UK: Digital marketers continue investment in social, search

Over the last year many changes have taken place on the digital landscape that have had, according to Guava's sales director, Martin Dinham, "a profound effect on how digital campaigns are developed and executed".

These rapid changes have left companies with a knowledge gap. Within SEO alone, the number of companies reporting a lack of know-how as a barrier to SEO success has risen from 16% to 29% in one year.

To ascertain how and where digital marketers are investing their budgets, 300 UK in-house marketers and 300 agency staff were surveyed. The results, reported by Econsultancy, reveal that, despite a lack of resources, social media and SEO budgets continue to rise:

- 62% plan to increase social media spending over the next 12 months;
- 57% will increase spending on SEO;
- 49% will increase spending on paid search;
- 38% spend in excess of $150,000 on paid search advertising each year;
- 12% spend in excess of $150,000 in SEO each year;
- Just 4% spend in excess of $150,000 each year on social media marketing.

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