Advertising

Super Bowl 2014 Advertisers: Did They Win the Search Game?

February 7, 2014
Bryan Eisenberg
Ad Continuity, Advertising, Brand, Customer Experience, Landing Page, PPC, Scent, Search Marketing

There were many aspects of Sunday’s game that left people quite disappointed. Forget the game. I don’t even want to comment on the persuasiveness of the Super Bowl television ads. Today, we are just going to look at how well those advertisers did at blocking and tackling the digital marketing fundamentals of capturing search and meeting the expectations of potential customers arriving at their landing pages. You may be as disappointed as I am about what marketers haven’t learned in…

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Google’s Search Magic Revealed

July 12, 2013
Bryan Eisenberg
Advertising, Big Data Marketing, Search Marketing

The closer you look, the less you see… Caught up in the day-to-day rhythm of business we rarely take the time to zoom out and see the big picture. Google search seems like magic and it only gets more magical. Let’s take a look at magic. Your brain, mine too, tricks you. The human brain fills in gaps to make sense of our world. For example in the image below what do you see? Do you see a triangle? You…

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How Can You Evaluate This Kind of Performance?

March 13, 2013
Bryan Eisenberg
Advertising, PPC, Trim the Fat

I just finished reading this article about an EBay study that questions the value of Google’s main Adwords service. I’ve been really impressed with eBay’s performance as of late, especially their mobile efforts. But, I am concerned how this news will be interpreted by others. I agree with them that any investment that is sub-optimal should be questioned about the value that is being returned. However, the first question they should be asking is, if their team’s efforts are really putting…

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Facebook Offers Desperation

March 6, 2013
Bryan Eisenberg
Advertising, Customer Experience, Social Media

With news that Facebook gift sales and revenue are off to a rough start, they are starting to show how desperate they are for people to start buying gifts. Have you noticed their latest offer of desperation (Get $3 off your gift of $5 or more): Maybe they didn’t think people could see that they could buy their friends gifts when you go to wish them a happy birthday from the birthday notifications and below each person they tell you…

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PPC Pro – You’re Being Replaced

February 8, 2013
Bryan Eisenberg
Advertising, Big Data Marketing, Optimization, PPC, Search Marketing

You’re fired, laid-off, downsized, terminated, made redundant, rightsized, pursuing other opportunities, discharged, dismissed, pink-slipped. Search Engine Marketing professionals are becoming redundant, replaced by technology, so they should prepare themselves to hear those words. In the next 3 years, 80% of PPC professionals will be replaced by an algorithm. Those that won’t, will be the few who already provide high value or find ways to increase their value to clients. There will simply be fewer positions and high value change. If…

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Conversion Optimization 101: Planning Successful Social Media Landing Pages

December 26, 2012
Bryan Eisenberg
Ad Continuity, Advertising, Conversion Rate Optimization 101, Landing Page, Social Commerce, Social Media

In the last Conversion Optimization challenge I asked readers to review a series of promoted Tweets and the corresponding landing and thank you pages. The most important thing to consider for your ads or landing pages is the nature and context of your visitor. Social media traffic is fundamentally different than search traffic; social media landing pages must be thought of differently than search landing pages. The social visitor isn’t seeking out your brand, your category or even your solution.…

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Conversion Optimization 101: Planning Social Media Landing Pages

December 10, 2012
Bryan Eisenberg
Ad Continuity, Advertising, Conversion Rate Optimization 101, Landing Page, Social Commerce, Social Media

In the last Conversion Optimization challenge I asked readers to review a series of promoted Tweets and the corresponding landing and thank you pages. The most important thing to consider for your ads or landing pages is the nature and context of your visitor. Social media traffic is fundamentally different than search traffic, therefore social media landing pages must be thought of differently than search landing pages. The social visitor isn’t seeking out your brand, your category or even your…

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Facebook’s Desperate Attempt to Prove Its Value (Test it Yourself)

December 4, 2012
Bryan Eisenberg
Advertising, Social Commerce, Social Media, web analytics

Last week Adobe and IBM both came out with studies about how little impact Facebook had on referrals to sales on Black Friday’s online shoppers. Facebook then countered with their own evidence showing how they impacted traffic for retailers. Yes, there is surely an attribution modeling issue at hand here. But that is not the end of the discussion. Facebook has been working on a new conversion tracking program that will allow advertisers to track view-though conversions. View-through conversion rate is…

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