Why You Should Invest in Video Ad Marketing

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Investing in video ads can help drive brand awareness, more engagement, foster a greater audience connection and ultimately boost sales. If you’ve yet to commit to a solid video marketing strategy, here are 3 reasons to consider. 

Better Engagement

Movement and sound are two elements of an ad that easily catch user attention. They also help convey efficient, effective messaging, both which lead to higher engagement. This format is additionally effective in delivering your narrative to the target audience with a tailored message that’s easy to consume. Video ads that capture the interest of users and follow through with a CTA are more likely to succeed with keeping audiences interested. 

Additionally, research has found that the average user remembers 95% of a message when watched, compared to 10% when read. Meaning potential customers are more likely to recollect your brand’s message through video content, rather than a static image or text ad. 

More Shareable

Video content is quick, concise and makes it very easy to tell stories that are easy to consume by users. Video ads offer brands the perfect opportunity to express themselves and tell consumers why they can be trusted and why their products or services are worth purchasing. All of these elements also make videos much more sherable. As seen on Twitter, where 700 videos are shared by users every minute. Posting more shareable content helps increase your brand reach, generate more awareness and put yourself in front of more customer prospects. 

Higher Click-Through Rate

Along with being more engaging, videos also get a much higher-click through rate. According to a Smaato study, the average CTR of video ads via mobile is 7.5 times higher than standard display ads. One particular brand even found that video ads generated 47% higher CTR on Facebook than text ads. 

Final Thoughts

Though video ads can be more time consuming and costly to create, their ability to effectively narrate your story allows you to engage more prospects, gain higher reach and generate more ad clicks. 

At Onimod Global, we’re experts in all things digital marketing, including SEO, SEM, social media, web dev, graphic design, branding and more. If you’re looking to get started on building a video marketing strategy, we can help. Contact us today. 

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The Benefits of Webinars for Business

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Webinars and virtual events have become a turning point for meetings and business in general, exploding during the pandemic. Let’s explore everything business professionals need to know about the benefits of hosting these successful virtual seminars.

During the pandemic, live events were canceled across the globe and businesses were forced to use the internet and wireless communication systems to replace in-person meetings. While there’s no substitute for the excitement of live events, in many cases it’s more practical for people to attend remotely. Did you know that webinars are some of the highest converting forms of marketing? 

Webinars are the next best thing to replace face-to-face interaction with customers and employees. There are very few if any besides webinars that can replace the connection that in-person interaction holds. More and more companies are realizing that without that internet presence it is hard to grow because of the easy access, each business has a complete capability of doing it. 

What is a Webinar?

Just like a seminar or convention, a webinar helps businesses bring together a wide and varied group of people, albeit over the internet. To host a webinar, you will need to find a webinar platform that will help you share your presentation with others online. This webinar software will let you create your own virtual online meeting rooms that you and your attendees will use to view and follow the presentation. Presenters can also share their desktop screens, files, and any open applications on their computer or mobile device, with their audience during the presentation.

It is worth mentioning that webinars are quite different from simple marketing videos, in that the audience follows your presentation in real time. Furthermore, the presenter and audience can engage with each other, leading to the sharing of highly insightful information.

Why Create a Virtual Event?

If you’re involved in a field such as education or public speaking, webinars and online events are probably already part of your marketing strategy. However, there are many ways that other types of businesses can benefit from webinars. Some of the key benefits for driving business include:

1. Virtual Events are Built for Engagement

Your attendees are looking for education and connection, and a webinar can provide both. can help you create that sense of connection and engagement that you miss by not being in person. Virtual events and the platforms that power them are optimized to keep conversations, ideas, and engagement flowing constantly. Webinars are truly unlike anything else; if done right, you can keep your audience engaged for hours on end and that’s something that videos put simply, struggle to do. Not only that, but your audience can also ask questions and get real-time feedback on the training.

2. Reach a Larger Audience

When it comes to trade shows, geographical location is everything. After all, you can only reach out to an audience where a particular show is happening. But that’s not the case with webinars.

One of the biggest benefits of a webinar is that it enables you to reach out to participants and sponsors anywhere in the world. There are no geographical barriers because you’re online. You can be sitting in the US while your audience is viewing you from Australia.

Anyone with an internet connection can join your webinar.

2. They Position you as an Expert in your Field

It’s a free webinar… Who cares? Well, your audience does. And just because it’s “free” doesn’t mean they’re not exchanging anything for the content.

Audiences join webinars because they want to learn. Learn more about the topic and challenges you are speaking about and learn more about the solutions to these challenges. To attend a webinar, your prospect has to register, put the date in her calendar, set aside time for the event, show up at the right time, and then give you around 1-hours of their time. They’re essentially jumping through these hoops just to listen to you talk about a certain subject; this positions you as an expert before you even start teaching the content.

3. Webinars Generate Leads

As mentioned earlier, webinars are some of the highest converting forms of marketing. One of the best reasons to create a webinar or other online event is to generate leads for your business. Webinar attendees provide information to attend your webinar. You can also have virtually unlimited attendees at a single webinar. From a bare-minimum standpoint, that’s like collecting a bunch of quality business cards.

4. Saves Time & Money

Webinars can be a great option for businesses dealing with shrinking budgets. In fact, virtual events are about 75% less expensive than in-person experiences, as hosts typically save money on staff, venue, setup and takedown, accommodations, meals, travel costs, and more. At a minimum, the only thing planners have to worry about paying for is the cost of their virtual meeting platform. Although virtual events do require some setup time (e.g. event website, registration, event marketing, and promotion, etc.) and some extra coordinating with presenters, it’s tremendously less than that of an in-person event.

To organize and host a successful webinar, you don’t need much more than a list of invitees, a webcam, some scripted content that you want to share with said audience, and a broadband connection to stream high-quality footage directly to your audience. Hiring a digital marketing expert that specializes in webinar hosting is also an invaluable tool to make sure you’re getting it right.

Host a Webinar with the experts at Onimod Global

If you want to reach out to a broad audience, and boost your engagement and conversion rate, webinars are the way forward.

If done right, webinars can be better than visiting a prospects personally or jumping on a call with them. The biggest benefit here is that it provides an online space to nurture your seasoned, quality leads. On the other hand, you can also leverage webinars to form a great first impression.

Onimod Global has helped hundreds of our clients across the United States and globe plan, set up and execute webinars to generate business in an unbeatable fashion.

Ready to take the plunge? Contact us here today. 

4 Ways to Improve Your Lead Generation Process in 2021

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A high-performing lead generation process involves many moving parts. While it’s important to generate a good number of leads, the quality is just as, if not more important. With proper lead generation tactics, your brand can forge relationships with consumers who are interested in your products or services, and are most likely to convert, increasing your sales and ROI. 

Continue reading to learn 4 ways you can improve your quality of leads and the overall generation process. 

1. Evaluate and adjust your landing page. 

Your landing page is where you provide more information about your products/services, as well as move your potential lead further through the generation process. Whether your goal is to get the user to provide their contact information, download something or make a purchase, you want your landing to make it clear why they should complete that action. Some best practices for landing pages include: 

  • Keeping your copy simple and easy to read. 
  • Having a strong and clear CTA. 
  • Maintaining consistent messaging throughout the entire page. 
  • Using colors and designs that clearly highlight your CTA. 
  • Conducting A/B tests to determine what performs best. 

2. Create content that’s user-focused and in different formats.

Users prefer content that is either informative, entertaining or both. Consider what users might turn to you for and create your content around providing the right solution. This shows you understand your audience and can help you gain their trust. Well-delivered content can go a long way in convincing users to become leads, and eventually do business with you. Additionally, consider creating content in all different types, such as: 

  • Webinars 
  • Videos 
  • Infographics 
  • Blogs/Articles 

This way, users can access the content in the form they prefer most. Additionally, this provides useful collateral for social media platforms. 

3. Perform lead nurturing. 

Lead nurturing involves building relationships with qualified prospects, with the goal of earning their business in the future. Many studies have shown that most consumers engage with sales reps in the final stage of their purchasing process. And more often than not, leads will take a while to move through the sales funnel. This is where lead nurturing comes in and why it’s so essential. 

4. Utilize marketing automation software. 

When trying to improve lead quality, marketing automation software can be key to streamlining and simplifying the entire process. A marketing automation platform provides analytics and measurements that give you the proper insight to improve lead quality. It also gives you an overview of how each of your leads behave in the sales funnel and how your programs are affecting lead generation, sales and revenue. For best results, integrate your CRM system with your marketing automation platform. 

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How To Personalize Your Marketing Messaging Strategy to Drive Leads

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Today’s average consumer is constantly bombarded with an overwhelming amount of marketing messages. One of the best ways to cut through the clutter and stand out to your customers is through personalizing your marketing messages. 

Consumers want messages that: 

  • Are relevant to their interests
  • Give product details 
  • Are entertaining 

By taking the time to make your messaging more personal, you can ultimately increase customer loyalty and drive more sales.

Ways to Personalize Your Marketing Messages:

On Email: 

Segment Your Lists 

Every person is unique, with their own wants and needs, so they can’t all be addressed exactly the same way. Segmenting your email list is essential to getting successful results. You can segment according to demographics, behavior, location or however makes the most sense for your brand. You can then shift your messaging accordingly, based on those chosen factors and focus on what matters most to that group. 

Another benefit to segmenting your email list is being able to recapture the attention of inactive users. When you also segment people who haven’t purchased from you or visited your site in a while, you can create content and messaging around ways to persuade them to come back. This is a great way to work to reduce customer churn and get past customers reinvested in your brand. 

Add First Names to Your Subject Lines 

CleverTap reported that this practice can increase the open probability by 20% and reduce the unsubscription rate by 17%. Customers appreciate receiving emails that are addressed directly to them. So if your marketing emails usually begin with “Dear Valued Customer,” it’s time to switch it up. Using a customer’s name not only helps them take notice of the message easier, it can help them feel more connected to your brand and receptive to your message. 

Highlight Missed Purchase Opportunities 

Similar to targeting users that maybe haven’t purchased from you in a while, you should also target those that almost made a purchase, but didn’t quite make it there. If a user abandoned products in their shopping cart, consider sending a reminder email that includes the products and a link to the purchase. Another tip is to add a trackable coupon so the user can get a discount attached to the email. 

Through Text Message:

Reward New and Loyal Customers

We all know it’s much more expensive to attract a new customer rather than keep an existing one. It’s essential to put effort in keeping your loyal customers satisfied with not only personalized content and messaging, but unique offers as well. You can analyze your website data to identify the users who are most valuable to your business, tracking who buys most often and how much they spend. If you don’t want to give discounts, consider offering early access to new features or exclusive content. 

Send Updates 

Most consumers appreciate getting order status alerts, purchase confirmations, reminders and delivery updates via text message. This is convenient and since most people have their cell phones on them at all times, they’ll see the message immediately. An additional tip is to include your help desk info in all SMS in case there’s something wrong with an order or in general. 

Always Reply

Text messages have the highest response rate out of all forms of marketing communication. It’s smart to have a plan in place for when users answer your messages. You may even want to consider investing in a two-way platform that sends out automated replies. It’s just important that your customers feel like they’re getting heard and can get their questions answered. 

On Your Website: 

Personalize Popups 

Popups are an effective way to catch the attention of visitors and persuade them to convert, but they’re even more effective when personalized. Your popup should be relevant to the content the user is already searching for on your site. It’s smart to have different popups for different pages on your site. 

Create Personalized Journeys 

People like to feel appreciated. When a user visits your site for the first time, greet them with a welcome message or tutorial showcasing your main products or services. You don’t want to annoy them, though. So, you should also make opting out a visible and easy option as well. For users that visit your site often, you should also try to create personalized messages, welcoming them back. 

Final Thoughts 

Personal touches can play a huge part in persuading customers to make that final purchase decision. With these practices, you can position yourself as a devoted, personable brand that goes above and beyond for its customers. This will help you drive better results from your overall marketing campaign, ultimately getting you to your business goals. 

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Four Ways to Improve Your Customer Journey

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Improving your customer journey can have a major impact on your bottom line. To improve your customer journey you have to identify the gaps in your service delivery to your customers, as well as focus your efforts on providing the desired experience at every stage of the sales funnel. 

Here are four ways you can work to improve your customer journey. 

1. Identify pain points. 

Analyze your touch points to determine if there are areas where customers have difficulties. These are the points that customers will remember the most, so you’ll want to remove these points if possible. While not all pain points can be completely removed, so focus in on other elements that can make the experience better for customers. 

2. Remove unnecessary steps. 

Similar to tip number one, you’ll also want to analyze all touch points to determine if you have any unnecessary steps required to perform an action. Try to minimize the effort (time, cost, steps, reasoning) your customers need to give in order to get to the core of your products or services. 

3. Answer questions in advance. 

Think about what types of questions customers might have or tips that would make purchases easier for them. You can add these to your website’s FAQ page or create other content around these topics, such as case studies, videos, blogs, etc. The key factor is that you answer questions in advance, so a question doesn’t turn into a complaint or prevent people from making a purchase. 

4. Personalize your content. 

Monitor customer interactions to understand the unique needs of each customer. This insight can help you to personalize messages to each of your customers so they feel that they have a real relationship with you and that their needs are being taken care of. 

Final Thoughts

As customers become savvier and more empowered, it makes the customer journey experience even more important. When you put a greater focus on customer experience strategy, your results can have a positive impact on customer loyalty, higher retention and increased revenue growth. 

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Simple Ways to Reduce Your Website’s Bounce Rate

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If your website is struggling to generate traffic and leads, it could be due to a high bounce rate. While reducing bounce rate doesn’t automatically mean you’ll increase conversions, it could help. The ultimate goal is to increase engagement, user satisfaction and making it easier for them to find what they’re searching for. 

With that, here are 5 simple ways to improve your website’s bounce rate. 

What is Bounce Rate?

A bounce is a single-page session on your site. Is a high bounce rate a bad thing? According to Google, it depends on what determines the success of your website. For example, if users come to your homepage first but you want them to get to your sales page, then you don’t want a high bounce rate. A high bounce rate can also indicate that your visitors may not be engaged or satisfied with your site. Ultimately, we work to reduce bounce rate because it can also mean you’re making users happier and delivering them what they’re searching for. 

1. Increasing Page Speed

The longer a user has to wait for the site to load, the more likely they’ll leave. So, making your website faster is one of the easiest ways to reduce your bounce rate. Also, speed is a Google ranking factor, so it can help improve your SEO as well. Some simple ways to improve website’s page load speed is through: 

  • Optimizing images and video: Make sure they’re all sized appropriately and compressed. 
  • Leverage a caching, page speed plugin. 
  • Upgrading your web hosting package. 

2. Strong CTAs

No matter what your conversion goal is, the best way to improve your CTA is by including ranking keywords in the CTA itself. To accomplish this, you can go to the Google Search Console, determine what your pages are actually ranking for, take the top keywords and include them into the CTA. For example, if your conversion goal is to get visitors to download a white paper, your CTA would say “Download my white paper.” This is a lot more powerful than using a generic vocabulary. 

3. Use an Inverted Pyramid Writing Style 

If a person lands on your website from a search engine, it’s likely they’re searching for an answer for something. We want to draw them into your content and hook them in as soon as possible. With the inverted pyramid style of writing, you include the most important information in the beginning, then go into more details and give the least important information last. This also helps to create more engaging content that’s clean and has a good flow. 

4. Add Visual Appeal  

Visual content, such as photos and videos, always has higher engagement rates. This is due to videos and images being easier to consume than standard text. If you have a longer piece of content, it’s best to try to turn that into video form. It’s more likely for users to watch a long video than read a long blog, for example. It’s also easier to draw people in with visual content. And hopefully, once you’ve drawn them in, you can get them to convert. 

5. Make Site Search Simple

Lastly, it’s important to make it easy for users to search your site. If you can provide an easy search experience for users, it’s less likely they’ll bounce back to Google to search elsewhere. The longer you can keep them on your site, the more engaged they are and the more opportunity you have to persuade them to convert. 

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Tips for Performing a Successful Brand Audit to Improve Your Marketing

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Conducting a brand audit can help you understand where you stand within your market and in the minds of your consumers. More specifically, you can: 

  • Identify your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
  • Discover positive and negative perceptions of your brand 
  • Align offerings with consumer expectations 
  • Determine where you stand among competitors 
  • Adjust your overall brand strategy 

Follow these necessary steps to perform a successful brand audit, check in on your brand’s health and ultimately improve your marketing strategy.

1. Create a Brand Audit Template 

It’s beneficial to set up an analysis template to guide your brand audit process. Prior to getting started, you should build a framework around how you will actually conduct it. If you’re doing this internally, you’ll want a guide to follow so that the collected data can be put into action. It’s easy to get caught up in the numbers, so you want to identify the data that actually means something to your business. 

You can define your framework with a checklist of what should be examined and the methods you’ll use to do it. It’s also helpful to organize the list by internal and external brand elements. 

2. Examine Your Website’s Analytics 

Just because a website is visually appealing doesn’t necessarily mean it’s high-performing. If your website isn’t converting, it’s crucial that you understand why. Analytics you should be looking at include: 

  • Traffic 
  • Page views 
  • Bounce rate 
  • Conversion rate 

There are plenty of tools that can provide website analytics but we recommend Google Analytics, as it provides rich performance data, both historic and in real-time. 

3. Analyze Your Sales Stats 

This is one of the best ways to get insight regarding both customer and industry trends. An in-depth sales analysis can show customer buying patterns, which you can then use to redirect your focus. Some things to look for are irregular dips in sales, change in buyer location and competitors offerings. 

4. Take a Look at Your Social Media Metrics 

Social media contains mass amounts of information on your consumers that you can’t get anywhere else. It’s important to analyze your demographic data to have an understanding of who your social media audience actually is. Because it’s common that our target customers may not be the ones interacting with us on social media. Analyzing social data will help you identify who engages with your channels the most, allowing you to reevaluate your communication strategy accordingly to get the most out of your efforts. 

5. Observe Competitors 

To get a full understanding of your own brand health, you also have to determine how your competitors are performing. Some things to check include: 

  • The type of content they’re writing
  • Any brand partnerships 
  • If they’re getting frequent recognition 

Most of this work will be manual, but there are tools that can help give a deeper look into specific elements of a brand. Some competitive analysis tools can provide SEO-driven data, help you monitor your niche, give info on organic traffic and keywords, as well tell you how you rank among competitors. 

6. Ask Your Customers 

If you want to get insight on what your customers think about your brand, just ask them. You can do this through surveys, polls or by just asking for feedback directly. It’s important to look into the minds of your consumers to find out what motivates them, what their pain points are and what influences their decisions to ensure your brand can best meet their needs. 

When it comes to customer loyalty and brand advocacy, you want to measure your NPS (Net Promoter Score). This is found by asking customers how likely they are to recommend your product or service to friends and family via an opinion score. The NPS opinion scoring system is on a scale of 0-10 with 0 being “very unlikely” and 10 being “extremely likely.” 

Final Thoughts

After you’ve completed your brand audit, it’s important to determine what data you want to use and how. Set some goals into places before acting on your findings. What do you want to see come out on these changes? Whether it be an increase in conversions, a more cohesive look or a new customer base, it’s essential to have a clear goal in mind. Lastly, create an action plan to carry everything out.

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B2B Marketing Trends to Keep in Mind in 2021

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The B2B marketing landscape has shifted significantly over the past year. The pandemic has caused certain tactics to accelerate and move to the forefront. To stay relevant and competitive, B2B marketers have to embrace these newest industry trends. 

With that being said, here are the top 5 B2B marketing trends to keep in mind as we make our way through the rest of 2021. 

1. The Acceleration of Digital 

While in-person events are starting to happen a little more frequently, virtual events are still here to stay. Virtual events, videos and digital marketing channels to connect more with their customers. B2B marketers must continue to embrace a digital-first focus to stay relevant and competitive among their audience. It is important to note that you don’t want your entire strategy to be fully digital, but it should play a large role for the time being. 

2. Content Marketing 

Going hand-in-hand with digital acceleration is the increasing importance of content marketing. Prospects and customers are consuming more digital content than ever, with video as the top type. In fact, Statista found that last year, 27.2% of users watched more than 10 hours of online video on a weekly basis. Webinars and podcasts also played a significant role in content consumption last year. With the average amount of time spent listening to podcasts rose to over 6 hours, according to Edison Research and Triton Digital. 

In general, any type of interactive content can help your brand stand out and allow your audience to immerse themselves in your brand. Consider creating infographics, quizzes, surveys and virtual or augmented reality. 

It’s important to not forget the importance of traditional content as well, such as blogs and emails. Written content remains one of the best ways to position yourself as a thought leader in your industry. This is also a great way to help increase your SEO and overall online presence. 

3. AI-Powered Marketing and Marketing Automation

AI, machine learning and marketing automation tools will continue to be extremely valuable for B2B marketers. These tools aid in targeting, segmentation, personalization, lead scoring, predictive analytics and content generation. According to Statista, the global AI software market will see about 54% growth year after year. It’s predicted that more and more organizations will come to utilize AI and automation to assist in their marketing efforts. 

4. Customer-Centric Marketing Builds and Customer Relationships 

Last year forced many marketers to shift their main goal from generating leads to providing customers with helpful information and solutions. Empathy had to become a big driver in outreach efforts and the customer experience approach. Customer retention, keeping customers engaged and building a deep relationship with them also took priority over gaining new prospects. This was accomplished through personalization and relevant content that helped show that marketers understood their customers, their pain points and the situations they’re experiencing. 

5. Account-Based Marketing

The last trend involves narrowing marketing and sales efforts from an entire industry to only a few key accounts. This allows for stronger personalization and event individualization in those marketing efforts, which ultimately help drive more conversions. Success in account-based marketing requires alignment, integration and committed effort to be there for their customers through difficult times and provide answers and solutions tailored for them. 

Final Thoughts

Agility when it comes to strategies and tactics is essential when it comes to success in any area of marketing. It’s important to frequently check and analyze results to see what can be improved, what’s working and what should be dropped. This is A/B testing is so critical in showing what content audiences best respond to, what channels are preferred and what info piques their interest. 

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3 Post-Pandemic Marketing Strategies

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Even though the majority of the world is still in the thick of COVID-19, it is crucial to consider what the post-COVID world is going to mean for our customers, our businesses, and the way we go about advertising and marketing. The speed at which we are “going digital” has been fully accelerated during the pandemic and has given brand new or additional power to many online industries. This past year has introduced a lot of firsts for us as a society, for example being very reliant on Amazon or Zoom to simply get through the day. This means that as digital marketers, we want to make decisions that use this new reliance on technology to our advantage. Experts at Onimod Global have formulated 3 top strategies that you can put into place to market successfully in a post-pandemic world.

1. Move everything online

If you haven’t already, this is an absolute must for post-pandemic times. Now is the time to increase your online presence. You likely already have some of your business functions online, but the pandemic has shown us just how much more we can do online. For example, moving order opportunities and implementing automated emails could be a great first step to going digital.

A couple of ideas on what this might look like:

  • Hosting webinars to maintain current customer relationships and attract new customers.
  • Investing in a good customer relationship management (CRM) software.

No matter what industry you’re in, there is always a way to take your business online, and having those capabilities will help to set you apart from your competitors and stand out to potential customers.

2. Invest in social media ads

The ROI on PPC ads in many industries has skyrocketed as more and more people had to stay at home and focused heavily on social media. This is a good way to remind people that your business is alive and well and that you aim to be a very significant part of the ‘new normal’.

If you have a strict marketing budget, a great place to start would be Facebook ads. Facebook ads in are quite affordable by PPC compared to other social media advertising—even for local businesses—and can help you showcase any changes you have made to your business or any COVID-19-exclusive discounts or promotions you might be offering.

With Facebook’s granular audience targeting capabilities, you can reach customers on a variety of different demographics. They can be based on gender, location, hobbies and interest, marital status, profession, and the list goes on.

3. Focus in on main paid advertising channels post-pandemic

As mentioned above, PPC ads are going to be very beneficial and cost effective. However, focusing on Google Ads, LinkedIn ads, Twitter ads, Facebook ads, and Instagram ads all at once is most likely going to you spread you too thin. It is best to determine where your target audience is spending their time and then focus most of your PPC efforts on those channels.

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Top 3 Google Ads Features

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Google released new smart features and ways to buy ads on its different channels. Much like all other updates to Google Ads features, there will be learning curve with the new tools. Here is how you can make them work for you.

1. Get listed for free on Google Shopping

Google is still operating as a paid PPC channel, but you can also enjoy its free traffic. Once Google had introduced the shopping channel to their platform, Google completely beat most of the other price comparison websites from its SERP (Shopping.com, Shopzilla, BizRate). Following this very significant move that occurred in 2017, the European Commission fined Google €2.42 billion (~$3 billion) for breaching EU antitrust rules by “giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.” This claim is still going through appeal, Google has made changes to ensure other options are present on its services and SERP than its own.

How should you make it work for you? Number one priority is optimizing your Shopping Ads and understand what products click and convert the most. For example, you can use SEISO Google Shopping Analyzer (Free to try) to get shopping reports. From there you can adapt your product feed and product pages to ensure you focus on products that are margin positive.

2. Get impressions on Goolge Ads for free.. only pay  your sales

When it comes to online acquisiton of new formats, video and display formats are not the first type of format you think of They are more popular for brand awareness and influence targets. Google now is trying to convince you otherwise. Google has so much data on users’ profiles and their intents that they can predict what they will buy. Google knows the users very well: from the search queries, from the media they consume (Videos, AMP pages…), and its past purchases thanks to receipts received in Gmail.

Thanks to this treasure trove of data points, the algorithm identifies which new video game console the user wants. And it only shows him the relevant ads when the customer is ready to buy. The ad will be more likely to convert and Google will get a higher revenue per page by only showing converting ads to users: win/win.

You can now run performance-based targeting for Youtube Ads and on the Display network. It usually means a lower reach than a CPM or a Trueview campaign but you will get incremental conversions while controlling your budget.

How to keep tracks of offline conversions

Nowadays, it is very simple to forget that most of the business still happens offline and that zoom calls and online shopping are not all there is to life. Yet offline conversions tracking are not always taken into account. According to Google, 30% of mobile queries are local searches and it is the fastest-growing segment. And 75% of users making a local search will go to a store within 24 hours. This is a lot of conversion lost to online tracking.

In order to be successful tracking these conversions for Google Ads, you will need to set up an omnichannel tracking that integrates offline elements. From there you will be able to measure different types of conversion. You should create a set of conversion actions for each campaign:

  • In-store visits: Google automatically tracks walk-in traffic from user’s location captured from their Apps and OS). You will need to register all your points of sales addresses or GPS coordinates.
  • Offline purchase thanks to offline the Conversions API or bulksheets upload.
  • Online purchase through your regular tracking pixel.

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