Video content has arguably become the most important form of advertising nowadays. Just a simple scroll on Facebook, Instagram, or any social media platform of choice, will suffice to prove that we live in a digital world driven by video content. The reason is pretty simple: consumers have little time on their hands, and a video delivers the message faster than text. A simple look at some recent statistics about video marketing is enough to...
Are the mailers & newsletters not fetching enough engagement?? Is your brand in need of some real communication with potential customers on LinkedIn? How about a direct pitch through direct messaging on LinkedIn profiles? Driving comparatively stronger & effective engagements than the traditional techniques besides assisting marketers in delivering targeted messages with unique CTA, LinkedIn message ads are a boon to brands in 2020. The LinkedIn message ads campaign is a smart way to start...
Five months ago, the globe was unaware of something such as SARS-COV-2 or COVID-19 or Novel CoronaVirus. We slept in one world and woke in another. Amidst a lot of apprehensions, the market has witnessed rapid changes in recent times. There has been a major shift of the marketplace from offline to an online ecosystem owing to the shift in consumer behavior, buying patterns and demand. One of the many challenges faced by marketers will...
The social media is in itself a universe for brands and businesses with the unrivaled opportunities that they have offered since their discovery. Digital media has paved the way for business houses with top-notch resources and technology that connects them to relevant communities in real-time. Despite the sudden spike in an influx of influencers, marketers still rely upon brand advocates. Brand advocacy on social media is a concept of an individual/group of people, particularly those...
Knowing a brand’s audience preferences without the help of social media listening tools is as simple as baking the croquembouche with toasted praline marshmallows balanced on top. Yes! Difficult as the way you got that crocs-embrr-sui-quackquack (more gibberish) pronunciation. What marketers can’t achieve from wizards in long robe with a monk parakeet to read through the tarots & crystal balls, Social intelligence with technology gets it through. Honestly, that is where sensible as well as...
The Snapchat Vs Instagram battle is becoming intense with each day as marketers make their way towards the best campaigns on social media platforms. Both the applications seem to be the right one for marketers and their brands to reach the right audience with appropriate content. Facts indicate a distinct line between marketing on either of these two platforms. They offer varied features and focus on different target groups that one can consider as a...
In our previous blogs, we have discussed the steps to record podcast along with the best of the tools and techniques to assist audio content creators. Right from picking the proper hosting platform to cutting, trimming, editing and improvising records, podcasters have a lot to before the final launch. After learning several techniques and tools to create, edit and launch podcasts, it is important to know how to promote the same for greater reach. It...
Christmas is already around the corner, and this is the time when people get together, spend some quality family time and, of course, spend a copious amount of money on holiday shopping. Holiday shoppers have increased with smartphone usage and from online gift ideas to browsing Christmas products, you can find everything wonderful about Christmas on the Internet. For brands and businesses, whether an eCommerce market or retail outlet, this is the most profitable time...
Social media has now become a sea of opportunities where you can make money, and Twitter is no different. Whether your a blogger or a business owner, you likely have a Twitter account to promote your business or brand. Apart from where one gets the latest news and trends, Twitter users have not one but various ways to make money with Twitter account they have. In Q3 2019, Twitter recorded 145 million average monetizable daily...
Whether you are on any social media platform, be it Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, you see hashtags everywhere and being a marketer, you can’t simply ignore them. Although Twitter is credited to have come up with the first social media hashtag use when a social technology expert, Chris Messina, used the hashtag #barcamp in his tweet. Now, hashtags are used by millions regularly on social media platforms. In this Instagram hashtag guide, we will try to...
In 2006, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey began an SMS -based messaging platform, initially known as “‘twttr.” The idea later evolved with Dorsey’s co-founder, Evan Williams. Today, Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms. Social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram have seen fierce competition among themselves owing to rising competition to rule the Internet. It’s almost the end of 2019, and at the start of every year, we need a quick brush-up of...
Professional networking site LinkedIn has over 650 million registered users in 200 countries and regions worldwide. It is a powerful and promising channel to drive traffic, build leadership, generate quality leads, and more. The real power of LinkedIn is its ability to tap the most professional audience and grow brand presence by building LinkedIn connections. This is the reason why more than 30 million companies have a presence on LinkedIn, and around 90% of the...
With over 640 million professionals and like-minded individuals, LinkedIn is the leading social network that is preferred by over 92% of B2B marketers. LinkedIn is the top lead generator social platform with LinkedIn’s powerful Ad targeting and having a return on investment higher than other advertising platforms. LinkedIn Ads Campaign helps your business reach targeted goals, be it lead generation, brand awareness, or even event registration. So, even if you are a beginner, this blog...
When we hear the phrase social media marketing, social platforms like Facebook and Twitter hit your mind. However, messenger apps like WhatsApp have caught up to major social networks when it comes to the user base, and that is why we need a WhatsApp marketing strategy. WhatsApp, with approximately 1.6 billion monthly active users spreading over 180 countries, is now the most popular mobile messenger app worldwide, outranking Facebook Messenger and other social giants. With...
When it comes to social media marketing, the power and popularity of Twitter is a well-known fact, with around 67% of all B2B businesses using Twitter as a digital marketing tool. With over 330 million monthly active users and over 500 million tweets sent on the platform each day, Twitter is now a dominating social platform for marketers and businesses to not only boost traffic or establish brand awareness but also generate leads and increase...
Facebook reactions are a nuanced way through which each user to express their sentiments on posts. Being used for over 300 billion times in the beginning of its launch, Facebook reactions are still in trend. After continuous requests and feedback from regular Facebook users to add a “dislike” button for better expression, the team came up with five new emoticons. These are “Love”, “Haha”, “Wow”, “Sad”, “Angry”. These reactions improve user experience and sort out...
Launched in 2003, LinkedIn, with more than 650 million users located in more than 200 countries, stands out as the most significant “professional social networking site.” With its professional image and technological advancements, LinkedIn is a popular social platform for brands and businesses to connect professionally across the globe. In this blog, we will explore why you need to use LinkedIn groups and discuss how to create and effectively utilize them. Expanding beyond helping in...
YouTube is 2019’s largest video website with 2 million people visiting the platform every month. It is already under fire for repetitive content moderation related controversies of pedophiles leaving predatory comments on videos featuring minors on YouTube or the bigoted harassment of a Vox journalist. Keeping all that in mind, this time, we will discuss, How Brand Safety is going to revolutionize YouTube Ads in 2019? The platform has been recently blamed for serving inappropriate...
Are the overflowing feeds and noisy posts shadowing your brand’s presence? If you want to curate longer content into interesting tweets that stands out, Twitter Moments for businesses are here! “Twitter Moments let you tell a story that goes beyond one Tweet and highlights different perspectives” Twitter Moments is a content creation and curation tool that helps in consolidating best tweets relevant to a specific topic. The content gathered can be presented in a single frame slideshow...
Since 2010, Pinterest has grown more than a social media platform; it’s more like a key marketing platform where users (Pinners) discover inspirations and ideas while advertisers and marketers showcase their brands and products. As stated by Pinterest, 90% pinners make purchase decisions on the platform, and around 70% pinners use Pinterest to discover new products. In this article, we will discuss How to setup Pinterest Shopping Ad campaign for your next marketing campaign and scale...
Nowadays sports are way beyond just field activities. The current generation is highly tech-savvy and digitally advanced, due to which eSports sees incredible growth each year. Usually while discussing games or sports, we think of courts, fields & pools but never a bunch of youngsters in gaming clubs playing DOTA 2 or Counter-Strike on systems. Today’s youth have redefined gaming, thus making online games a priority amongst other sports. People, around the world, who mainly...
People come to Pinterest to discover products and take inspiration from the platform before making their next purchase, and with over 290 million monthly active users, Pinterest has grown as a shopping buddy and social marketing leader. From decor ideas to style and inspire, Pinterest has ideas and interests for every logged-in user. For brands and businesses, Pinterest Shopping Ads is a game-changer to convert Pinterest traffic into sales. In the last few years, Pinterest has...
We all very well know how effective advertising can be, and we also know about how Facebook and Google Ad campaigns still have advantages over influencer marketing. Facebook specifically presents to us with an ample volume of people from various demographics and gives a chance to segregate the audience by applying filters to it. Whether you are a shopkeeper, an analytics firm, eCommerce giant or stockbroker, Facebook will be holding a large chunk of your...
While a creator uploads and optimizes a new video, YouTube informs: “Now, you can rate your own uploads against our ad-friendly content guidelines” After one and half years of announcing the development of a self-rating monetization system, YouTube launched the feature. A bunch of creators were asked to rate their own video content during the upload so that ads run are relevant to the video content. YouTube’s self-certification feature launched by its CEO Susan Wojcicki...
The new generation marketers have already realized the high potential that lies in online advertising. Older methods have undergone revolutionary changes, and programmatic advertising has become the future of marketing. Purchasing online advertising space through real-time bidding (RTB) is termed as programmatic advertising. This method is the replacement for the traditional manual means of buying ad space, which was less effective and involved more risk. Demand-side Platforms in brief The whole system functions systematically. Advertisers...
Isn’t the word ‘dynamic’ synonymous to digital these days? Well, digital advertising has come a long way from where it began. Right from traditional manual methods of marketing to the digital media revolutions, advertising is the key. Brands and organizations that adapted to the dynamics of digital media survived while the rest evanesced. Digital video advertising trends that spilled magic in 2018 have become outdated now. Therefore, marketers must keep themselves updated with the latest...
Earlier, digital advertising involved more risks with lesser ad inventories and improper digital ad management platforms. Agencies, brands, and publishers bought digital ads and resources through salespersons and sellers. The process of purchasing was mostly manual. Therefore, advertisers got limited inventories for specific ad campaigns at more expense. The traditional way of buying digital ads and sources were unreliable, expensive, limited, and slow. As there were no means to track and record the real expense,...
The YouTube partner program brings better resources, opportunities, and features to YouTube creators. All one needs is a channel, published videos and a right audience. It is a blessing for creators who are looking to monetize their YouTube channels with just a few efforts. It comes completely free and is optional for creators on the platform. There are several benefits of joining the YouTube partner program, but the most important one is that Google manages...
Every smart marketer looks out for getting most benefits from the least investment in businesses. Social media being one of the most impactful platforms to increase brand awareness gets picked by industry giants. There are many social media management tools which assist in expanding brand presence. Since digital marketing took over traditional methods, business growths have changed directions. Social media marketing is the recognized, reliable methods to secure brands online nowadays. 90 % of...
On Wednesday, LinkedIn introduced Call to Action (CTA) buttons feature to its site in order to improve the engagement received on the platform. The LinkedIn custom call to action buttons are specifically developed to ensure users interact genuinely with brands & advertisers rather than just scrolling over. Business and Brands can now advertise better with LinkedIn custom Call to Action buttons freshly added to the social media site.The professional networking social media site has changed...
Advertisers can now make use of the social media platform Reddit to promote their brands effectively. The platform was calculated to have 542 million monthly visitors till March 2019 out of which 234 million unique users were found. Reddit provides its users and advertisers to run ad videos in the expanded card view format included in the Reddit’s redesign. Reddit introduced autoplay video ads to advertisers which can be purchased on a cost-per-view basis. The...
It’s been 50 years since Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Christopher Street, USA was raided in early hours of June 28, 1969, prompting a series of a violent demonstration by members of the LGBT community. This unfortunate incident kicked off the Gay Liberation Movement. A year later in 1970, to commemorate the first anniversary of Stonewall riot and embrace love, equality, and diversity, LGBT’s in Los Angeles and Chicago commenced the Gay Pride Marches. Now...
.Earning a living online is no more a new thing. We know popular influencers and celebrities who make money on Twitch & other platforms on the World Wide Web. Twitch streamers nowadays make a living from paid subscriptions, bits, influencer marketing and donations. People make money on Twitch in various ways thus it has become a reliable platform for a lot of fans and gamers. When you analyze a streamer’s channel properly, you will find a...
Facebook audience network brings joy to mobile gaming publishers & developers now! They can now advertise globally while balancing gaming experiences, thus monetizing the mobile games they develop. In 2018, over 1.5 times improvement was seen in the total number of active gaming publishers on Facebook Audience Network. It set an example for the effectiveness of the tool developed along with relevant ads from the global Facebook advertisers. Users can now utilize the tool to...
Creator’s organic content posts are now available for brands for advertising on Instagram. Instagram branded content ads are suitable for companies looking to make good ROI’s, reach broader customer base online and influence the right markets. Instagram considered the requests from brands on adapting organic influencer posts in their ads and developed tools for the same. Business houses can now utilize their influencer content directly in the advertisement campaigns. The tool enables the advertisers and...
LinkedIn launched the Native video feature on its mobile app in 2017, following which Marketers unlocked opportunities untouched in the market. Previously video marketing involved uploading content on platforms like YouTube and Vimeo whose links are shared on required social media sites. Engagements on native videos are comparatively higher than YouTube link sharing. There are more benefits in posting a LinkedIn native video when compared & studied from all perspectives. “Branding requires personalized plans in...
Social media marketing has changed the way people advertised and managed their target markets. Business houses use the different types of media platforms online to ensure maximum reach and higher conversion rates. Facebook lookalike audiences are tools that are developed using Pixels and software kits to analyze and segment out preferable users. Growing digital business requires proper tools & techniques to ensure your campaigns reach the correct group of audience at the right time. The...
Facebook Travel Ads have certainly made advertising on Travel and Tourism industry much easier than ever. It is more of a systematically designed dynamic tool that aids in advertising travel goals. The technique has already helped many tourists and travellers get their tour guide. The advertisers did great business besides exponential growth using Facebook Travel Ads. Blooming village sides, picturesque mountain tops, cosy cafes, perfect Instagram-able meals and crystal clear oceans – everything has an...
Starbucks gains free advertisement worth of billions of dollars due to a goof-up by Game of Thrones Team. As confirmed by leading publications and media houses, the latte doesn’t belong to Starbucks. An official statement has been issued by Game of Thrones Twitter handle confirming the goof-up and the edited Episode has been uploaded as of Tuesday, 7th May 2019. News from Winterfell. The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. #Daenerys had...
Ever heard of Google Discover? Well it’s a new feature by Google and is surely going to create a revolution the way people consume content in digital landscape. Since its launch it has kept the SEO experts worldwide interested and is expected to surely affect the overall traffic of many websites worldwide. According to SEO professionals worldwide, Discover is Google’s answer to social media feed and will surely have an impact the way people browse...
India is currently going berserk over Modi, Avengers End Game, IPL and the final season of Game of Thrones. While I am writing this blog, the second Episode of the Season 8 has already been released and with each passing day, the craze and fan theories are growing on the internet. The fantasy based fictional web-series has also made brands capitalise on this popularity with numerous brand collaborations, brand integrations & social media posts to...
Power couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have been roped in by consumer durables brand, Lloyd, an arm of Havells India Limited, for their latest ad campaign “Khayal Rakhenge, Khush Rakhenge”. Ranveer and Deepika are being seen together for an advertisement for the first time and it’s already gaining a good response. The ad campaign has received 46.4 Million views on YouTube so far! The Bollywood stars were brought in by one of the leading...
In January, internet mammoth Google had revealed that the company will unveil a Political ads Library that will ensure higher transparency to election ads posted online. As promised, Google’s Transparency Report has recently been released and gives a breakdown of political advertising on Google which includes the amount spent by political parties, candidates and members of the Lok Sabha who have purchased online ads on its platform as well as partner platforms such as YouTube....
Marketing has evolved because of how the preferences of today’s generation have changed so much. Traditional ways are no longer working as the millennials do not like intrusive selling techniques. They’re more inclined towards having good experiences with brands and establishing a rapport with them. It’s more about meaningful connections rather than just buying a product or service and forgetting about them. Branded content helps brands do just that. At a time when the audience...
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Social media marketing strategies are being put under scanner for meticulous analysis. With the progression of the telecommunication, the activities of all top social media channels are now varied with so many possibilities to increase the visual appeal of the content and viewers’ engagement. Active big bosses in the digital marketing use Facebook as the best portal for product promotion. For this reason, innovative strategies and business plans are required to track the new methods...
Marketing has moved on from traditional bill boards & brochures to Television Ads to creative and measurable form in 21st century namely Digital Marketing. Even though the transition has been slow and not 100% but a considerable number of brands have started diverting a major chunk of their Marketing budget from offline marketing or traditional form & television ads to new & trackable Digital Marketing. The biggest plus point of Digital Marketing over traditional or...
When it comes to promoting your brand on social media, Facebook and Instagram usually emerge as the preferred platforms. However, if you’re ignoring LinkedIn marketing and not including it in your social media strategy, then you’re making a big mistake! LinkedIn isn’t just a place to hunt for jobs anymore. The platform has matured into a pulsating network of professionals over the years and is now a top marketing junction. Whether you are a startup...
Google, the undisputed internet giant in the world processes over 40,000 search queries every second on average, 3.5 billion searches per day & 1.2 trillion searches per worldwide. Now coming to YouTube, the largest video platform in the world has around 1.9 billion users who consume YouTube videos on a monthly basis with over 5 billion videos watched every day. In this blog we shall discuss the pros & cons of in house ads management...
YouTube has become a giant platform for online video streaming. According to Onmicore, there are more than 1.9 billion users who consume YouTube on a monthly basis with over 5 billion videos watched every day. YouTube is an excellent platform for not only users to look for the desired content but also for the creators to showcase their talent to the diverse audience. Running advertisements on your videos is one of the most widely used...
Twitter was launched back in 2006 and it quickly became a superstar social media platform where people would discuss their opinions on current affairs, interact with brands, reach out to customer service, participate in contests and use chats. As of today, around 500 million Tweets are sent per day and that’s a lot of noise for a brand to put across their message. One way to break free from this clutter is to make use...
In today’s booming digital age, a brand’s social media strategy is incomplete without having leveraged the power of Facebook Advertising. With constant alternations in the Newsfeed algorithms of Facebook, it is becoming imperative for brands to use Facebook Ads in order to reach a wider audience. Therefore, paid advertising on Facebook is one of the most immediate ways of getting instant attention to your content. In order to get you started with Facebook Advertising, we...
When it comes to advertising on social media platforms, it is necessary to formulate an effective targeting group to which the advertisement will be showcased to. In the case of Twitter, there is a great way to create re-targeting advertising campaigns using the Twitter Tailored Audiences feature. This feature is a lot like the Facebook Custom Audiences feature which allows advertisers to re-target people who haven’t yet been converted, re-engage with people who are already...
Video will be the future of content marketing and if you look at statistics, you will realize that it’s not an exaggeration. By 2021, 80% of world’s internet traffic will come from videos, as predicted by CISCO report. In addition to this, web users will consume more than 3 trillion minutes of video per month by 2021. 2021 is not far away, right. That is where we are heading as far as videos are concerned....
Around a month ago, Google released its built-in ad filter for Chrome, which blocks ads that are widely considered the most disruptive, while allowing more innocuous ones to show. This could cause major changes in the digital ad market, especially for Google’s platforms, such as search and display ads, as well as YouTube ads. Given the context of ad blocker usage today, the move is widely considered a strategic one that could benefit the digital...
When you look around and pay attention to the society you live in, you realize that women in India are not safe by any means. Every single day single women, young girls, mothers and women from all walks of life are being assaulted, molested, and violated. The territory of these hunters are streets, public transports, and public places. Women from all walks of life – be it children or older women, each one of them...
