We certainly won’t be the first people to tell you that the marketing world moves quickly, and we won’t be the last. Trends ebb and flow, with consumers’ interests constantly evolving as they look towards the next big ‘thing’ - and it’s always been this way.
The invention of mass printing in the 15th century eventually led to the production of the first magazines in the 1700s. A century later, businesses began to advertise on posters and billboards, and the early 1900s brought the rise of radio advertising, followed by television ads and telemarketing. By the time we reach the turn of the millennium, marketing trends and tactics were developing more and more quickly within the new digital age.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), blogging, social media marketing, e-commerce and email marketing were some of the trends we saw rise in the 00s. The following decade saw the maturation of many of these tactics as more people began to use smartphones and social media. High-quality, engaging content marketing, video marketing and influencer marketing all became popular in the 2010s.
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