Online Engagement Marketing: What You Need To Know

As a marketer, you’re familiar with the term “engagement marketing,” often called “experiential marketing” or “participation marketing.” It is an approach that directly engages consumers along a brand experience in hopes to increase brand perception and better influence purchase decisions. Sounds idyllic, right? Many marketers, however, find that the concept has many channel differences and technology nuances, and it is often confusing

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Targeting Your Audience Using the Right Mix of Ad Platforms

Digital advertising has reached new heights with targeting technologies. These technologies allow you, as marketers, to more precisely reach your ideal customers for more efficient spend of your marketing dollars. Many platforms are based on keyword search technologies that track those seeking particular products or services online; other platforms track sites visited by users so as to create digital profiles

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A 30,000 ft. View of Digital Media Metrics

Back in the day, a marketer’s most important metrics to watch for advertising success were CPM (Cost-Per-Thousand) ad views, and Return-On-Investment (ROI). Nowadays, with the addition of digital media, mountains of metrics have joined the scene. CPC, CPL, CTR, SOV, Views, and Shares are just a some of what’s come about. Do you know what they mean and which ones

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Omni-Channel Marketing: a Marketing Must-Have

Your organization may not be one to adopt the hot marketing buzzwords continually popping up in today’s digital melting pot, but “Omni-channel” is definitely one you need to pay attention to. It’s the marketing model that keeps you top-of-mind with consumers and helps ensure your brand remains competitive. What is Omni-Channel Marketing? With all the digital media choices and devices

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What’s all the fuss about Local Listings Management?

Local listing management is one of the hottest topics within Internet marketing; yet it confuses and overwhelms many business owners. In this blog, we’ll help clear up the confusion and provide some useful tips to help business owners make informed decisions to harness the power of Local Listing Management. Why are Local Listings so important? There are more people conducting

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Dynamic Local Display – The New “Intelligent” Banner Ad

If you think online banner advertising is a thing of the past; you’re half right. A hot new item has replaced the old static mass-appeal banners that ran across networks. The trend today is “intelligent,” hyperlocal display ads that deliver, not only dynamically-created ads with animation and changing text, but ads targeted to specific geographies, user demographics, and user behaviors. Dynamic makes the

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It’s All About Location, Location, Location!

Chances are you conducted a great deal of research in deciding the exact street upon which to place each of your locations. Great consideration was likely given to population density, target demographics, foot traffic and local consumer expenditures – in order to position your business in the ideal neighborhood. Now it’s time to own your target audiences in those neighborhoods

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Demand runs high for mobile marketing as consumers embrace mobile devices

The passion for mobile devices has translated into a new “always-on” reality for consumers.  In fact, 9 out of 10 consumers almost always have their mobile devices with them – according to immr (a research-based consultancy). This always-on reality gives marketers the ability to get closer to their desired audiences than ever before. Over the past two years, Smartphone adoption in the

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