Digital and Social Media Marketing Midterm
Direct Attribution
"last click" what inspired interest to lead to final acquisition
What is the standard price for CPM
$8
Full Time Equivalent Fee
(FTE) a blended rate everyone is paid by how much time they put in of their full time
Customer Engagement Framework steps
--- Plan Consumer Objectives --- 1. Audience Definition 2. Content/Managing Strategy 3. Communication Planning 4. Budget & Plan Calendar --- Execute --- 5. content design 6. develop and produce 7. distribute and engage 8. measure and adjust
2 Questions to Ask for Bidding
1) how much are you willing to pay? 2) do you always need to show up when your keyword is searched?
System Selection Methodology steps
1. Assessment and Screening (current state assessment, requirements definition, software screening, preliminary business case) 2. Evaluation and Selection (evaluation prep, fit/gap analysis, system evaluation) 3. Planning and Approval (infrastructure planning, implementation planning, contract negotiations, final business case)
Types of Fake Installs
1. Botnets -impersonate user behavior as if a real user found and installed an app through a mobile ad. 2. App install farms - like a click farm for app installs
Types of fake clicks
1. Click bots- programed bots that do nothing but click ads 2. Click Farms- low paid workers that click ads 3. Ghost Websites - a fake website is created and made available for ad placing, with bots impersonating ad clicks
3 Types of Ad Fraud
1. Fake Impressions 2. Fake Clicks 3. Fake Installs
Types of Fake Impressions
1. Hidden Ads- ads are 'piled' together and users only see the 'top' one, while the others are hidden inside, the advertisers pay for all of the ads in the pile 2. Invisible pixels - Ad is displayed as a single pixel on the screen invisible to the user 3. Auto-impressions - ads that continually/repeatedly run when an app isn't even running 4. Ad injections - ad is placed on a website, with no consent from the site owner. Then, placed behind an existing ad, the fraudulent one keeps running, while no users see it.
Steps to applying AI
1. reach- demand generation and purchase intent (window shopper) 2. act- prospect, database contact (first purchase) 3. convert- lead, nurture and engage (indecisive customer/repeat customer) 4. engage- create loyalty ex: brand loyalty program (loyal customer/lapsed customer)
steps for storytelling on social
1. start with data 2. empathize with consumers- find the target and what they care about. show this in the content 3. plan media around consumers unique lifestyles
Judging Criteria- Reggies
1. was strategy inline with goals and insights? 2. what is the level of originality? 3. how well were the materials integrated and activation execution? 4. did results achieve the business objective? 5. how well did the activation build the brand and align with overall business strategy?
Current Mega Trends
AI Everywhere Transparently Immersive Experiences Digital Platforms
What opportunities does mobile advertising provide?
Ability to deliver ads to the right person, at the right moment Hyper-targeted to location Hyper-contextualized to need
ATL
Above the Line. Traditional Mass Advertising Rating, Frequency, Brand Awareness, reach
Digital Marketing
Act of promoting and selling products/services by leveraging online marketing tactics- social media marketing, digital advertising, search marketing and email marketing
Paid Channels
Advertising. SEM, Dynamic, Google, Social Ads, Social Boosts, Native, Paid Influencer, IP TV, Direct Lists
The Marketing Agenda: Build Brand Advocates
Advocacy. Customer and sales analytics to identify high performing segments, customer usage, service events, and churn
Networks
Affiliate Networks, Ad Networks
Tech Frightful 5
Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Windows
AI Everywhere
Any aspect of learning or intelligence that can be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it - began 1956 - "computers matching human brains"
Paid Campaigns 3 types of goals
Awareness Engagement Sales/lead generation
The Marketing Agenda: Communicate and Protect the Brand
Awareness. Define and execute the strategies to communicate to the markets the company's unique value proposition
audience-based strategy
B2C, B2B, B2E (business to employees)
brand health matrix
BHM. likability, familiarity. measures where you sit in the marketing funnel. starts to link brand and business
Addressable TV vs Broadcast
Being able to specifically target vs all audience seeing
BTL
Below the Line. 1:1 advertising, nontraditional advertising Cost per conversion, quantifiable leads, new customers, real metric
Marketing Danger Zone
Between the technology trigger and the peak of inflated expectations
What makes AI possible
Big Data. Comes from direct Marketing
Native
Blend in with content on the platform
CRM (consumer relationship management) is turning into..
CMR- consumer managed relationships
Most display advertising is sold on a _______ basis
CPM- cost per thousand impressions
The Microsoft Dynamics 365 top half- data- focuses on
CRM. (Consumer Relationship Marketing) Marketing, Service, Sales
Quality Score Variables
CTR: historically, the rate that users click on your ad Landing Page: the final URL destination needs to be relevant to the ad copy Ad Relevancy: the ad copy needs to relate to the keywords searched
In a commercial business. Need a....
Call to Action
AdWords Campaign Management levels
Campaign --> Ad Group --> Keyword, Landing page, Ad Text. (Keyword --> bid)
The 5 C's of SEO Success
Code Content Connections Communications Capture
Develop and Produce
Coding
MA-CM Comparison Matrix
Compares general and marketing automation functionality across vendors - all info in one place
Factors that affect ranking
Competition Bid Amount Landing Page Relevance (to the ad) Ad relevance (to the keywords) Quality Score (1-10 rating)
The Marketing Agenda: Identify Leads & Engage Customers
Consideration. Identify target customers, buyer journey, touchpoints for engagement, and alignment with sales to qualify and distribute leads
CMS
Content Management System- managing what is out in the field. i.e. Wordpress: Provides vehicle that brings the content together to form a page.
The Marketing Agenda: Drive More Revenue
Conversion. Support lead to conversion process through effective nurture programs, product/service content and offers, and customer analytics
First click attribute
Credit for traffic is given to first click to site
Last Click Attribute
Credit for traffic is given to the last click before site Default setting in Google Analytics
DMP
Data Management Platform
Owned media
Digital Properties. Database, website, application, blog, social site, voice experience, chatbot
Google Ads
Display Ads: updates based off of past searches Shopping Ads: can link to a product page and drive transactions
Rich Media
Dynamic creative Video, animation, audio Engagement beyond single click Expansion, rollover & multiple clicks
The Microsoft Dynamics 365 bottom half- intelligence- focuses on
ERP. (Enterprise Resource Planning) talent, finance, operations
Communities
Earned- go into the community and earn that community by having the community create the branded community themselves. Owned- when the brand publishes that community (ex: Harley HOG)
lookalike targeting
Find people that look like those who've clicked or converted, or your current customers
Demographic targeting
Gender Age Income Education Home Ownership Ethnicity Language Interests Location
Content Design
Graphic Arts
SEO- Code:
HTML, Javascript
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
HTTPS- a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser, ensuring that all data passed between them remain private HTTP- not secure.
Rich Media potential
Has the potential of getting someone to take a small action which can lead to higher conversion rates Vendors and publishers have developed proprietary ad units
Experiential Marketing
Includes events and more individual experiences, such as a demonstration of a product's performance, extra care/personal connection, and grassroots events. Importance lies in its ability to stimulate an emotional connection and reinforce brand essence (Events, Sponsorship, Sampling)
Mobile Advertising cons
Intrusive Slow loading times Accidental taps Poorly optimized sites Difficulty tracking
Google Display Ads
Like other display ads but through google. Connected to store.
Marketing-Mix Modeling
MMM. Marketing-mix models analyze data from a variety of sources, such as retailer scanner data, company shipment data, pricing, media, and promotion spending data, to understand more precisely the effects of specific marketing activities. Top-down, macro-level information. MMM analyzes aggregated historical data, customarily from offline sources like TV, radio and print, and delivers organization-level metrics around planning, spending and performance
Multi-Touch Attribution
MTA. bottom-up, granular, user-centric approach. MTA looks at individual users' digital journeys and analyzes the path to conversion across, as its name suggests, multiple touch points. This allows it to measure the impact of each individual marketing tactic.
Multivariate Testing
MVT. Involves identifying specific elements, creating versions for each element, and then creating a unique combination of each element and version to test
Re-marketing
Market to those who have already interacted with you
Current Forester Wave Leaders
Marketing Evolution and Analytics Partners
Content Marketing
Methods to tell the brand story. Create more stickiness and emotional bonding with the consumer (Media, Point of Sale (POS), Website, Packaging, Branded Entertainment, PR)
_______ is now the gateway. (A ________ first culture)
Mobile
Does the highest bid always get the highest rank?
No. An advertiser can pay less for a higher position if they have a higher quality score.
How many goals should you choose for a campaign
ONE
Earned vs Paid vs Owned
Paid- brand pays to leverage a channel Owned- channel a brand controls Earned- when the customer becomes the channel
Standard Display pros and cons
Pros: Cheaper cost and production Faster load times Cons: Limited messaging Single click
Rich Media Pros and Cons
Pros: More noticeable Higher engagement Cons More expensive CPM More expensive production More cost = less ROI
Pros and Cons of Earned Media
Pros: control, cost efficiency, longevity, versatility, niche audiences Cons: no guarantees, company communication not trusted, takes time to scale
Pros and Cons of Paid Media
Pros: in demand, immediacy, scale, control Cons: Clutter, declining response rates, poor credibility
Pros and Cons of Owned Media
Pros: most credible, key role in most sales, transparent and lives on Cons: No control, can be negative, scale, hard to measure
Premium/ 1st party
Publishers- make content. 1st party data can see everything with consumers. ex: Spotify, D Magazine, FB are all publishers
How is digital advertising bought ?
Real-time bidding on individual impressions (rather than groups of 1,000 impressions) Lower effective CPM (Less waste with targeting) No guarantee of impressions, audience is dynamic - (based on availability and competition)
Slope of Enlightenment
Realistic understanding of how a technology can be adopted. Begin to budget for it
Behavioral targeting
Recent online and offline behaviors Competitive interaction Purchases
Retailer Marketing
Recognizes a true win-win for manufacturer, retailer and shopper requires insights, collaborative planning and solutions between brand and retailer (Shopper Marketing, Omni-Channel, eCommerce)
RFP
Request for Proposal? the system selection process?
What constitutes great work?
Smart, compelling and relevant. Work that defies categorization
Which two social media platforms have a higher organic reach?
Snapchat and instagram
Standard Display
Static images Basic animation (a few frames) Limited file size Primary objective is a click
Relationship Marketing
Strategies and tactics for segmenting consumers to build loyalty. Leverages database marketing, behavioral advertising and analytics to target consumers precisely and create loyalty programs (Database Marketing, Loyalty Programs, Analytics, Buy Stage - Acquisition, Upsell, Cross-sell, Retention, Winback)
Promotion marketing
Tactics that encourage short-term purchase, influence trail, and quantity of purchase. Very measurable in volume, share and profit (Coupons, Sweepstakes, Rebates, Premiums, Special Packaging, Cause-Related, Licensing)
SEM Ad Types
Text, Shopping, Local (on maps sponsored locations)
In AdWords, the price you pay=
The Ad Rank of the Person Below You/ Your Quality Score + $0.01
Paid Media where you need to login to access is called
The Walled Garden
Veracity/Validity
The data's quality
Trading Networks
Their systems are plugged right into publisher to buy media directly. ex: Omnicom
reporting
Think about reporting as goals are being established. Ensure tracking is properly set-up from the beginning. Focus on key metrics for your campaign goals within the report, instead of reporting on every metric.
Influencer Marketing
This reflects the empowerment that technology has given today's consumer. Today's marketing needs to be a two-way dialogue including the consumer (Social Media, Word of Mouth, PR, Customer Service)
Systems
Trading Networks, The Exchange (DSP/SSP)
Post-impression attribute
Uses cookies to capture users who have viewed an ad and later came to the site - attribution window can be defined by the advertiser Tracks ad views, not just clicks (Post-impression attribution tracks ad views, not just clicks which is important for display advertising where most users do not click)
What has become the most important medium?
Video. 1/3 of all time online is spent watching video
The 3/5 Vs of Big Data
Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value, Veracity/ Validity
Questions to ask during the paid media process
What is your business here to do?- revenue/legacy/branding How do your marketing goals play into your business objectives? who are your customers? Who are competitors and how can we differentiate?
The message
What it says
Hacker Marketing
Where the media and the message become one is where innovation takes place. "The medium is the message" Now outdated. (Scott Brinker)
SEO- Content:
Words mean things. without words you are invisible to a search engine.
Why Social is not really owned...
Yes, your FB is owned, but with algorithms your content won't really be seen unless you pay to boost it. As of now it is technically owned, but moving to be 100% paid.
Social
Youtube- pre-rolls Facebook- "walled garden"
Bottom-up AI
a collection of tasks that level up to full AGI ex: cruise control +autonomous vehicle + connected to home
focused task orientation
a form of AI. works on one focused task. ex: cruise control
Demand Side Platform (DSP)
a system that allows buyers of digital advertising inventory to manage multiple ad exchange and data exchange accounts through one interface. used by marketers to buy ad impressions from exchanges as cheaply and as efficiently as possible
perception
ability to make relationships. calling them vs emailing them about the error.
problem solving
ability to reach out to the person who made the error and inform them
reasoning
after catching on the ability to correct the problem
Virtual Reality
all computer generated
The exchange
allows anyone in the DSP/SSP to buy the leftover inventory
AdWords cost per click model is what?
an aution style bid on the keywords (set the max you would be willing to pay) only pay when someone clicks on your ad (CPC)
measure and adjust
analytics- test and optimize to change long term plan and current executions
Affiliate Networks
another step removed from published content. sites that maintain links in order to receive a potential fee for generating traffic
Automobile
automobile manufacturers are starting to turn into media companies.
objective needs to be...
balanced between what the brand wants and what the consumer needs.
conversational marketing
bots, voice assistance
High CPM- like full episode player video - is good for
building brands. creatively rich, aligns with user behavior
Direct Lists
buying a list of people in order to contact them targeting by IP address- buy a certain device (could become owned if its a database)
google penalizes for...
buying links
conversion
can be by click or by watching ad or by an actual purchase
HTML5
can use images instead of text. text overlays the image. google cannot read the text in an image. (if you can highlight the text its readable)
ways to find links
charities, scholarships, partners and vendors, identify influencers around a topic, look at competitors links, see what journalists are looking at
Analytics =
clout (holding powers?)
social media is pushing ______ to replace advertising
content
The overlap of Earned and Owned
content and audience engagement strategies inspire people to share. the content needs to be worth being shared.
CPA
cost per acquisition
CPC
cost per click
CPE
cost per engagement
CPF
cost per follower
CPM
cost per thousand
social media- content creation
cost/content
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
created at level that matches and exceeds the human brain
XC
cross-channel
SEO- Capture
data tells you were to go next
Google Shopping Ads
deep links to specific product page. want to eliminate any barriers to purchase- get them as close to "buy" as possible
What are the 5 approaches to targeting?
demographics behavioral day-parting lookalike targeting re-marketing/re-targeting
Supply Side Platform (SSP)
designed by publishers to maximize the prices their impressions sell at. a piece of software used to sell advertising in an automated fashion.
Why is data important for digital marketing
digital marketing is becoming more data driven. data on performance of marketing
attribution
don't just look at the last click- need to see all touchpoints
Facebook Ads
dozens of ad units available. can help you scale. best targeting
IPTV
driven by set top boxes (ex: Spectrum Cable) able to buy by set top box and by household. if a household has different TVs you can tell who owns which TV by who watches what - can target to profile but not to scale yet.
SEO is
effectively structuring your own site and your content to rank higher in organic listings on a Search Engine Results Page (SERP).
Brand Campaign
emotional connection to the brand
Marketing Automation Tech Stack
enables singular view, control and optimization of user journey across entire marketing spectrum
social media- hard metrics
engagement and reach. quantifiable
Peak of Inflated Expectations
everyone talks about it but you don't see it. "sexy" not actually being used
_______ before you innovate
execute. innovate on small levels - from the bottom up
links
from someone else's site pointing to my site
SEO only reads...
front facing code
the law of shitty click-throughs
getting into digital practices after they're established. The more people who use it the lower the ROI. ex: Dominos has high ROI for bots because they got into it early on when it was cheaper
Ad Networks
go to publishers as distributors. intermediaries that manage large buys. Sometimes two of the same- Google Publisher and the Ad Network
good accessibility =
good code
YouTube Ads
good for creative. pre-rolls, banner display, sponsored video. need to show branding early on before skip.
Communities
groups that come together and activate around your brand. if there is a value exchange- paid. if done entirely with in the community- earned.
having a page with conversions is >
having a slightly higher rank. ie. don't mess up a page that is getting people to buy just to raise your rank a few spots
More competition for keyword = ________ CPC
higher
social media- customer sentiment
how consumers are responding
Velocity
how fast that data can be used
The overlap of Paid and Earned
increased sharing and engagement (of earned media) with paid promotion. when you make something go viral you pay people to boost that "viral" content to make it viral.
Brand Activation
inspiring action, need engagement
Enabling Technology- neural networks
interconnected neural cells. With experience, networks can learn, as feedback strengthens or inhibits connections that produce certain results. Computer simulations of neural networks show analogous learning.
The Media
is the form. Where and how it happens.
The DMP does what with data (1st ,2nd & 3rd party)
it intakes, normalizes, segments, analyzes and tags that data takes in, analyzes, normalizes, and executes in one place
Dynamic means
it is connected to shopping feed from e-commerce engine. cookies follow you
"blurring your eyes"
knowing whats mainstream and then looking to the future- see the world in a slightly different way
major search engine algorithms are based on
links
SEO- Connections
links and likes are "whuffie" algorithms are based on links
results give knowledge
look at campaigns to know what to do moving forward
If your goal is awareness choose
low cost, high-volume platforms
Plateau of Productivity
mainstream adoption starts to take off
Top-down AI
make the computer work like a brain
tracking
making sure tracking events are related to the goals you have defined
Cross Channel orchestration of the know profile
marketing automation- mail, SMS, mobile
#1 newest job title
marketing technologist
Cross Channel orchestration of the anonymous user
media tech- web, video, search, display, social
Consumers path to purchase
multi-device, complex
The overlap of Paid and Owned
multiple channels give exponential results. need a call to action to increase value
Volume
need for a lot of data
Google Search Ads
on google search network- always tex. SEM- levels the playing field with more established brands. pay-per-click. advertising is charged per click.
Exact Keywords
only if someone searches the exact query of your keywords will your ad show... put in brackets... ex: [marketing tools] will only return searches for exactly 'marketing tools'.
Day parting targeting
only running ads during specific parts of the day
Backlink (reciprocal posts)
other people re-posting your content. improves authority score. ex: a small company goes and finds influencers and shows them their content hoping that the influencers will repost
Value
overall application to business
1st party data
owned data
Search engine marketing is a form of
paid search
social media is at intersection of
paid, owned and earned
2nd party data
partner/vender owned data
Social media is now...
pay to play. Organic reach is now only 1% of Facebook page likes
blockchain
peer to peer transference of a product. a ledger that tracks who owns what and where files go
Technology trigger
people first hear about the new technology and become intrigued
How has System Selection methodology changed with the internet
people now begin further along in the stages. there is so much info available online that they don't even speak with the company before implementing their software.
Trough of disillusionment
people say they heard of it but they don't use it. Interest wanes as experiments and implementations fail to deliver. Producers of the technology shake out or fail.
litmus
previewing on different engines - chrome vs Microsoft
3rd party data
providers you can buy data from
W3C
puts together the standards with HTML
Augmented Reality
reality + computer generated
Digital strategy is all about
reducing complexity
ROAS
return on ad spend
When is the CPM higher?
rich media, premium video
Don't stuff keywords means
saying the keywords repeatedly
Digital Marketing is similar to traditional marketing because both...
seek to develop mutually beneficial relationships with prospects, leads, and customers
earned media
sharing. mentions, shares, reports, reviews, reciprocal posts, communities
Dynamic Displays
shows the products they have looked at before (re-marketing) to drive conversions
SEO- communications
social gets links
what is the best way to build links
social media engagement
It is important to do what as you deploy technology
stay focused on your specific areas
channel-based strategies
strategy on FB, Mobile, etc. based around the channel instead of around the consumer, not thinking about the consumer. in reality would be much more effective if you reach consumers in 2+ channels
Native Ads
takes on landscape of whats around the ad. pertains to what the consumer is already looking at benefits: capture more attention, build relevance and trust between consumer and brand, empower consumer to take action rather than interrupting them.
Marketing automation
targeting people through email, SMS, and mobile based off of their interests. templates build their messages.
Gartner Hype Cycle
technology trigger, peak of inflated expectations, trough of disillusionment, slope of enlightenment, plateau of productivity
There is a new focus on B2B because
the B2B transaction has a higher value
general learning
the ability to "catch on" understand, to reason, to make judgements. ex: if someone put in wrong info ability to catch on
SEM is
the act of paying for placement within the sponsored listings of a search engine by paying each time your ad is clicked.
Content must appeal to
the end user and the search engine. - focus on the end user.
The mechanism
the function or the experience. How it behaves
The medium is the message means
the medium is the most important part of what you are communicating
Enabling Technology- Moore's Law
the observation that computing power roughly doubles every two years.
algorithms
the rule of how you want the computer to process the information
What to prioritize
times, budget, effort, channels, partners, campaigns, consistencies, projects, whats next
Low CPM- like banner ads- is good for
to build scale. provides impressions or reach
Organizations that look at trends
trend hunter, ad age
Variety
types of data sources to buy
URI
universal resource identifier. shows campaign, medium, source to know exactly what campaign is performing well and where the activity is coming from ex: source- LinkedIn ; Medium- social; Campaign- dynamic ....
storytelling lead
use content to tell the story
UX
user experience- how an individual works through the experience with the brand
UI
user interface- what you see on screen
digital innovation
using digital tools in a new way
programatic
using machine learning to make advertising. loss of the creative "art" execution
instagram ads
very visual "phone stopping content" much higher (the highest) engagement stories are 2/3x more impactful for clickthrough video
Influencer outreach programs
view them from a far and invite in if a good fit.
Open Web Displays
websites anyone can go to. for recall- re-targeting from website Can impact marketing mix use lifestyle imagery to build brand equity and perception ex: ESN.com
lead with strategy
what you are trying to accomplish and how you will accomplish that
Big Stage
when companies take advantage of where their target market is. ex: Olympics, Grammys, Super Bowl attributed to halo effect
mass and sustainable PR
when everyone starts to talk about your campaign
position 0
when you search and answers come up with out clicking onto a site. where you want to be.
Distribute and Engage
where the capabilities of tools comes in- able to target more personally.
Now where does marketing innovation take place?
where the mechanism becomes the message. From "the media is the message" to "the mechanism is the message"
broad keywords
your ad will show for any search that has your keywords in any order and for synonyms, and misspellings... do nothing... ex: 'marketing tools' will allow 'tools for marketing' to show your ad.
Phrase Keywords
your ad will show up for any search that has your keywords phrase in it.... put in quotes... ex: "marketing tools" will allow 'best marketing tools' searches to show your ad.
Communities help brands connect with their customers and serve purposes like...
•Customer Service : In many communities the customers are as likely to handle a "how to" request as someone working on the brand team. •Research : When the brand is leading the creation it can lead to not only brand advocacy, but a treasure trove of data on how best customers behave. •Product Development : Some communities are used to inform product development, especially in the technology and B2B world.