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Foundational tips, strategies, and explanations to help you understand and succeed in the digital marketing landscape.
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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
Credit Union and Banks Turn to Digital to Reel in New Customers
Banks and credit unions are businesses that have served their customers' financial services and needs for centuries.  As many traditional industries are still learning to adapt to new technology, financial services are leading the change in the digital evolution as they attempt to keep up with our new fast-paced lifestyles
Megan Malone
June 26, 2015
Tips for Your Digital Marketing Strategy
Who doesn’t want the best, especially when it comes to your digital campaigns? Well, good news because there are simple things you can do to optimize your campaign right now. These strategies are simple and easy to implement and will help your campaigns so you can see results
Kiri Tamte-Horan
June 18, 2015
100 Posts Later...Check Out Vici's Most Read Blog Posts!
Today is an exciting day for us at Vici Media, we are celebrating our 100th blog post!  We take pride in providing you with digital marketing education, campaign strategies, and trends in the ever-changing online marketing world.To commemorate 100 blog posts about effective digital marketing strategies, check out our five most popular posts ever
Megan Malone
June 16, 2015
Panic Over Click-Through Rates? Google Can Help!
Some of the most frequently asked questions in digital advertising revolve around click-through rates (CTR).  So what is a good CTR and what is a bad CTR?  The national average click-through rate for display ads as a whole is 0
Megan Malone
June 11, 2015