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The Language of Effectiveness 2025

The Language of Effectiveness 2025 report

In 2025, marketers are juggling the twin imperatives of delivering immediate sales while also building brand – a challenge that is shaping brands’ marketing effectiveness strategies.

The fourth edition of Marketing Week’s landmark annual report, ‘The Language of Effectiveness’ in partnership with Kantar and Google, paints a comprehensive picture of the state of marketing effectiveness today. Based on a survey of over 1,000 UK marketers and qualitative interviews with marketing leaders, this year’s report examines brands’ capability to prove the importance of marrying long-term brand stewardship with short-term tactics.

Download the report to discover:

  • How brands are prioritising and balancing brand and performance marketing
  • What approaches they are taking to measure ‘brand effectiveness’ – and their rate of success
  • Ways of quantifying the impact of brand strength on pricing and profitability
  • The new role of technology and AI in creativity and effectiveness measurement
  • How brands are developing an organisational culture around marketing effectiveness