Report: Marketers’ budgets to significantly increase in 2022
December 9, 2021
DCMN, the growth marketing partner for digital brands, has released its global Growth Guide: a new report looking at marketers’ goals, strategies and challenges going into 2022.
The results point to a new period of growth for the industry: 66 per cent of marketers surveyed expect their budgets to increase next year, with this figure rising to 71 per cent for Indian marketers alone. This compares to 75 per cent in France and 68 per cent in the US.
The research, conducted by Censuswide on behalf of DCMN, surveyed 600 in-house marketers in the US, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Germany and India. The results offer an understanding of how the marketing landscape has changed after a tumultuous few years and how optimistic brands are heading into 2022.
Key findings show that:
- It’s good news for marketing and advertising agencies, with the vast majority of Indian respondents – 93 per cent – planning to increase their spending on agencies in the next 12 months.
- Aside from spending on agencies, budgets will go towards experimenting with new formats and advertising channels. Outside of digital advertising, the three channels Indian marketers plan to focus on and invest in the most are mobile advertising, podcasts and linear TV.
- The research also shows that 62 per cent of Indian marketers are more focused on long-term branding efforts, versus 33 per cent for performance-oriented goals. This is remarkably in-line with global figures, at 65 per cent versus 31 per cent.
But the new year also comes with its own challenges. As advertising campaigns grow ever more complex, marketers in India are most concerned about managing and reconciling large amounts of data across channels. Keeping up with privacy regulations comes in second place, as policies targeting iOS and the future of cookies are set to dramatically reshape the marketing world — perhaps for good.
“At DCMN, we wanted to take a closer look at where the marketing industry stands right now, and the impact of a disrupted 2020 and 2021. The results are impressive, and point to a marketing rebound in the coming year – both in India and in other countries around the world. Overall, we’re seeing that branding efforts remain top of mind for marketers. It’s also clear that brands still have huge faith in linear TV, with mobile advertising and TV set to be some of the most popular channels for marketers to invest in next year”, commented Bindu Balakrishnan, Country Head India at DCMN.