Videos are everywhere. And as digital marketers, the need to know what kind of video to make for which platform is never-ending. One way to get clearer insights to your YouTube ad performance is by setting “Moments.” This concept of a “Moment” in your YouTube ad is basically like a quick-view timestamp of performance. You can identify specific moments in your video … [Read more...] about Video as a Non-Negotiable for Digital Marketing
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Best Practices to Maximize Connected TV Advertising
Overview As more people cut cable and satellite, the need for connected TV advertising becomes essential to a brand’s overall media strategy. While traditional TV campaigns are still relevant to increasing your reach, connected TV ads allow for real-time optimizations and more targeting opportunities. Before we jump into best practices, let’s take a step back … [Read more...] about Best Practices to Maximize Connected TV Advertising
Google Display Network Best Practices In A First-Party Cookie World
With first-party data becoming more relevant and third-party cookies becoming a thing of the past, this leaves marketers questioning, how can I best prepare? With these changes, remarketing will likely be limited. We’ll instead focus more on targeting users with certain interests or browsing habits. This results in limited capabilities when it comes to reaching certain markets. … [Read more...] about Google Display Network Best Practices In A First-Party Cookie World
February 2021 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. Google Ads What: Manager accounts can now bid across accounts with portfolio bid strategies Details: Google has launched portfolio bid strategies that can be applied across manager accounts. Advertisers can create and manage them for both search and standard shopping … [Read more...] about February 2021 Updates to Paid Media Platforms
What Advertisers Need to Know About Apple’s & Facebook’s Changes
Anyone who's advertising on Facebook Ads has been seeing plenty of updates about the feud that's going on between Apple and Facebook over the past few months. In this post, we will try to walk you through what they are quarreling about, why you should care, and what can you do to keep your campaigns performing well. What's been happening This recent conflict stems a long … [Read more...] about What Advertisers Need to Know About Apple’s & Facebook’s Changes
10 Alternatives To Google And Facebook Ads
We all know that Google and Facebook dominate the paid advertising industry. Advertisers that have maxed out their target audience reach on these platforms need to look elsewhere for incremental gains. That's why we've created this guide: to help you start/continue diversifying your paid media mix. Before we dive in, let's review some of the benefits of diversifying your … [Read more...] about 10 Alternatives To Google And Facebook Ads
How to Use Video Ads to Build Consumer Trust in Your eCommerce Company
When you have an eCommerce business, consumer trust can never be taken for granted. It is a key element that allows you to build a solid online reputation, attract new prospects, and nurture them into becoming loyal customers. The thing is, consumer trust is usually slow to build and easy to lose. You need to strategically and consistently convey brand messages that inspire … [Read more...] about How to Use Video Ads to Build Consumer Trust in Your eCommerce Company
The Value Of Amazon Sponsored Brand Video Ads [Case Study]
This year I have had the opportunity to beta test the Amazon Sponsored Video Ads released to the public in early October. I have held off on writing about the ad type until I had the opportunity to examine the ad impact through Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday. The ad type has reported surprising performance and I am here to report on my experience and recommendations so … [Read more...] about The Value Of Amazon Sponsored Brand Video Ads [Case Study]
2021: The Year You’ve Been Waiting for & What You Need to Prepare
It’s December of 2020. The spring and summer have moved on. We’ve just put a bow on autumn while we welcome winter and the holidays that distract us from what has been the longest year of our collective lives. Normally this time of year marks a fury of e-commerce and retail practices, the “big show” of what marketers can do come shopping season. It means budgeting for the … [Read more...] about 2021: The Year You’ve Been Waiting for & What You Need to Prepare
4 Pillars of Paid Media Growth
Paid media is straightforward. “Growth,” however, is very dependent upon the role you play in paid media, so let’s start by defining who these four pillars are intended for and what I mean by “growth.” My paid media experience is 100% agency-based. Naturally, my experience shapes my viewpoint and definition of growth. From the agency perspective, growth equals managing … [Read more...] about 4 Pillars of Paid Media Growth
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 Techniques to Make Any Client Call a Breeze
Managing a paid digital account can be stressful. There is content to create, performance to optimize and the alway evolving idea of “strategy.” But many marketers find that the real challenge surfaces when preparing for a performance call. Otherwise productive energy is wasted on the fear of what’s on the other end of a weekly check-in or monthly recap. As a young PPC … [Read more...] about 5 Techniques to Make Any Client Call a Breeze
