Dynamic Advertising: The Key To Scaling Personalized Ads
In his article on our sister site, Marketing Land, columnist Matt Ackley breaks down dynamic advertising and explains how online marketers can use it to create customized ads at scale.
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Bidding & Optimization Strategies To Take Your Search Marketing Results To The Next Level
A majority of digital advertising budgets are put towards search, so the ability to be competitive in this space is critical. Columnist Matt Ackley discusses how you can maximize your ROI when creating your bidding strategy for paid search.
Quantifying The Mobile Revolution: Mobile Advertising Progress In 2014
What's in store for paid search marketers as mobile continues its path to digital dominance? Columnist Matt Ackley tackles this question with insights gleaned from a forthcoming Marin research report.
Opportunities For 2015 Omni-Channel Success In Paid Search & Beyond
That online marketing stalwart, search, is in the midst of change, and columnist Matt Ackley from Marin says change equals opportunity.
Performance Marketing Benchmark Report Holiday 2014: Mobile Has Arrived
Contributor Matt Ackley summarizes key findings from Marin's recently released report.
Doubling Down On Audience-Centric Marketing
After a banner year for audience marketing, it’s a great time to revisit the concepts I touched on earlier this year and explore some thoughts on what’s further driving audience marketing trends as we move into 2015. There are some major, exciting changes happening in the digital marketing space: the increasing importance of tracking and […]
3 Key Display Advertising Themes For Search Marketers
Digital marketers’ jobs are not getting any easier. Whereas search marketing complexity arises from the sheer volume of keywords and campaigns that brands have to manage and optimize for, display marketing complexity is born from the dizzying array of players in the display ecosystem. It’s hard to keep track of the seemingly endless number of […]
How To Keep Your Product Advertising Game Sharp
Contributor Matt Ackley from Marin provides data and insights on the latest product advertising trends and best practices.
Survey Reveals Google RLSA Performance Benchmarks & The Promise Of Cross-Channel Retargeting
Contributor Matt Ackley shares insights gleaned from a survey of 233 marketers about their retargeting practices and performance.
Use Contextual Data To Gain A Competitive Search Marketing Advantage
Marketers have been dreaming about the possibilities of contextual data for decades, and as consumers have become more mobile and their behavior more quantifiable, it has only stoked those flames further. What’s The Big Deal About Contextual Data? Contextual data provides an opportunity for marketers to gain a competitive advantage based on outside trends that […]
The New Data Currency In A Digital World
The list of options on the performance marketing menu has been growing steadily. Whereas search had historically been the primary channel for direct marketers to drive leads and revenue, the array of opportunities has been increasing within the social and display channels, particularly given the rising popularity of retargeting. First-, Second- & Third-Party Data In […]
Drive PPC Revenues By Addressing The Bing Dilemma
In February, comScore released their monthly analysis of the US search marketplace, reporting Google with a 67.6% share of the search market and Bing, which powers Yahoo! search, a 28.7% share. Though these findings continue to confirm Google’s dominance in the search landscape, it’s important to highlight that Bing’s share of the market has continued […]
Why “Big Data” Won’t Win You The Battle For Online Revenue
With so much attention currently being focused on big data, advertisers are beginning to lose sight of one crucial truth: big data is worthless if it’s not the right data. So what is the right data? We all know that the digital advertising landscape has dramatically matured over the past decade, and businesses are now […]
At The Digital Crossroads: Shifting To Audience-Centric Marketing
In the first half of 2013, search advertising represented 43% of all digital ad revenue. The primary reason paid search remains so successful is that it creates a direct link between users and their intent. For marketers, the ability to deliver an ad promoting running shoes to users searching for [best running shoes] represents a […]
4 Trends Paid Search Marketers Must Address In 2014: Audience, Relevance, Social & Mobile
Upon revisiting last year’s post on this topic, a couple of our bold predictions flopped and a couple turned out to be more reality than fantasy. Though we didn’t see Apple monetize the search results served up by Siri, we did see ad formats evolve to increase relevance and user engagement. The inclusion of ad […]
Optimizing For Seasonality: 4 Critical Paid Search Strategies
November and December are the most seasonal months for search marketers. For retailers, this holiday shopping period continues to be the most profitable time of the year. In fact, in 2012, over $42 billion was spent online by consumers in these two months alone, a 14% increase over 2011. For other online advertisers, however, the […]
4 Paid Search Strategies For Converting On-The-Go Customers
Consumers are increasingly engaging with businesses while they’re on the go. In fact, of the 94 percent of smartphone owners searching for local information, 84 percent of them take action based on their search results. This shift in consumer behavior is redefining the approach advertisers take when engaging with their mobile customers. Not only are […]
4 Paid Search Strategies To Advertise Your Entire Product Catalog
Over the last half decade, consumers have increasingly turned to search as an integral step in their purchase cycle. The convenience of online shopping, ability to quickly compare prices, and the wide selection of products and brands have fostered a highly competitive, yet profitable landscape. As retailers continue to invest more in paid search, consumers […]
3 Paid Search Strategies For Maximizing Brand Equity In Retail
Paid search continues to be a highly effective channel for retailers, driving traffic and a profitable return on investment (ROI). In fact, retail advertisers invest more in paid search than almost any other industry. For the most part, search represents an integrated step in the purchase cycle for consumers with selection, price-transparency and convenience as […]
5 Secrets To Maximizing Retail Budgets For Paid Search
Over the last decade, the incorporation of search into the online shopping experience has led to a savvier generation of consumers who prefer the selection, price-transparency, and convenience of online retail to traditional brick-and-mortars. As a result, online retailers are now spending more on paid search advertising than just about any other industry. In fact, […]
Single-Keyword Ad Groups: Maximizing Mobile Performance With Enhanced Campaigns
In early February of 2013, as part of the most debated AdWords update in recent history, Google introduced the concept of mobile bid adjustments, giving search marketers the power to optimize bids across devices for a single campaign. Though these adjustments were originally introduced at the campaign level, Google subsequently expanded the capability to individual ad […]
Optimizing Google Enhanced Campaigns: Success Starts At Migration
In February of this year, Google made headlines with its launch of enhanced campaigns. Since the initial outpouring of both interest and concern, advertisers have been seeking to understand how enhanced campaigns will not only reshape their campaign structures and strategies, but also how this will impact their ability to acquire revenue. With the July […]