iGB Affiliate 52 AugSept | Page 30

FUTURE OF DIGITAL MARKETING THE MARKETING FUTURE: DATA VS. CREATIVITY In our ever increasingly connected digital world, technology is the driving force behind changes in our behaviour and in our consumption and use of brands and services. Marketing is not immune to these changes, with operational tasks becoming more ever more reliant on big data and automation. But will these nuggets of actionable insight necessarily provide the competitive advantages marketers are seeking by connecting on an empathic level with consumers, asks iGam