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Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has announced admation among the best advertising software companies of 2021. Researchers examined solutions with features that streamline an agency?s workflow as well as integration tools and reporting capabilities.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the world. It changed the way businesses work, how they acquire customers, and, unsurprisingly, the way they market themselves.

As a result, creative teams were not spared any disruption during 2020. They faced new challenges, but going into 2021, they also have a unique opportunity to take advantage of the market evolution and changing customer needs.

But what were the challenges in 2020, and what will be the new normal in 2021 and beyond. Let's look. 

If you?re thinking about replacing your agency project management software, you?re not alone. Capterra Management?s User Research Report highlighted that 44% of companies had utilised different project management software prior to implementing their current one. The top reason for the switch: the old tool wasn?t comprehensive enough.

Aah, deadlines. As a marketer you'll face a lot of them. Actually, when you manage creative projects, they?re par for the course. Some of them you make, and it?s inevitable that you?ll miss some. Hey, it happens, and most clients understand if you miss one occasionally.

Effective marketing has now become more important than ever for a successful business. The tempo of marketing has also increased as many businesses are seeking that competitive edge in the market. That means more ads, more content, more concepts, more proposals, and more presentations.

The problem is that many businesses continue to use a traditional ?chain of command? process for reviewing and approving marketing projects. Inevitably, at some stage, this leads to project delays, budget blowouts, frustration, and irritation. These delays lead to wasted time and missed opportunities, a bad combination for any effective marketing process.

Marketing teams and advertising agencies are juggling a lot when it comes to projects. There are tenders, fierce competition between other agencies, approval processes, assets, legalities, and a raft of other factors that need to be managed correctly for your campaigns to be a success.

With so many moving parts, there is also plenty of scope for errors that can prove to be highly costly and lead to project management failure. Some of the leading causes include:

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The challenges of planning and tracking marketing projects are many and varied today. Just keeping abreast of the multiple campaigns that go live via a range of platforms is difficult in itself. But it?s behind the scenes where the real headaches lie. With so many different types of campaigns to create and manage, marketing teams are feeling overwhelmed with a lack of transparency over their projects and resources. Chaos often ensues and there seems to be no way out of the constant daily grind.Nonetheless, there is a way to solve your marketing project management issues. Firstly, you need to identify where the challenges lie.

The start of any year is a great time to get on the front foot and look at the processes and tools you have in place to streamline your marketing projects for the year to come. While many of us may be a bit more cautious about what trends we prepare for, thanks to the volatility of 2020, at we now have a better idea of what to expect.

2020 has completely changed the landscape of the modern working environment, with up to 60% of Australian workers now preferring to work from home, or have a work and office home split. Last year may have seen marketing teams implement rushed systems for remote working, but this year will be the time to hone in on them, making operations and project management even more streamlined. Businesses who take the time to actually look at what processes they have in place and improve them will ultimately receive the biggest benefits.