by Melissa Duko June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 Like mobile advertising, display advertising is experiencing unprecedented growth. This year, digital display ad spending is on track to surpass search ad spend, with one in five dollars going to banners and other types of digital display ads. As advertisers invest heavily in display ads, they want … Continue reading 4 Questions You Need to Ask Before Diving Into Display Tracking
Looking to kick your marketing automation up a notch? Columnist Jeffrey L. Cohen explains why you need a persona-based approach to creating content. Jeffrey L. Cohen on May 20, 2016 If you really tried to automate all of your marketing, the results would not be good. We have all seen examples of over-engineered, algorithm-based … Continue reading Guarantee your marketing automation success with persona-based content
by Mike Parry May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 I’ve avoided writing about marketing automation for a while now because, if I think about it too much, it is just “The Emperors New Clothes”. Don’t misinterpret that statement as me saying I don’t think it is a wonderful tool in the eMarketers arsenal or that you … Continue reading Email Marketing Automation or the Emperor’s New Clothes?
by Jane Felice April 27, 2016April 27, 2016 This is the first in a series of posts on transparency. In today’s post, we lay out the many ways transparency is elusive in digital marketing today. We also include some best practices for stamping out the fuzziness prevalent in the programmatic landscape. Most marketers will admit … Continue reading How to Evaluate Programmatic Buying Transparency – Types and Tips
by Andrew Fischer April 26, 2016 Follow @AndrewFischer_1April 26, 2016 The consensus around programmatic advertising is that it has been seen as an enigma to even the most seasoned marketers. Why is this? As the newest form of buying and selling digital ads, there are still a lot of factors that influence the adoption of … Continue reading How Many Media Buyers Does it Take to Screw in a Programmatic Light Bulb?
by Zack Kinsley April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 Marketing is all about creating great content that educates and builds relationships. These days customers need to be nurtured with new content repeatedly for duration of time. The days of impulse buying are disappearing, and those customers are no one’s true target customer. Automation tools are the … Continue reading 3 Reasons Why Automation Is A Must For Your Digital Marketing
by Jeremy Taylor March 30, 2016 Follow @JezTaylorUKMarch 30, 2016 While the use of marketing automation is increasing in terms of the number of businesses using automation and the level to which those businesses are using it, what we do know if that adoption is faster among larger businesses. A recent Raab Report found that … Continue reading How Can Small Businesses Get Started With Marketing Automation?
Seventy-nine percent made programmatic buys in the last year, more than twice the rate from a similar report two years ago. Barry Levine on March 7, 2016 Marketers may be wary about digital ad fraud and the complexity of the adtech ecosystem, but they are still rushing to buy ads programmatically. That’s a key … Continue reading ANA/Forrester Survey: Most Marketers Buy Ads Programmatically, In Spite Of Worries About Fraud And Transparency
Despite the promise of automation, marketers still have a ways to go. Columnist Scott Vaughan explains why we need to focus on automating the right data and eliminating the manual tasks that hold us back. Scott Vaughan on March 4, 2016 With pressure to improve efficiencies and hit KPIs, it’s been a no-brainer for … Continue reading We Marketers Aren’t As Automated As We Think
by Robert Nissenbaum February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 I have never been a fan of using the automated direct message feature on Twitter. In fact, I downright hate it. How much? I will unfollow 90% of those who send me an automated direct message within minutes of my reading it. I often finding myself challenging … Continue reading What If? Rethinking Use Of The Automated Direct Message.
