The holiday season can be magical for all those lucky enough to celebrate, relax, embrace time with loved ones, and indulge in cozy festivities for days on end—especially working professionals who need a welcome escape from their daily grind. The growing tradition of joyful holiday ads only enhances that sense of escapism. But this has […]
The most wonderful time of the year is almost here, and you know what comes before that: Black Friday! Foot traffic and online transactions will spike suddenly and exponentially—same as every year—as shoppers set their budgets and spend, spend, spend. But what’s the best way to stand out in a spectacular sales extravaganza? How do […]
It can take time, effort and expertise to craft a compelling marketing message. In fact, it’s all too easy to imagine the minute hand whirring around the clock—and the associated expenses climbing—as entire days are spent creating brand archetype word clouds, devising virulent hashtags and debating whether a flashy new subheading should call out “premium” […]
Much has been made of the rise of fraudulent digital ad traffic over the last couple years, with headlines such as “Russian Ring of Digital Ad Crooks is Reportedly Making Over $3 Million a Day” and “Hackers Make $5M a Day by Faking 300M Video Views” making a splash in the press. Hackers! Russian rings! […]
US digital video ad spending stands to approach $18 billion by 2020 – it’s a bright spot in the digital advertising market, but also presents unique challenges. In their January report, Digital Video Advertising Best Practices 2017, eMarketer spoke with more than two dozen industry leaders – including Eli Grant, VP of DAC / Chicago […]
Unless you’ve been snoozing like a Snorlax, you’ve probably heard of Pokémon Go. It’s a free-to-play augmented reality game in which players use their smartphones to locate and catch Pokémon. It’s also the most interesting marketing development we’ve seen in years. The crazy thing is, that’s not even an overstatement. The game itself may stand […]
I wrote recently about the most important thing in content marketing still being reaching and persuading people. Sometimes acknowledging that as a primary focus can make it awkward pitching ideas; for agencies pitching to clients or for clients pitching to their upper management. Why? Because people enjoy and engage with things that are easy to write […]
Do you get 80% of your leads from your top four markets? Is your franchise aligned to service only certain zip codes? Do you know what directories (if any) your customers are using? Successful local search campaigns are built through targeting specific local market areas and ensuring that your message reaches consumers in that area. […]
Matt Cutts, Google’s sheriff of all things Search Engine Optimisation, caused quite a stir among search folks when he let slip at SXSW that Google is essentially rolling out an official algorithm update that will penalise sites that engage too vigorously in search engine optimisation. To paraphrase, Cutts said that, as part of Google’s ongoing effort to […]