Budgeting for Influence in 2017
The run-up to Christmas and New Year is renowned for many reasons: mince pies, fairy lights and television adverts that have budgets rivalling Hollywood blockbusters. However, in the wonderful world of marketing, the end of the year is also synonymous with one other activity: allocating the following year’s budget. As well as being daunting, this process is one of both precision and conjecture – having to guess at the most effective methods without having a firm grasp of the trends of the coming twelve months. We look at this for our own projects and to understand (and answer) our clients [...]