Transitioning an account between managers is a process riddled with anxiety and confusion - from both the agency side and the client side. However, if an account transition is done right, you can be sure to add value for your client from the first day you are on their account, and build a strong relationship that is mutually beneficial for the agency and the client. Here are … [Read more...] about So, You’re Taking over An Account. What Next?
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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]
Ecommerce Holiday Checklist: CRO Best Practices
With the holidays approaching and the pandemic looming, online shopping has become ever more popular for consumers - who will spend $21.7 billion during the first 10 days of the holiday season this year. If there were ever a time to give your website a facelift, now is the time. While some brands put testing on hold during the holiday season there are still some eCommerce … [Read more...] about Ecommerce Holiday Checklist: CRO Best Practices
LinkedIn Events: Mixing Your Organic and Paid Strategy to drive Webinar Registrations
Friction is uncomfortable. Too much in a user’s journey and they're interest is likely to fizzle out. LinkedIn offers an elegant solution to driving registrants to your events and webinars with LinkedIn Events. Read on for steps to test out a LinkedIn event strategy that will set your audience’s interest ablaze! What are LinkedIn Events? If you are a page admin, you can … [Read more...] about LinkedIn Events: Mixing Your Organic and Paid Strategy to drive Webinar Registrations
What Marketers Need to Understand About Automated Bid Algorithms
In conversations with clients, I find myself using a phrase like, “We can do that, but we need to make sure we grease the wheels of the machine first.” What my Industrial-age jargon actually means is, we need to make sure that we’re not forcing the algorithms to have to relearn in a way that will be detrimental to our performance. I’m going to spare you arguments as to why you … [Read more...] about What Marketers Need to Understand About Automated Bid Algorithms
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
Digital Marketing in a VUCA World: Is it Time to Emerge from Plato’s Cave?
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?
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
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
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)
