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When and how to move beyond performance marketing to brand strategy

Martech

Performance marketing is a crucial tool for growing brands, but over-reliance can backfire as competition intensifies. To build a sustainable business, companies should evolve their strategy by leveraging user data to refine positioning and extend their brand identity across channels.

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Yelp ad revenue rises 14% as advertisers ‘shift towards performance marketing’ 

Search Engine Land

A shift away from brand advertising and towards performance marketing was noted by Yelp bosses. This is because the latter provides marketers a more efficient way to track and monitor ROI, according to the company. Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on. A change in behaviour.

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Airbnb’s search marketing shift: Should advertisers follow suit?

Search Engine Land

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that Airbnb’s “strategy of slashing advertising spending, investing in brand marketing and lessening its reliance on search-engine marketing is continuing to pay off.”. It’s critical to be aligned with the external forces impacting your marketing mix. See terms.

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This day in search marketing history: January 22

Search Engine Land

Contextual links in featured snippets may present new opportunities and risks 2021: The potential for more links to appear in this high-visibility search result feature had SEOs concerned about click-through rates, brand safety and how to optimize for it.

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Ad format preferences land in Google Demand Gen campaigns

Search Engine Land

in-stream, in-feed or Shorts) gives marketers more control over the amplification of their brand storytelling. It enables advertisers to select the best format for their brand. In-feed: Appears in YouTube’s home/search feeds, Google Discover, and Gmail. Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.

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Meta advertisers claim sales are down and costs are up due to glitchy automated system

Search Engine Land

Brands report that sales and return-on-ad-spend have both plummeted, while cost-per-click and cost per 1,000 impressions are up by a factor of three in recent months – with no explanation from Meta as to why. Cody Plofker, chief marketing officer at brand Jones Road Beauty, said on the “Operators” podcast: “It’s brutal out there.

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3 creative-driven tips to optimize your PPC performance

Search Engine Land

But the industry is shifting, and creative is arguably one of the best levers PPC managers have to optimize performance. As a result, performance agencies must adapt quickly and rebalance the scales between art and science. So, how can you prepare your performance marketing team for this change? SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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