It was inevitable, but it’s finally here: Digital advertising businesses like Facebook and Google will be bigger in the US this year than traditional advertising businesses like TV, radio, and newspapers.
— Read on www.recode.net/2019/2/20/18232433/digital-advertising-facebook-google-growth-tv-print-emarketer-2019
Today’s customer journey does not follow a linear path to purchase. Their consideration set is varying and reshaping the marketing funnel along the way.
— Read on www.thinkwithgoogle.com/feature/search-intent-marketing-funnel/
Segmentation will never be perfect. But when a competitor understands segments by value, they’ll spend to reach — and win — the best customers.
That’s why it’s important to understand a customer’s overall value. Doing so can help inform bidding and build audiences. CLV measures the value a person brings to a business across all of their interactions over time — not just a single transaction. We’ve found that when marketers focus on CLV, they begin to attract more of the customers they care about, stoke ongoing engagement, and ultimately, increase retention.
— Read on www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-resources/experience-design/consumer-intent/
Google is rolling out a redesign of Google Account to give users clearer access to their privacy controls and settings.
Jan Hannemann, product manager of Google Account, announced the updates on Google’s blog Thursday. Only Android users will see them right away; iOS and web users will see the new interface later this year.
— Read on searchengineland.com/google-rolls-out-updates-to-give-users-easier-access-to-privacy-controls-300763
Can Augmented Reality Breathe New Life Into Banner Ads?
The very first banner ad on the Internet—for AT&T on Wired in 1994—had a click-through rate (CTR) of 44 percent. Now that the novelty has worn off, that rate is more like 0.05 percent.
Add augmented reality (AR), however, and it may be a different story. Taking a page from the leader of the free world, companies like Blippar and Oath want to use AR to make digital ads great again. But, like Trump’s presidency, can it last?
— Read the AdWeek article here www.adweek.com/digital/can-augmented-reality-breathe-new-life-into-banner-ads/
