Digital Marketing Market Overview
The global digital marketing spend is valued at $290–310 billion in 2019 and future estimates looks much stronger, due to continual attraction on digital channels. It is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 12.8 percent to reach around $330–340 billion in 2020.Online video and mobile advertising spend has fueled the overall digital marketing spend in North America and Western Europe. The mobile ad spend contributes to approximately 39-42 percent of the digital spend in Western European markets, such as the UK, Germany, and Spain and is expected to reach 55-60 percent by 2019. Users in the European market consider mobile in-app display to be intrusive, and due to this, spend for mobile in-app display is expected to decrease in the region as it will be considered harmful to the brand value.
The report covers regional market overview ,growth rate, digital marketing market size, end-use industries, and identifies regions with a well-developed market for digital marketing. The report also identifies the opportunities and challenges that impact the digital marketing services and provides Porter's Five Force Analysis for these regions. The report includes supply trends and insights , and provides a comprehensive study of the key regional digital marketing service agencies such as iProspect, Havas Digital, SapientNitro (Acquired by Publicis Groupe), VML Group and RAPP. It also shares the procurement best practices with sourcing strategy, pricing analysis and service capabilities in the digital marketing industry.
Digital marketing agencies provide a broader set of services, such as strategic planning, campaign management, e-mail creatives, on-site web experience, A/B testing, analysis of results and optimization recommendations across all channels such as mobile, social media and websites. They may provide some proprietary technology of their own, but most rely on automation providers that have in-depth expertise in that specific area.
According to digital marketing market analysis, full-service outsourcing is the most commonly adopted digital marketing procurement model, where consolidation of requirements is possible with global agencies. Regional bundling approach is another digital marketing procurement model that is widely preferred by automotive buyers to achieve balance between cost and quality.
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Digital Marketing Services Market Trends
Category Intelligence on Digital Marketing Services covers the following
- Information relating to market, supply, cost, and pricing analysis
- Hard to find data on cost and TCO models, supplier details, and performance benchmarks
- Macroeconomic and regional trends impacting cost, supply, and other market dynamics
- Category-specific negotiation and sourcing advice
Industry Outlook & Drivers
Digital Marketing Services Global Market Outlook
The global digital marketing spend stood at $300-310 billion in 2019. Experts have predicted that digital ad revenue will be down by 19-25 percent in 2020 as 60-65 percent of advertisers have paused the campaigns and events due to COVID-19 pandemic.
However, social media and streaming services are expected to pick up the pace globally by 2020.
Global Digital Marketing Maturity
Online videos and mobile ad spend have fueled the overall digital marketing spend in North America and Western Europe. Mobile ad spend that once accounted around 6–9 percent of the total digital spend share in 2013 is expected to contribute around 37–39 percent of the digital spend in key Western European markets such as the U.K., Italy and Spain by 2017
Global Digital Marketing Industry Trends
Users in the European market consider mobile in-app display to be intrusive, and due to this, spend for mobile in-app display is expected to go down in the region as it will be considered harmful to the brand value
Global Drivers and Constraints
The digital marketing spend in Europe and North America together is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11 percent and will contribute around 65 percent of the global digital marketing spend in 2018. This modest growth is due to the positive spend inclination from key sectors like BFSI, CPG, entertainment and media and telecom.
RTB and Digital OOH Media
- Rising adoption of Real-Time Bidding (RTB) of online display ad slots and increasing consumption of rich media and video advertisements are expected to be the key driving factors for display advertising spend in the coming years in Western Europe
- Adoption of digital Out-Of-Home (OOH) media is limited to the developed countries; e.g., the emergence of digital TVs in gas stations, where 78 percent of the drivers (in the US) watch TV as their vehicles are refuelled Targeted Mobile Ad Delivery Emerging advertising technologies (such as RTB platforms, location-aware and bandwidth-aware technology tools) are enabling contextually relevant and personalised ads based on device features, mobile internet speed, location and other factors
Difficulty in Calculating ROI
- Most marketers believe that they are not sure about the impact of digital marketing as they often encounter lack of synergy between marketing and procurement centres. Thus, securing a budget for digital marketing investments becomes difficult because providing a digital marketing return on investment is the most critical challenge
Key Observations Across Digital Channels
Digital component with medium strategic importance
- Marketers are adopting software-enabled, automated and measurable e-mail techniques
- In the US, e-mail marketing shares almost 10 percent of the total online ad spend by the marketer
- Agency and marketer adoption rate is very high in the US
Why You Should Buy This Report
- The report provides insights into the global and regional industry trends, digital marketing market size, value chain analysis, and market outlook for the APAC, MEA and Australia regions.
- This digital marketing market research report lists out the industry drivers and constraints and a detailed Porter’s five force analysis for emerging and developed markets.
- It lists out the agency billing rates across the globe and does a SWOT analysis on key players like Havas Digital, iProspect, Publicis Sapient, etc.
- The digital market intelligence report gives the best digital marketing procurement practices, sourcing and pricing models and end-user digital marketing market update.
