Marketers say a wide range of data-related activities now take up their time, including collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data, according to recent research from Funnel.

The report was based on data from a survey conducted in May and June, 2023, among 713 marketers.

Marketers say they spend 24% of their data-related time collecting data, 22% analyzing data, 20% visualizing data, 19% cleaning data, and 18% presenting data.

Marketers say 63% of their data-related time, on average, is spent on tasks that could be partially or fully automated.

Time marketers spend on data-related activities

Marketers say the part of the data collection/reporting process that is most commonly automated is populating reports/dashboards (64% use automation for this).

Most commonly automated parts of marketers' data-related activities

Marketers say their top data-related frustrations are data quality (50% cite as a frustration) and data silos/data availability (43%).

Biggest frustrations in marketers' data-related activities

Marketers say the top actions their company could take to increase trust in marketing data are to invest in technology/software (51% cite) and to improve the quality of their data sources (47%).

Data investment priorities for marketers

About the research: The report was based on data from a survey conducted in May and June, 2023, among 713 marketers.

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Ayaz Nanji is a writer, editor, and a content strategist. He is a co-founder of ICW Media and a research writer for MarketingProfs. He has worked for Google/YouTube, the Travel Channel, and the New York Times.

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