The creatives will say it’s for poor content, weak landing pages and lame creatives. The numbers geeks will say it’s conversion rate, quality score, insufficient budget, or some metric that’s off. These are all good things to optimize, but there’s something even more fundamental than that. I’m going to let you in on the “secret” that I use to get …
I recently visited California to meet with one of our clients the Golden State Warriors to talk about the analytics we ran for them. Dennis is at the top of the field. He drew the diagram above out for the head of analytics at the Warriors while I tagged along. Their head Analyst was talking about wanting to set up …
Remember the advice “don’t talk to strangers or adults offering you candy” as a child? When you’re a marketer, would you accept if someone offered you a program that makes $17,000 per day that sets up in less than 10 minutes? Uh, no. We shouldn’t touch get rich people. Replace the candy with “easy” schemes designed to lure you in. Like …
This article is part of the Content Factory system. PRODUCERecord • Capture ➔ PROCESSTranscribe • Edit ➔ POSTPublish • Link ➔ PROMOTEAds • Share Managing a project or campaign without iteration is like hunting blindfolded- as to say, shooting in the dark when it comes time to report or make a change. Are you even anywhere near hitting your target? …
This article is part of the Content Factory system. PRODUCERecord • Capture ➔ PROCESSTranscribe • Edit ➔ POSTPublish • Link ➔ PROMOTEAds • Share Everyone wants to determine the ROI on their page likes and be able to directly attribute a page like’s value relative to a conversion. But there’s been confusion conveying this value in a way that’s measurable …
In AdWords, you could find your competitor’s keywords and bid against them. In fact, one of my favorite tactics over the last decade (which still works) is using various tools to do this across multiple search engines. You might even straight copy their ads, if relevant and not misleading. You’d use Alexa, Compete, Quantcast, and whatnot for competitive monitoring. The …
This article is part of the Content Factory system. PRODUCERecord • Capture ➔ PROCESSTranscribe • Edit ➔ POSTPublish • Link ➔ PROMOTEAds • Share Before it was launched, we got early access to Facebook’s Business Manager. So we want to share some tips and insights that will help you make the most of this awesome tool. Initially, Facebook rolled the …
Did you know that the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is capable of 204mph? And that it’s able to hit 60mph in 3.7 seconds? If you love electric cars, the Tesla P85D can do 60mph in 3.1 seconds, with an electronically limited top speed of 155mph. Impressive, right? But even with all this power and speed, what if you don’t know how to …
Our CTO Dennis Yu had a few takes on the top Facebook marketing mistakes Let me know how many of these ring true for you. 1. It’s not possible to measure Facebook ROI If you have a conversion pixel, lead capture form, or any other form of sales tracking, then you can hold your Facebook marketing, organic or paid, accountable. What’s not …
What kills most projects? Easy – It’s failure to simply move. People get caught up in the details of planning that they fail to execute- Deer in headlights while a truck of tasks barrels down on them. We have multiple frameworks, or “triangles” that could alleviate most problems like this. These help us write, plan, and keep project execution from …
We were at Facebook’s headquarters just last week. This is the Instagram Gravity Room, where the items are bolted to the wall. Snap your picture and then rotate it, so it looks like you’re standing on the ceiling or flying off the wall. But more importantly, we have new insights and techniques to share from spending a few days with …
Ever tried building a campaign, and needed tracking tags placed on all of your websites, but your web developer wasn’t exactly responsive? Do you want to be able to update your analytics code, or rotate a tracking pixel out for a new campaign without relying on one person to install the tracking info? We certainly did, so we integrated Google …
