Digital Advertising

Way back in the late 19th century, the U.S. merchant John Wanamaker coined the often-quoted phrase, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, the trouble is, I don’t know which half.” It was true then, and it’s still true for many businesses today. But, if you do want a clearer picture on where to best focus your budget, there are sophisticated digital tools out there now that can help. But which tools and methodologies should your brand use?

In an environment where customers have countless ways to engage with a product before purchasing, we need to rethink how we approach marketing activities. To achieve this, marketers often use a concept coined by Google called the “Zero Moment of Truth” (ZMOT). This represents the moment when customers engage with a product or service online before they make any commitments to purchase it.

Making the most of ZMOT is the key to a successful marketing strategy, particularly regarding retargeting, and this article will help you understand how to do just that.

Sports brands were already trendsetters but their relevance has increased over the last two years as lifestyles have changed. People have become health conscious and are actively taking part in fitness and well-being activities. Meanwhile, the global shift away from offices (and from more formal officewear) has turned sports clothes manufacturers into the de facto tastemakers of the entire fashion industry.

Have you ever downloaded the data Facebook has on you? Or Google? The sheer breadth of data collection has 86% of consumers worried, and this has led to a number of users leaving data-hungry social media platforms. It has also forced organizations like Google to do some soul-searching and adjust their approach to user data, notably by retiring third-party cookies.

Travel industries face numerous challenges when marketing online. To help you better understand how to form your marketing strategy for the modern world, we’ve compiled a series of 2-minute podcasts hosted by Jim Price, Head of Travel for RTB House America. Here’s a sneak peek of the first few.

The hardest part of business is not usually envisioning where you want to be, it’s implementing a plan of action in logical and effective steps in order to get there. When we’re making plans, these steps will inevitably include a Deep Learning powered retargeting campaign, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Instead, Let’s start with a simple statement:
“We want to increase online sales”.

There are many ways that you might do, such as; improving your online store’s UI and UX, increasing product range, and running promotions. However, the most likely solution is digital ad campaigns. So, you can add focus to your original statement by saying:
“We need to run digital ad campaigns to increase online sales”.

Many companies make a couple of missteps at this point by trying to skip to the end or doing things out of sequence. Here’s a simple breakdown of the questions you need to ask… and the order in which you ask them while evaluating your advertising model options.