Content is king but it doesn’t funnel money directly into your bank account (it takes time). Ads do. Every marketer, given their choice, could sell ads on their page if people would let them. Unfortunately, that choice is increasingly shifting to users through their use of ad blockers. A recent survey from Visual Objects outlined […]
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Ads are annoying. Study after study reiterates the fact that consumers find ad messages intrusive and aggressive. For some reason, even as the ad industry transitions away from traditional media and toward digital, the same ad models are shoehorned into new and exciting channels. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the world of video,
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These days, everything seems to be about ease, convenience and availability. With a few clicks, you can get almost anything (groceries, clothes, transportation…you name it!) sent to your home. If people can’t get what from one business, another option is just a few more clicks away – so why wait? In this climate, it seems
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To secure a mortgage, prospective homeowners need to prove their creditworthiness and financial health with a strong FICO score. A FICO score is the three-digit number based on one’s credit reports that help creditors assess how likely one can repay debt. E-commerce could learn a thing or two about ratings to determine one’s success —
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For select consumer product categories, Amazon, while imposing, isn’t the kind of category dominator that makes or breaks a brand’s e-commerce fortunes by themselves. Fashion is one such category. Despite 27.4 percent of U.S. apparel being purchased online in 2017, an array of niche retailers (e.g., The Children’s Place) and D2C companies (e.g., MeUndies) are
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SAN JOSE — Digital agencies have been on the leading edge of digital transformation for several years. They are not, however, immune to the challenges of adapting to changing technologies, advances in automation and evolving client capabilities and staff skill requirements that come with transformation. To better understand how digital agencies are evolving to meet
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I received an email yesterday about new challenges and rewards in the Google Partners experience, so I headed over there to see how things are going these days. Have you visited the Google Partners Rewards experience? It simplifies the steps for how “points” are obtained by agencies and shows you exactly what you can do
Opinion: Google Partners Program incentives should include actual client goals Read More »
The paid media marketing landscape has become increasingly complex, as the speed of search engine algorithms and development changes accelerates and marketers demand more integrated channel capabilities. Automating paid media campaign management through an enterprise platform can improve efficiency and productivity. MarTech Today’s “Enterprise Paid Media Campaign Management Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market
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Welcome fellow eCommerce PPC laborer, to that annual moment of glory, reward, doom and failure. A weekend of highs and lows, a weekend of anticipation and excitement as the first revenue numbers begin to roll in. A weekend of last minute phone calls and fear as Amazon takes over your auction insights report. This is
The Black Friday Ecommerce PPC doomsday checklist of dramatically epic proportion Read More »
Attendees on the second day of SMX East were treated to a double-dose of incredible presentations about Facebook advertising. Veronica McGhee of Cramer-Krasselt and Michelle Morgan of Clix Marketing gave away some great strategies on how to succeed with Facebook ads in any industry. ‘Facebook advertising success’ with Veronica McGhee Veronica kicked off the session
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