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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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Facebook’s Lead Generation Ads Get Even Better
Facebook recently rolled out a new product called “Lead Ads.” Lead Ads were designed to give people a fast, easy and privacy-safe way to sign up to receive information from businesses right from their mobile phone and without leaving Facebook
Dana Bojcic
January 26, 2016
How Are Auto Buyers Using Mobile In Their Path To Purchase?
The average American consumer considers 2 or more types of vehicles and 5 brands before making their car-purchasing decision. 60% of people are “in market” for a car for at least 6 months, gathering research and seeking advice to help guide their decision making
Leslye Schumacher
January 18, 2016
Consumer Intent: the Key to Mobile Success
It’s 2016 and consumers are more impatient than ever. The advent of newer, better, and faster technology is making on-the-go mobile searching commonplace, giving us instant access to information about almost anything
Laura Ostrowski
January 14, 2016
Digital Ad Terms You Need To Know
A/B Testing: When you compare different versions of digital ads or website landing pages to see which one performs better. An A/B test for digital ads would be running two different versions of ad creative and then measuring which version gets a higher engagement from viewers
Leslye Schumacher
December 1, 2015
Do Digital Display Ads Drive Phone Calls?
If the question is “Does display advertising influence consumers to make a phone call?”  The answer to this question is absolutely “yes.”  Digital advertising drives phone calls, but they are not always immediate
Dana Bojcic
November 24, 2015
What is Co-Op Advertising?
Co-Op advertising is a great way to help supplement media spending and even increase your ROI by reaching more of your target audience.What is Co-Op Advertising?A co-op advertising program is a partnership between both the manufacturer and the retailer to share in the cost of advertising at the local level, whether it be for digital, radio, or other forms of media
Kiri Tamte-Horan
November 20, 2015
Facebook Advertising... in a Nutshell!
If you haven’t already noticed, Facebook is everywhere and it’s not going away anytime soon. But that’s OK
Kiri Tamte-Horan
November 13, 2015
Mobile Ad Spend 2017: Why You Should Care
Back in 2008, an analyst by the name of Mary Meeker predicted that “mobile will overtake fixed internet access by 2014”. Many well-respected individuals laughed at her prediction
Kiri Tamte-Horan
October 30, 2015
Landing Pages: The Key to Conversions
Landing pages are specific pages on your website that someone lands on after they click or engage with an advertisement that are used to get a viewer to fill out a form, sign up for something, or to call someone. These actions are what we call conversions, and they are what every digital marketing campaign strives for
Kiri Tamte-Horan
October 16, 2015
What is A/B testing, and how can I use it to my advantage?
Digital display advertising is great. It allows you to show potential customers more than just a few words
Kiri Tamte-Horan
October 11, 2015
Call Tracking: The Hidden Gem of Digital Advertising
When putting together a digital campaign, it is always important to figure out how you will track, monitor and evaluate them.The most common way is to look at a campaign report which will give you all sorts of useful data
Kiri Tamte-Horan
October 2, 2015
Going Digital? Know your Audience.
Here at Vici we get asked a ton of questions about campaign optimization. One of the most popular questions is “What is the best way to target this specific group of people?” The answer to this question isn’t exactly straight forward, but there are a few things that can be done to help maximize exposure of a campaign to a specific group of people
Kiri Tamte-Horan
September 24, 2015