 |
An increased emphasis on marketing and developing digital channels led to higher levels of customer engagement over the past year, according to the newly released Global Marketing Engagement Index 2023 from Team LEWIS.
That rise made up for a rather lackluster 2022, resulting in some of the highest scores since the index was first released in 2017. In four key areas (media, digital marketing, CSR/ESG and company culture), MET (Marketing Engagement Tracker) scores rose, often by considerable margins.
In media, engagement rates more than doubled, going from 34.6 percent in the 2022 index to 70.1 percent in this year’s edition. For digital marketing, the jump was from 46.9 percent to 64.8 percent. CSR/ESG (56 percent to 68 percent) and company culture (70.9 percent to 75.2 percent) also showed healthy gains.
However, all of the resources expended on reaching out has resulted in a few problems, the study finds. Primary among them: site security, which tumbled from 79.9 percent in 2022 to 63.9 percent in the new index. Website performance (48.4 percent to 45.9 percent) and UX (61 percent to 603 percent) also took minor hits.
 |
The study authors offer a few strategies to combat those slides: “Consolidating digital growth. Tackling cybersecrurity shortcomings. Design experiences with every user in mind. The prioritization of these actions will not only avoid disillusion on the part of consumers, but help prevent security breaches.”
The Team LEWIS study also singled out the brands that are doing the best at engaging customers. Heading up both the global and US lists was Cisco, which had a MET score of 80 percent. IBM, American Express and Nike all came in at 79 percent on both lists.
In EMEA, the leader was Accenture, with a 78 percent MET score, followed by Medtronic, Novo Nordisk and ASML, who got 77 percent. APAC’s top MET score was racked up by Samsung (78 percent), followed by Sony (57 percent) the National Bank of Australia and Commonwealth Bank (both 72 percent).
Teas LEWIS’s study examined the top 300 companies from the “Forbes Global 2000: The World’s Largest Public Companies” list. The scores were compiled between Sept. 20 and Oct. 31.
CEOs are increasingly being expected to serve as the face of their organization, but the strategies used to implement that increased visibility vary, according to a new report from V2 Communications.
While AI may have made the basics of generating content easier and more efficient, it has also made it more difficult for a brand to stand out from an ever-growing crowd of voices and platforms, according to a report from Public Relations Global Network and Greenough Communications.
Only 15 percent of the CEOs polled in a new survey from Boathouse think that their CMO merits an “A” for job performance, as opposed to the 53 percent who rank their CMO as “average."
A growing sense of fragmentation when it comes to health issues is leading to greater distrust of both the healthcare industry and the media that reports on it, according to the newly released 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer.
