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When and how to move beyond performance marketing to brand strategy

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

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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?

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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.”. In 2019, Airbnb started to move budget away from search marketing in favor of broader marketing initiatives.

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This day in search marketing history: January 22

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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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Ad format preferences land in Google Demand Gen campaigns

Search Engine Land

In-feed: Appears in YouTube’s home/search feeds, Google Discover, and Gmail. Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on. Use segmentation reports to analyze performance by format. This new feature was first flagged by Senior Performance Marketing Manager and Google Ads expert, Thomas Eccel.

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

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If the reported ongoing algorithm issues continue to impact ad performance, marketers will need to take action to reduce costs by exploring rival platforms like Google and TikTok. Meta is a global leader in digital advertising with its platforms accounting for approximately 22% of the market, according to Emarketer. .”

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Google Analytics 4 launches default Google Ads report

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First spotted: The report was first spotted by Senior Performance Marketing Manager and Google Ads expert, Thomas Eccel, who shared a preview on X : To locate this report, go to the Advertising section, navigate to “Performance”, and click on “Google Ads” What Google is saying.

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