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What are small business marketing resolutions for 2018?
As this year closes and a new one begins, small business owners are seeking strategies that can help them remain competitive and relevant.  They are analyzing past tactics and campaigns and determining where and how to spend their marketing dollars
Dana Bojcic
December 31, 2017
How Data And Digital Analytics Can Drive Your Business Forward
Technology has changed consumer behavior and disrupted many business sectors over the last 15 years. The touch points to connect and engage consumers now require new marketing channels
Megan Malone
December 29, 2017
Google Analytics Workaround: Using Bit.ly Instead Of UTM Codes
More and more, advertisers are using Google Analytics to traffic the traffic that comes to them from a digital campaign. While Google Analytics is a great tool for analyzing what your website traffic does once they get to your website, it has its limitations
Leslye Schumacher
December 22, 2017
What Is Geo-Framing?
Geo-Framing technology allow us to go back in time to previous events where we have captured people’s mobile Unique Device ID’s, map those Unique Device ID’s to their homes, and show those people ads now, across all devices.  It combines the best of aspects of Geo-Fencing and Household IP Targeting
Leslye Schumacher
November 25, 2017
Online Reputation for Your Business Matters!
“You can’t buy a good reputation; you must earn it.”  These are words from the famous Harvey Mackay
Greg Swiszcz
November 14, 2017
How long does a digital campaign need to run to work? (Example)
One of the core challenges advertisers face is determining how long a digital marketing campaign should last.Digital, like many other mediums, requires frequency
Dana Bojcic
November 6, 2017
What is Geo-Farming with digital ads? (Example)
You may have heard about a new tactic that’s becoming popular with advertisers seeking to reach people on their mobile devices…It’s called by some Geo-Farming. It’s also referred to as Geo-Retargeting (what we at Vici call it)
Leslye Schumacher
October 16, 2017
I gotta to have Faith, Faith, Faith!
Vici is excited to welcome Faith Koerner, Digital Campaign Coordinator, to the team! Faith is based out of the Philadelphia location. Her background includes a focus in media management, publicity and marketing before she started working for Vici, plus she's got all the right certifications in Google and mobile marketing
Megan Malone
October 12, 2017
How Vici Hires Top Talent
Update: Facebook shuttered Jobs on Facebook (February 2023) and Instant Articles (April 2023)We are extraordinarily proud of the team we’ve built here at Vici, but as with all systems we utilize, hiring takes constant refinement.  People on our staff are not only marketing savvy, smart, and thoughtful, but also have an inherit want to be customer-focused
Megan Malone
September 14, 2017
What Are The Best Digital Advertising Products For Local Political Campaigns?
According to Ad Age, there is a broad trend being played out across the advertising landscape. Using data to target audience segments and make smarter media buys in digital
Dana Bojcic
September 13, 2017
How To Help Credit Unions Grow And Maximize Membership
According to Credit Union Insight, there are several challenges that all credit unions face.  Here are just a couple:Growing membershipIncreasing digital usage Integrating channelsLet’s start by looking at how to integrate channels
Greg Swiszcz
September 6, 2017
What's the best way to reach Hispanic consumers with digital ads?
In some instances, getting the right message to the right person in the right language is as simple as asking them to push a button.  “For English, Press One
Dana Bojcic
August 29, 2017
Why Digital Is Not A One-Call-Close
When training traditional media advertising salespeople on how to sell digital, I find that the biggest hurdle is often what made them successful salespeople people to begin with – being able to get their message across quickly, devise a solution, and close the sale – often all in one meeting.When you are selling a media advertising product that people are familiar with (i
Leslye Schumacher
August 21, 2017
Marketing on Mobile? Here are some must know terms, and how to use them.
If you're deciding to run a mobile-only marketing campaign you're following a popular trend of many advertisers.  Attention is the currency of marketing
Megan Malone
August 11, 2017
Digital Ad Reports Are Great But What About The Big Picture?
I receive a lot of digital ads. I’m targeted as much as the next consumer, and the most intriguing digital messages and offers absolutely shine through the clutter enough for me to open my wallet and become a customer
Dana Bojcic
August 1, 2017
Meet Mallory Hoenig and Charlie Ulmer
Vici is excited to welcome Mallory Hoenig and Charlie Ulmer to the team!  They are both based out of the Philadelphia location.   Mallory's background is in business marketing, digital communication, and new media, while Charlie's background was actually in Neuroscience until he made the switch to digital advertising in 2013! Two very smart cookies (and not the kind you can block or delete)
Megan Malone
July 21, 2017
Using Digital Advertising To Recruit Your Next Great Hire
Update: Facebook shuttered Jobs on Facebook (February 2023) and Instant Articles (April 2023)Finding the right employee is never an easy task, especially if you’re looking for someone that is qualified.  With so many different job boards out there, from Monster and CareerBuilder to all of the ones that have popped up like ZipRecruiter and even the local job boards that may be in your city, how do you know where to post your job?  More importantly, how do you know if the right candidate will be looking on that particular website?Gone are the days of trying to find a needle in a haystack
Leslye Schumacher
July 13, 2017
Meet Cierra Roberts
Vici is excited to welcome Cierra Roberts, Digital Campaign Coordinator, to the team!  Cierra is based out of the Philadelphia location.   Her impressive background includes a wide variety of experience in the digital world including digital marketing, advertising, and PR
Megan Malone
June 27, 2017
The best digital campaigns are expertly mixed, just like your favorite cocktail
When creating a digital marketing strategy, it is easy to become enamored with products that are at the bottom of the sales funnel.  It would be easy to think, “I’m going to focus only on Pay-Per-Click/Search Engine paid ads, Retargeting and SEO because they will help me drive the most conversions
Dana Bojcic
June 26, 2017
Vici Welcomes Three New(ish) Team Members
Please join me in welcoming three new(ish) team members to the Vici family: Trainer and Account Director Greg Swiszcz, and Digital Campaign Coordinators Amin Vora and Dan "Renn" Renninger.  Why new(ish)?  Both Dan and Amin started with Vici prior to this promotion as Digital Campaign Assistants before stepping into their buying roles
Megan Malone
June 5, 2017
Native advertising is one of the hottest areas of online advertising
Digital ad spending is steadily rising, and no area is intensifying faster than native advertising.   Native ads come in many forms, but all share the common goal of not “looking” like an ad
Dana Bojcic
May 29, 2017
"I Hate Retargeting"
No, I personally don’t hate Retargeting but I hear this a lot from business owners.  Even from people who don’t know the term “Retargeting,” will say “Uggh, I hate that” when I explain that Retargeting is ads that follow a person after they leave a website and show the person ads for that business on other websites
Leslye Schumacher
May 22, 2017
How often do IP addresses change? (Example)
Household IP targeting is the perfect product to use when you need to target one-on-one to specific households and reach a very niche audience. This product works through a patented technology of matching IP addresses to a database of names and physical street addresses and displaying your display or video ads only to those households (or businesses)
Dana Bojcic
May 8, 2017
Want people to show up to your event? Try an "Event Response" Ad
I worked a bunch of odd gigs in college to get extra money (for beer).  One of my favorite was being hired as a "brand ambassador" which meant I was promoting the sponsor's event by passing out flyers or putting postcards underneath windshield wipers
Megan Malone
May 2, 2017