Why content still matters in the ad tech sphere
Marketers aren’t giving it as much attention as it needs Understanding your audience has always been vital to media planning and buying. Today, data-driven insights allow marketers to go beyond standard demographics and deploy much richer targeting. And with the predominance of programmatic, audience-driven planning and buying is more than at the fore. It has become standard operating...
8 content brainstorming techniques that work
It all starts with an idea. When it comes to running a successful content marketing campaign, everything rests upon producing something that people want to link to, share with their network, or engage with. If the idea isn’t there, neither will the performance of the campaign. You need to find ways to feel inspired and brainstorm content concepts. But how? We’ve All Stared at a Blank...
How to become a digital marketing wizard in five easy steps
The times they are a-changin’, especially in the online world. Grab yourself this digital marketing course if you want to step into the 21st century. From Facebook ads to YouTube, digital marketers need to be able to do it all in this day and age. Lucky for you, through eight courses and 25 hours of content, you’ll quickly get up to speed. Starting with the basics, you’ll blast through courses...
Six B2B content marketing predictions for 2018
Content marketing has evolved from a buzzword to the number one priority for marketers in 2017, accounting for 26% of a marketers entire budget. Here are six predictions for B2B content marketers to look out for in 2018 and beyond. As Professor Karl Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the World Economic Forum, wrote: “We are in the Fourth Industrial Revolution characterized by a range of new...
3 ways to build your brand identity using content marketing
Can your company’s content pass the “no-logo test”? When I work with digital strategy clients who are struggling with content marketing, I always ask them to take the logo test, inspired by this excellent Content Marketing Institute article. You should try it, too. To do that, copy and paste articles you’ve written, along with articles from your competitors, into Word...
How to reverse-engineer your online advertising strategy
In PPC, we often talk about eye-catching ad copy — but columnist Jacob Baadsgaard suggests that, rather than focusing on different ways to catch your customer’s eye, advertisers should start by looking at what customers are already responding to. Online advertising experts love to talk about the importance of matching your landing page content to your ads. And you’ll get no...
Why writing style matters for social and content marketing
When it comes to effective marketing, writing style matters — but many marketers ignore it. Columnist Mark Traphagen discusses how to cultivate a sense of style for your marketing. I entered marketing as a career relatively late in life. While I rue not having discovered this wonderful world earlier, one of the things I don’t regret is how useful almost all my previous work experiences...
How to boost your holiday marketing campaign
Did you know that Black Friday isn’t actually the biggest shopping day of the year, nor is Cyber Monday? It’s actually the Saturday before Christmas. Regardless, Black Friday provides a nearly incomparable source of foot traffic and e-commerce sales for retailers. In total, 108 million consumers purchased online in 2016 compared to 99 million consumers on Black Friday in 2015. According to one...
3 ways to ensure early content marketing efforts pay off
As a strategy, content marketing is anything but quick — but that doesn’t mean you can’t see small ROI improvements early on. From pop-ups and banner ads to high-budget prime-time television commercials, traditional advertising methods are struggling to be effective. Audiences are tuned out, and with so much data available for marketers to segment, consumers demand that their...