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Digital Marketing Basics

Foundational tips, strategies, and explanations to help you understand and succeed in the digital marketing landscape.
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Traditional Advertising, Where Does It Drive Consumers? Online!
Consumers are watching TV and listening to the radio and the adverting they are consuming while doing so, is having an impact on them: It is driving them straight online. Research shows that 74% of people go online for more information on products and services advertised on TV and Radio
Dana Bojcic
September 22, 2015
Ad Spending 2020: Digital Video is King
Rarely does something compel me to write, but an article I came across on Business Insider did just that. Well, the chart that accompanied it did most of the work, take a look
Kiri Tamte-Horan
September 18, 2015
Chrome moves on without Flash. Finally.
Flash-based advertising has been around for a while, providing a way for digital advertisers to incorporate interactive, animated, and audio components into their ads. This type of advertising is often called "rich media creative" and often returns a higher CTR thanks to its ability to better engage a viewer
Kiri Tamte-Horan
September 10, 2015
Digital Advertising: A History Lesson
When you think of where digital marketing is in 2015, I'm amazed everyday at how quickly advancements are being made to deliver beautiful marketing to the sophisticated web users.  As web users we expect a lot
Megan Malone
September 9, 2015
10 Questions To Ask Your Digital Advertising Company (part 2)
In case you missed it, yesterday we covered the first five questions you must be asking when making decisions on who you should trust with your digital dollars.   If you do any type of advertising it is likely that you have been approached by a digital advertising salesperson or digital advertising vendor
Dana Bojcic
September 3, 2015
Mobile App or Mobile Website?
Over the past few years, the number of people who own an internet capable mobile device has risen dramatically. According to the Pew Research Center, 64% of American adults own a smart phone and 42% of American adults own a tablet
Kiri Tamte-Horan
August 28, 2015
How Many Leads Will I Get From My Digital Ad Campaign?
In last week’s post we tackled “What will my traffic/clicks be from my digital ad campaign?” and now we will cover the follow up question that advertisers usually have… “How many leads will I get from my digital ad campaign?” This question is basically asking, what ROI can I expect from my digital advertising?Well, you need to have an idea of what your typical conversion rate is for the people who come to the website. (Remember a conversion is whatever you want a customer to do on the website - i
Leslye Schumacher
August 25, 2015
Meet AJ Gallagher
AJ Gallagher Vici MediaMy name is AJ Gallagher and I am a Digital Campaign Coordinator here at Vici Media Inc. I am very excited to work at a place where I can use my digital background to build amazing campaigns
Kiri Tamte-Horan
August 21, 2015
2015: The Year of Mobile Marketing
We’ve all heard it before: the money is in mobile.  You’ve probably heard dozens of reason why it is so important for your business to have a strong mobile presence, whether it be a mobile website or by utilizing mobile advertising
Megan Malone
July 30, 2015
Google AdWords Announces Cross Device Conversion Tracking
Remember the days when the only place you could access the internet was through a clunky, heavy desktop computer?  Those clunky computers may seem like a distant memory compared to the dozens of choices tech users have when they want to explore the internet.  Today’s tech users juggle multiple devices like laptops, mobile devices, tablets and now even watches that all suffice as mini, on-the-go computers
Megan Malone
July 16, 2015
“Above The Fold” Digital Ads – It Matters!
The average drop in viewability between above the fold ads and below the fold ads is 84%.  In one eyetracking study the difference was found to be as high as 102%!Above the fold positioning of ads means that the ad appears before someone has to scroll
Leslye Schumacher
July 12, 2015
Digital Advertising for Mobile: Game On
Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Trivia Crack, Bookworm, Gym Streak.  At any given time, there are millions of smartphone users with their noses glued to their screen using gaming apps or lifestyle apps like these
Megan Malone
July 9, 2015