How Taco Bell Proves Old-School Marketing Tactics Still WorkHere's how Taco Bell leverages TV and radio ads as well as other old-school marketing tactics like billboards for marketing success.

Over the last few years, the marketing world has focused ondigital transformation. Marketing professionals have embraced online and mobile channels to such an extent that the old-school marketing tactics of television and radio might have seemed dead. That's not the case, though — not if Taco Bell has any say in it.

In 2017, Taco Bell took a different approach by putting more of its budget back into television ads while simultaneouslyreducing its digital ad budget. In 2019, Taco Bell doubled-down on itstelevision campaignstrategy, spending millions more than its competitors while still coming out ahead on sales and profitability.