2018 DIGITAL MARKETING TRENDS

March 13, 2018

Live video streaming and influencer marketing also came to life in 2017. New consumer technologies, like live video, enabled users to capture the attention of their peers and build more than-humble followings. These pseudo-celebrity personalities are now being categorized as micro-influencers and are helping both large and small brands reach highly engaged audiences. It was also a big year for search marketers. New result types showed that search engines were homing in on searcher intent and attempting to align results that best matched that intent. Websites other than Google and Bing also looked to incorporate search into their core strategies. Pinterest’s foray into visual search and Amazon’s investment in audio assistants are proof of search expanding beyond traditional search engines.

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Deciphering the digital political ad databases

whitePaper | December 2, 2019

One of the ways that Russian agents interfered in the 2016 election was by using online advertising to spread disinformation. In 2018, Facebook, Google, and Twitter created new resources to help the public track political ads on their platforms, bringing more transparency to the sponsors of digital ads. Snapchat followed suit in September 2019. But these databases of political ads are woefully inadequate, as Issue One has detailed in a major report. They lack uniform standards, display uneven amounts of information, and are difcult to use. Here’s what you need to know about them.

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Brands Need Advertising Automation to Control the Consumer Journey

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Streamlined, fluid and accessible ways of transacting between inventory and media have only partly been realized across current forms of advertising automation — namely programmatic. Our consideration of automation will go beyond programmatic to include how marketers effectively advertise in an omnichannel ecosystem, doing so in a fashion that ensures the best return on investment for whole campaigns — rather than a single ad exposure.

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Your customers are on social media

whitePaper | December 30, 2019

Social media has become a standard way of life, as evidenced in the 22% increase in usage within the past year. This is more than a simple media consumption habit. A typical Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram user is actively engaged with their social network multiple times daily, which is promising for brands who are active on social media platforms.

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A Guide to eSports Advertising

whitePaper | September 2, 2022

The eSports industry has been the beneficiary of a huge shift in consumer behavior as a result of the pandemic. We have seen incredible surges in popularity across eSports participation and viewership. Not sure how to approach the multi-billion dollar industry? We have your back! This guide is intended for eSports noobs to help understand the ins and outs of the industry.

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How Brands Like Denny’s, Goodwill and Walmart are Using Audience Targeting to Increase Store Visitation

whitePaper | December 20, 2019

Mobile has changed the way we think about digital audiences. Before the advent of the ubiquitous mobile phone, traditional marketing and advertisement strategies that were “location based” had a very different meaning than “locationbased marketing” does today. Options for location-based mobile audiences have expanded far beyond the simple geo-fence campaign, and offer both sophisticated targeting options and insights on reaching the consumer on their mobile device with the right message at the right time.

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The Stay Creative Series: Time - Tracking

whitePaper | February 3, 2020

Well, this is typically the time when you make New Year's Resolutions, and maybe one of those is timekeeping compliance. But rather than starting with the thinking behind all this, we'll save that for last and instead dive right into some suggestions on how to get better participation. If you're an employee vs. a principal reading this, you might want to feather your own bonus bed by taking the lead here and rallying the troops. That sort of sucking up never goes unnoticed.

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