Google Analytics 4 is here. The search engine giant released the newest update to its web analytics tool on Oct. 14, 2020 with the goal of keeping pace “with major shifts in consumer behavior and privacy-driven changes to longtime industry standards,” Vidhya Srinivasan, Google’s Vice President for Measurement, Analytics, and Buying Platforms wrote in a post… Continue reading Google Analytics 4 is Here. What do Marketers Need to Know?
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Ecommerce Digital Marketing Strategies for Independent Retailers
Independent retailers need to do more marketing with fewer resources to keep their businesses growing while dealing with evolving revenue models and getting a crash course on e-commerce digital marketing. Read on to learn how to grow your e-commerce business with digital marketing strategies. Key Elements of a Successful Digital Marketing Strategy for E-Commerce To… Continue reading Ecommerce Digital Marketing Strategies for Independent Retailers
Fundamentals: 5 Proven Tactics for Home Improvement Marketers
There’s a lot of money floating around the home improvement industry. Harvard University’s American Housing Survey pegs the amount spent by homeowners on home improvement at $383.3 billion. That’s more than what’s spent at restaurants, department stores, health and drug stores, and clothing and accessory stores, according to HomeAdviser.com. If you want to tap into the nearly $400 billion… Continue reading Fundamentals: 5 Proven Tactics for Home Improvement Marketers
Home Improvement Marketing: Good, Better and Blow it Out of the Water
Home improvement marketing isn’t always a speedy proposition. It often takes seven or more touch points to create a customer. The median household income in the U.S. is about $78,500 a year. Remodeling.net reports that the cost of an average home improvement job can run between $1,881 for a steel entry door replacement and over $282,000 for a master… Continue reading Home Improvement Marketing: Good, Better and Blow it Out of the Water
Home Services Marketing Research: A Foundation For Customer-Centric Strategies
Marketing research is critical, especially for service providers. It can make or break your strategy. In this article you will read the story of an online journey that resulted in new business for a home construction company, and research that sheds light onto the customer journey at large. I’m a millennial homeowner, married with three… Continue reading Home Services Marketing Research: A Foundation For Customer-Centric Strategies
The Cookie-Pocalypse is Coming: What Does This Mean for Advertisers?
Last year, Pivotal Research Senior Analyst Michael Levine downgraded Facebook’s stock citing concerns about the disappearance of third-party cookies and the declining demand for direct-to-consumer brands. This so-called “cookie-pocalypse” loomed over the heads of marketers ever since Google announced in May of 2019 that they will phase out third-party cookies over the course of the next two years. If… Continue reading The Cookie-Pocalypse is Coming: What Does This Mean for Advertisers?
5 Reasons Why Your Retail Marketing Strategy Isn’t Working
Digital has transformed retail. That’s pretty obvious. Every retailer — from the largest corporate behemoth to the smallest mom-and-pop shop — has either adjusted its retail marketing strategy for the digital/mobile/social environment or taken a step into the abyss. “Retail is one of the most rapidly changing verticals across the world and is often at the… Continue reading 5 Reasons Why Your Retail Marketing Strategy Isn’t Working
Closing the Loop with Offline Conversion Tracking
While many businesses offer a product or service where a click-and-convert buying cycle is the norm, it’s not so simple for others. Typically, those products and services with longer buying cycles also carry higher values, thus increasing the advertiser’s need to accurately close the loop and attribute them to their originating source. Let’s take a… Continue reading Closing the Loop with Offline Conversion Tracking
Three Ways to Attribute App Installs to your Marketing Campaigns
*This post is part of a recurring series regarding mobile apps and the tools available to digital marketers to drive more installs and understand in app customer behavior. Mobile apps can play a crucial role in a business’ success. A great App improves overall customer experience and can result in faster and more frequent conversions… Continue reading Three Ways to Attribute App Installs to your Marketing Campaigns