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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. The allure of performance marketing Performance marketing is often the unsung hero in the early stages of a brand’s life. Pinpoint your most valuable and easily captured customers.

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10 search marketing takeaways from digital marketing leader Aaron Levy at SMX Advanced

Search Engine Land

SMX Advanced Day 2 kicked off with Aaron Levy reminding us about the complex nature of search marketing and the need to focus on customers in our strategy. Search survived some serious hits, in the case of the show, Nuclear Fallout, it carries the weight of what it used to be and what it’s known for.

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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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Trivago blames profit drop on opting out of new Google Ads product

Search Engine Land

Meanwhile, revenue for Expedia , which did advertise with on the search engine’s new ad unit, reported a record second quarter with revenue up 6%. Trivago did not to advertise with Google’s new ad product because it is part of Google hotel ads – which historically hasn’t performed well for the company, Skift reported.

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This day in search marketing history: January 22

Search Engine Land

Yahoo Search Goes Secure, Taking Referrer Data — An Indicator Of Yahoo’s Popularity — With It 2014: That meant more protection for searchers but what did the loss of referrer data mean for search marketers?

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Microsoft Ads expands Copilot to more advertisers

Search Engine Land

The expansion of the program was first flagged by Senior Performance Marketing Manager and Google Ads expert, Thomas Eccel. Specifically designed for advertisers and agencies, Copilot leverages AI to generate recommendations for assets such as product images, headlines, and descriptions.

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Google issuing suspension threats for non-compliant GDPR consent banners

Search Engine Land

Senior Performance Marketing Manager and Google Ads expert, Thomas Eccel, was the first to share a screenshot of the Google Ads warning on X : He captioned the image “Google EU Policy Team has sent out emails for websites with non-compliant GDPR Consent Banners. Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.