https://www.marketingweek.com/increased-pressure-marketers-focus-performance/
Only 15% of brand assets are ‘truly distinctive’, study finds
Distinctive assets are a crucial part of branding, but very few brands have distinctive assets.
https://www.marketingweek.com/15-brand-assets-truly-distinctive-finds-research/
Less than half of consumers can spot an AI-generated email
Recent statistics find that when presented with an email, only just over half can identify if it has been written by AI. Marketing Tech News shares other insights in this article.
19 AI video editors to scale your video marketing
AI can be incredibly beneficial for marketers, particularly when it comes to creating videos. Neal Schaffer shares his recommendations for some AI video editor tools that you can use to simplify video marketing.
https://nealschaffer.com/ai-video-editor/
Scholarly communications
The future of scholarly podcasting can still be whatever we want it to be
What lies in the future for scholarly podcasting? Ian M. Cook shares his thoughts for the LSE Impact Blog.
Ask the fellows: SSP 2023 Annual Meeting
Contributors to The Scholarly Kitchen explore insights from the SSP 2023 Annual Meeting.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/06/15/ask-the-fellows-ssp-2023-annual-meeting/
Guest post – towards global equity for open access books
Niels Stern discusses the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and how we are progressing towards global equity for open access books.
Guest post – accessibility powered by AI how artificial intelligence can help universalize access to digital content
How can artificial intelligence help to make digital media to become more accessible? This guest post for The Scholarly Kitchen explores the implications.
Frontiers harnesses AI to foster trust and access in scientific research
Frontiers has adopted AI in order ‘to promote trust and accessibility in scientific research,’ Scope Knowledge Speak reports.
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