We’ve all seen the cute animals, experienced the FOMO of exotic locations, and wondered if that fitness influencer has ever eaten a cheeseburger. These scenarios effectively serve as ads, piquing our interest to the possibilities of what we could have…. Read More >>
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Why Retailers Should Pay More Attention to the Top of the Marketing Funnel
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Last year, we predicted the battle for ad space would only grow more competitive. That’s one forecast certainly coming to fruition. In our analysis of the 2018 Black Friday and Cyber Monday period, we saw average CPCs rise 12.3% year-over-year…. Read More >>
Solving For X: Amazon’s Product Targeting Gold Rush
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The website is called Amazon, but for advertisers, it’s become the Wild West. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!) Released in November 2018 as a beta feature, Amazon has now fully enabled product targeting for Sponsored Products. This significant development means… Read More >>
How Retailers Can Thrive on Voice-to-Screen Smart Displays
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Voice search is on the rise, but it’s still very much in its infancy from a commercial standpoint. According to a January 2019 report by NPR and Edison Research, U.S. adults now own 118 million smart speakers, growing 78% year-over-year…. Read More >>
Solving for X: Pinterest & Shop The Look Automation
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There’s something poetic about the latest development from Pinterest displaying spectacular vision. The self-proclaimed ‘discovery tool’ has recently announced that their Shop the Look feature will now be fully automated, which is big news for retailers and businesses that can… Read More >>
Solving for X: Dynamic Search Ads, Google, & the New Keyword Strategy
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As consumers shop more on their phones, ad spend for DSAs and Google Shopping have followed suit. If retailers provide as much relevant information as possible on landing pages, both these tools will perform better, effectively serving as proxies for… Read More >>
Why Responsible Marketing Matters in an Age of User Data Breaches
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Amid a backdrop of high-profile breaches, online data privacy and security dominated last year’s headlines. It was impossible to avoid images and sound bites of Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, testifying before Congress on private data… Read More >>
Busting the “Ideal Customer” Myth in Search Marketing
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Your most loyal customers are like a warm blanket. They provide security and comfort no matter how bitterly the winds of change and uncertainty are raging outside in the retail world. It feels good to lean on these reliable shoppers… Read More >>
Employee Spotlight: Meet Paul, Chief Growth Officer
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Our team of fanatically analytical and creative retail marketers brings a wealth of knowledge from unique backgrounds. Last year, Paul Wilson joined us as NetElixir’s Chief Growth Officer and has since applied his expertise as a digital marketing leader to… Read More >>
How The Unique Shall Inherit the Web with Machine-Readable Entity IDs
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are producing radical changes in search, as discussed in our previous blog about search marketing automation. While AI has opened new possibilities to marketers with its capacity for instant optimization, it does have a few… Read More >>