A new study shows that data linkage is again the biggest challenge to marketers and their cross-channel marketing efforts. Greg Finn on June 3, 2015 The holy grail of digital marketers is the single customer view that can unlock the potential of personalization and the insights into consumer behavior. A new study from Experian however shows … Continue reading Report: 89% Of Marketers Have Problems With Cross -Channel Marketing, Data Linkage Is The Biggest Culprit
The move would let advertisers target customers in search results using email addresses or other CRM data. Ginny Marvin on April 15, 2015 There may finally be an answer to the question of whether Google will ever loosen the reigns on ad targeting and allow marketers to use their first-party data to reach existing customers. Citing anonymous … Continue reading Report: Google May Allow First-Party Data Targeting In Search Within The Year
Nearly half of search-generated calls were from existing customers. Greg Sterling on March 20, 2015 A fascinating new report from Marchex analyzed 1.8 million calls to compare the performance of different mobile ad channels in driving new sales prospects in the Financial Services and Insurance categories. The ad channels examined were directories, search engines, Marchex’s … Continue reading Report: Mobile Display Ads Outperformed Search In Delivering New Customer Calls
Ruxandra MindrutaMarch 19, 2015 Today’s consumers are greatly empowered. With access to review websites, social platforms and blogs, buyers can now make better informed shopping decisions based on opinions or feedback from fellow consumers. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter have become platforms of choice for customers seeking assistance or looking to make a complaint. … Continue reading Research: Do Brands Live Up To Customer Expectations On Social?
Specific tactics can make a big difference in campaign performance. Greg Sterling on March 17, 2015 The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is releasing a series of new “Smart Mobile Cross Marketing Effectiveness” studies and data that argue for larger mobile ad budgets. They also offer specific mobile best practices that can dramatically improve mobile ad performance. Billed as “the first comprehensive … Continue reading Report: Mobile Best Practices Can Boost Campaign Performance Up To 160 Percent
Yelp will prompt users to write reviews after an offer-driven check-in. Greg Sterling on March 6, 2015 At the LSA-SMX West Local Search Advantage Workshop this week, Yelp’s Luther Lowe offered a number of “white hat tips” for marketers on reputation management and reviews. There was one gem that I was totally unaware of: “incentivized … Continue reading Incentivized Check-ins: A “White-Hat” Trick For Getting More Reviews On Yelp
Business.comFebruary 25, 2015 For better or for worse, most marketing tactics are now built upon content. In fact, according to the Content Marketing Institute’s 2015 B2B Content Marketing Trends & Benchmarks report, 70% of B2B marketers are creating more content than they did one year ago. According to the same CMI study, company blogs are … Continue reading Why the Company Blog is More Important Than You Think
Mobile trends are consistent across platforms despite differences in user behavior and intent. Ginny Marvin on January 16, 2015 In its Q4 2014 Benchmark Report, Marin Software looked at performance by device across social, display and search campaigns running through its platform. Overall, desktops lost 6.3 percent of click share, primarily to smartphones which … Continue reading Compare Search, Social & Display Performance On Mobile & Desktop [Report]
