Based on what I’ve seen across my diverse set of clients, and talking to others in the industry, I’m predicting 2017 will be another great year for paid search. One of the reasons is a bit unusual: a flight to quality online media driven in part by “fake news,” “Methbot” and advertisers’ realization that they…
Given audience fragmentation across devices and platforms, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of tracking and data to get a more complete view of the customer. Cross-device tracking is now on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) radar, as a kind of more sophisticated sibling of behavioral targeting. Last fall, the FTC held…
With great power comes great responsibility. This week I found some resources that got me thinking: Service Workers that download 16MB of data on the user’s first visit? A Bluetooth API in the browser? Private browser windows that aren’t so private at all? We have a lot of methods and strategies to fix these kinds…
If it’s still snowy where you live, then you’re probably tired of the cold weather by now. Winter may be in full swing but that shouldn’t stop us from hunting for inspiration. While the gray days always seem to find a way to make us more and more anxious for springtime to finally arrive, it’s…
This afternoon e-commerce giant Amazon announced quarterly revenues of $43.74 billion and earnings of $1.54 per share. Earnings beat expectations, however revenues were less than expected and shares are down in after-hours trading. Fourth quarter income was $749 million. Full-year net sales grew 27 percent to $136 billion. The company announced first quarter guidance of…
Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., formally filed to go public on Thursday, offering the first official look at how the mobile app’s ad business is doing. Last year Snap Inc. made $404.5 million, up from $58.7 million in 2015. The large jump has a lot to do with the fact that Snap Inc.’s business, which…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Refreshing competitive search strategies in 2017Feb 2, 2017 by Thomas Stern In the new year, columnist Thomas Stern argues we should adopt new strategies for monitoring and analyzing the competition. Here…
Chat bots, virtual reality and conversational design are just a few of the hot topics that are about to change the way we craft digital experiences. So, it’s a good time to rethink current practices and prepare for what’s about to come, don’t you think? To give us all an early head start into the…
For the past six months or so, Facebook has been warning investors that it will max out the number of ads it can stuff into people’s news feeds sometime around the middle of 2017. The company has made this warning because its ad revenue growth will likely slow as a result. Facebook has options to…
If you have 50K+ email subscribers – and you are not monetizing your list – you are leaving money on the table. This white paper from AdStation covers several effective methods for generating revenue with your email list, including the 5 essential ingredients that your subscribers will actually appreciate. These methods are tried and true,…
