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Free trial vs. demo: What’s more effective in B2B SaaS ads?

Martech

The vendors included both Obility clients and non-clients. For non-branded campaigns, a free trial CTA showed nearly twice the CTR of a demo call to action. For non-branded campaigns, a free trial CTA showed nearly twice the CTR of a demo call to action. Obility’s analysis of paid search ads for demos and free trials.

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What the Google antitrust ruling could mean for advertisers

Martech

While no one is worried about Apple’s survival, the deal that made Google the default search choice on its devices and browser brought in $18 billion last year. The organization that would take the biggest hit from ending its default search deal with Google is the non-profit Mozilla.

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Mastering Performance Max using scripts

Search Engine Land

You: “Performance Max maximized my profits.” I am tracking revenue, not profit. Script 1: Negate non-converting Performance Max search terms Performance Max excels at reporting averages, such as the average spend per day, conversion rate and campaign ROAS. Quick question: What exactly does Performance Max maximize?

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AI-powered martech news and releases: January 16

Martech

Will pure-play artificial intelligence companies ever be profitable? In 2024, Uber and Spotify reported their first-ever profitable years, and Lyft had two profitable quarters. Spotify went positive thanks to laying off 2,000 people and cutting its marketing budget. The same cost issues are dogging non-pure plays.

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7 ways to segment Performance Max and Shopping campaigns

Search Engine Land

Segmentation by best sellers, product attributes, location, profitability and user type. Get the newsletter search marketers rely on. This is popular with non-feed service Performance Max campaigns. Ideal strategic approach for exploring new market opportunities. A comprehensive product matrix approach.

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How attribution masks what’s actually driving growth

Martech

Tell Google you want a ROAS of three, and it will simply balance how much spend goes to branded search and retargeting, with the rest going to non-branded Search/Shopping, YouTube and Display to achieve your blended ROAS. Want a higher ROAS?

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Could AI eventually make SEO obsolete?

Search Engine Land

Recently, giving AI access to non-curated data has caused more errors. Dig deeper: 6 guiding principles to leverage AI for SEO content production Get the newsletter search marketers rely on. And yet, how long can such perspectives remain profitable? How much data helps or harms AI, and how much curation is needed?

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