Trends for 2017: Zero-based budgeting & influencers 2.0

Marketing Week outlines 12 trends, predictions and issues that will gain pace over the next 12 months. In part two we look at why zero-based budgeting will become the new normal, TV’s comeback and what the influencer model will look like in 2017. Several trends have coalesced to make zero-based budgeting an imperative for marketing teams in 2017. The practice requires marketers to justify spending on all new activity, rather than having set budgets based on revenues or the previous year’s spend. This carefully costed approach reflects the economically uncertain and austere conditions under which many marketers now operate.