Wow, there is so much you can learn from the data. So much you can do with digital marketing. We can track 70% of the user journey, can’t we? This is the average, indicated by leading digital marketers in our survey. But what about un-trackable offline actions? What about the data lost through privacy protection and ad blocking? And finally, what about data that is … [Read more...] about Digital Marketing in a VUCA World: Is it Time to Emerge from Plato’s Cave?
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October 2020 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. Google Ads What: Attribution updates on Google including Youtube and Data-Driven Measurement Details: Youtube has been added to Google Ads attribution reporting. Additionally, their data-driven attribution model is now available to more advertisers. Impact: Youtube’s addition to Google … [Read more...] about October 2020 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
5 Ways To Make Your Landing Page Work Harder
Once you've gotten traffic flowing towards your site, you now need to make sure the landing pages they arrive on can keep your visitor’s attention and convert views into sales. It should come as no surprise to learn that most readers don't take in every word you provide them on their screens. They scroll through and skim, looking for what catches their attention, and if … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Make Your Landing Page Work Harder
How To Create State-of-the-Art Campaign Proposals
Chances are if you’re reading this post, you’re either an agency gal (or guy!) like myself, or you are tasked with presenting strategy and ad mockups to either your boss or clients. Diane Anselmo wrote a wonderful article, What Clients Want. In this article, she touched on the consultative approach. This, my friends, is what separates a good agency from an … [Read more...] about How To Create State-of-the-Art Campaign Proposals
September 2020 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. Google Ads What: Google limits Search Terms transparency due to privacy concerns Details: In early September, Google began withholding information on low impression search query results. Moving forward, that data will “only include terms that were searched by a significant number of users”. … [Read more...] about September 2020 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
Multiple CID Madness: Managing One Client Over Many Accounts
As we approach the 20 year anniversary of the first Shrek film, it might be difficult to remember that the film was quite acclaimed in its time. Now remembered for ushering in a trend of animated films prioritizing crass pop culture references over genuine pathos, Shrek actually competed for the Palm d’Or and won the first-ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature. And while the … [Read more...] about Multiple CID Madness: Managing One Client Over Many Accounts
How to Create a Facebook Funnel With Buyer Personas
Facebook funnels help guide potential buyers to your product. Have you thought about using buyer personas to create your Facebook funnel? Buyer personas define your targeted audience and optimize sales. In this post, you’ll learn how to create and map out your Facebook funnel with buyer personas. I’ll use my case study about my client, ubiDesktop, to show you … [Read more...] about How to Create a Facebook Funnel With Buyer Personas
Eliminating Conflict to Maximize CRO and SEO Efforts
Conversion rate optimization is commonly thought of as a best practice or a tactic utilized for paid traffic. Because I was introduced to CRO through PPC, that’s the lens I typically use when optimizing for conversion rate. Instead, I urge everyone to think about conversion rate optimization as just another marketing strategy used to increase the percentage of people … [Read more...] about Eliminating Conflict to Maximize CRO and SEO Efforts
Why Google Ads and Google Analytics Convs. Don’t Align (And Why You Should Try The Attribution Beta)
Accurate conversion tracking and effective conversion attribution are two of the biggest challenges in paid search. After all, your optimization decisions are only as good as the data associated with your campaigns. Over the years, I’ve worked with many brands when their conversion tracking dropped off the website or was installed on all pages with over-reported conversions. … [Read more...] about Why Google Ads and Google Analytics Convs. Don’t Align (And Why You Should Try The Attribution Beta)
August 2020 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. Google Ads What: Google expands lead forms to Youtube and Discovery Campaigns Details: Lead form extensions (which are currently active in search) now extend to Youtube and Discovery campaigns. Impact: Google has become increasingly B2B friendly over the past couple of years. The success … [Read more...] about August 2020 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
What Clients Want
As digital marketing agency strategists, we are constantly working to bring our clients the performance that they need so we can remain in a mutually beneficial partnership together. At times, this partnership comes naturally. Other times, it can be a struggle. The biggest part of that struggle can simply be understanding what the client wants from us. Many times, it’s not as … [Read more...] about What Clients Want
The Complete Guide To PPC Naming Conventions
Naming Conventions is by far my biggest pet peeve as a digital marketer. There is nothing worse than working with an existing structure that is confusing, disorganized, and underperforming because of it. Naming conventions is an important topic, especially in big accounts or if you are running cross-channel campaigns because it lays the foundation of how your reports and … [Read more...] about The Complete Guide To PPC Naming Conventions
