Archive for December 2016
The next Bing thing: Get your Bing campaigns in top shape for 2017
With the exciting news that Bing has reached 20 percent market share in the UK and is currently sitting at 21.6 percent in the US, it’s now more important than ever to make sure your Bing accounts are in top shape for 2017 and beyond. As is common across many industries, the end of the…
Read MoreAdobe Primetime Adds TV Media Management Platform
From Adobe Adobe Primetime took a major evolutionary step today toward the programmatic- and audience-based future of ads on multi-screen television, with the launch of its new TV Media Management (TVMM) platform. The new platform allows major TV program suppliers, like national networks or cable providers, to plan and forecast the availability of multi-screen inventory…
Read MoreInspire Positive Conversations Behind Your Back
Today everybody can publicly give a thumbs up or down to each customer experience. Whether you’re an Uber driver or a brain surgeon, you have to accept that online reviews are now built into the buying process. While negative reviews can certainly impact business, it’s second only to having none at all. When potential customers…
Read MoreHow We Use Google Venture’s 5-Day Sprint to Ship Marketing Campaigns Faster
Image source. As marketers, we all love releasing new campaigns and collateral regularly (launch days are the best days, amiright?). But despite best efforts, projects can take much longer than planned and unexpected roadblocks can stop you from shipping as often as you’d like. Even worse, you can spend weeks extending deadlines in search of…
Read MoreNo targeting in Google Display & Video ad groups? Ads can soon show across Google Display Network
Google has announced that, beginning in January, ad groups in Google video and display campaigns that do not have any targeting set at that level will automatically be eligible to show ads on the Google Display Network. Google has been sending advertisers a notice and pausing display and video campaigns that didn’t have targeting assigned…
Read MoreData as the new currency: Three keys to CMO success in 2017
For many marketers, the web finally matured in 2016, with digital marketing the driving force behind many brands’ online success. Marketing budgets have risen for the third year in a row, increasing from 11 percent last year to 12 percent of company revenue, according to Gartner’s CMO Survey for 2016–2017. As chief marketing officers plan…
Read MoreWhat we’ve learned about SEO in 2016
Since the inception of the search engine, SEO has been an important, yet often misunderstood industry. For some, these three little letters bring massive pain and frustration. For others, SEO has saved their business. One thing is for sure: having a clear and strategic search strategy is what often separates those who succeed from those…
Read MorePage One on Google Is Your New Business Card
Do a search for your name, your company name, your product or service names. Whatever you find on page one in the Google SERPs amounts to a significant collage of how your brand is seen in the wild today. See, it doesn’t matter if your best client tells their best friend you are the most…
Read MoreAmazon’s December email campaigns outperform competitors, earning nearly 20% read rate
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com According to eDataSource, an email marketing and e-commerce analytics platform, Amazon’s email marketing efforts have outperformed seven other retailers so far this month. Tracking campaigns sent between November 29 (the day after Cyber Monday) through December 10, the e-commerce giant sent 1,691 email campaigns – earning 96.6 percent inbox placement and…
Read MoreWhat does the Consumer Review Fairness Act mean for consumers and online reviews?
Online reviews have steadily become a part of our everyday online world and an integral part of consumers’ buying process. Whether you’re proactively seeking out reviews for a product/service or responding to a Facebook friend’s post asking for provider recommendations, online reviews surround us. Reviews and star ratings show up in search engine results pages (in…
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