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Increasing conversion rates is a top digital priority for 47% of marketers in 2014, according to a recent report by ExactTarget.

The survey of over 2,500 global marketers found that increasing/improving brand awareness (46% of respondents) and collecting/measuring/using behavior-based data (29%) are also major digital marketing to-dos in the year ahead.

Acquiring new subscribers (28% of respondents) and improving channels (24%) were the next most commonly cited priorities.

Below, additional key findings from the survey.

Digital Budgets on the Rise

  • 98% of marketers surveyed plan to increase or maintain their digital marketing budgets for 2014; only 2% plan to decrease their budgets.
  • The five top areas where marketers plan to increase digital spend in 2014 are data and analytics (61% plan to increase), marketing automation (61%), email marketing (58%), social media marketing (57%), and content management (57%).

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Ayaz Nanji is a writer, editor, content strategist, and research writer for MarketingProfs. He has worked for Google/YouTube, the Travel Channel, and the New York Times.

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