No matter how good the ad or content that lead the users to your website is, the page that they land on is all the more important for the conversion. Landing pages are standalone web pages created with the conversion in mind. Advertisers will often ask why is the conversion rate low or bounce rate high, but this is something that publishers have no control of. Their task is to...
Before we get into all the juicy details, let’s first define native advertising. While it’s often mistaken with content advertising, it’s not necessarily the same thing. Native ads need to align with the organic content of a website, mimicking the tone and providing the value that the audience of that website expects. While traditional and programmatic media buying are still widespread, ad blocking and banner blindness are increasingly becoming a...
As time progresses so do the Google Search algorithms. The days when it was enough to dump a lot of keywords into content in order to rank high are long gone. While writers might fear that writing for search engines means that they’ll have to take away from the natural flow of user-oriented writing, this is far from the truth. The ranking factors are more and more focused on what...
Kyle is browsing one of his favorite sports websites. He's reading about the new marathon that he'd like to participate in. Suddenly, there it is! In the middle of the article, an ad jumps up at him. It's showing a pair of running sneakers with a special discount just for him. Kyle isn't annoyed by this because wouldn't you know it, he's actually in need of a new pair. He...
Alice just got a new office job. She was sitting at her desk, thinking that she’ll really need to start working out more now that she’ll be sedentary for half a day. Having her trusty smartphone always with her made it easy to find a popular app that has everything she'll need to organize her exercises and lead her through the process. She also thinks that with a job, she’s...
Extraordinary Symbiosis of Word of Mouth and Social Media Let's talk about Lauren. Lauren is a millennial who loves animals, singing, and hanging out with friends. You can rarely see her without a smartphone in her hand, as if it was surgically attached to her, replacing her mouth as the main way of communication. You know, pretty standard stuff. At the moment, she's typing down a message to her close friend...
There goes another good one, Charlie thought as Aimee was cleaning up her desk. She was with them for a year, and if Charlie was honest, it would be pretty hard to replace her. They ended their cooperation on friendly terms. Aimee was honest about the reasons for her notice – the conditions that the other company offered her were better. While Charlie’s publishing company was growing, he still wasn’t...
It seemed to Maya, the product director of the Crisp Tech company, that nobody slept for days. And yet everyone was happy and smiling – their new app was ready to hit the market! Not only did they manage to build out a perfect shopping assistant app that Maya was sure buyers everywhere would use, they also managed to put in place what seemed like a bulletproof marketing strategy that...
“I know what you’re thinking,” says the young man. Craig is his name if Adam remembers correctly. Well, I seriously doubt that Craig, Adam thinks to himself. He’s had nothing but headaches since he decided to start interviewing agencies to outsource support for his new business. He felt like inventing the app and perfecting it was easier than having all these endless meetings. It seemed that all these people knew...
As soon as he got in the morning, Matt was greeted by a nasty client email saying how disappointed they are by video ad performance for their latest campaign. Ouch! What a way to start a Friday morning. Working for a large healthy living publisher he had a fair share of emails like these, but those are the ones you never get used to. The client was asking for inputs on how...
