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Digital Marketing Basics

Foundational tips, strategies, and explanations to help you understand and succeed in the digital marketing landscape.
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The Latest and Greatest Mobile Marketing
Mobile Marketing is a hot commodity among advertisers around the country, as consumers spend more and more time on their mobile devices daily. Our Mobile Conquesting products have many advanced features, including geo-fencing, behavioral/location/brand targeting, dynamically updated ads, weather triggered ads, geo-retargeting, geo-lookalike targeting, and also the ability to track in-store visits
Megan Malone
August 14, 2018
How To Be A Digital Marketing Guru
Because you are reading this, it is likely that you and your team have now completed your digital training. (if you haven’t, click here and get on board!  You make the effort to keep up to date on all things digital through ongoing education and weekly webinars
Dana Bojcic
August 6, 2018
Are You Looking For More Quality Conversions?
Conversions are pretty much the pot of gold for digital marketing.  Increasing your conversion rate is fundamental to your client's return on investment and make the most of your digital marketing budget
Leslye Schumacher
July 27, 2018
Why Do Native Ads Work?
I have always been told "You can't have your cake and eat it too."  What does that really mean and how is it relevant to native advertising?  The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrases "you can't have it both ways" and "you can't have the best of both worlds
Leslye Schumacher
July 3, 2018
Are you interested in FREE MONEY that can be used on digital?
I find this statistic shocking: “Roughly half of the nearly $70 billion allocated to fund co-op advertising programs goes unused every year.” However, according to estimates from LSA, Borrell Associates and others that is exactly what is happening
Dana Bojcic
March 5, 2018
How are small and medium-sized businesses spending their ad dollars this year?
Looking at total ad spend alone; the short answer is “similar to last year.” However, when broken down product by product, we learn that even though half of Small and Medium Businesses are not increasing their overall ad dollars by much, they are adjusting how they are allocating those ad dollars, and more money is moving to digital media
Dana Bojcic
January 29, 2018
What are small business marketing resolutions for 2018?
As this year closes and a new one begins, small business owners are seeking strategies that can help them remain competitive and relevant.  They are analyzing past tactics and campaigns and determining where and how to spend their marketing dollars
Dana Bojcic
December 31, 2017
Google Analytics Workaround: Using Bit.ly Instead Of UTM Codes
More and more, advertisers are using Google Analytics to traffic the traffic that comes to them from a digital campaign. While Google Analytics is a great tool for analyzing what your website traffic does once they get to your website, it has its limitations
Leslye Schumacher
December 22, 2017
What Is Geo-Framing?
Geo-Framing technology allow us to go back in time to previous events where we have captured people’s mobile Unique Device ID’s, map those Unique Device ID’s to their homes, and show those people ads now, across all devices.  It combines the best of aspects of Geo-Fencing and Household IP Targeting
Leslye Schumacher
November 25, 2017
How long does a digital campaign need to run to work? (Example)
One of the core challenges advertisers face is determining how long a digital marketing campaign should last.Digital, like many other mediums, requires frequency
Dana Bojcic
November 6, 2017
What is Geo-Farming with digital ads? (Example)
You may have heard about a new tactic that’s becoming popular with advertisers seeking to reach people on their mobile devices…It’s called by some Geo-Farming. It’s also referred to as Geo-Retargeting (what we at Vici call it)
Leslye Schumacher
October 16, 2017
How Vici Hires Top Talent
Update: Facebook shuttered Jobs on Facebook (February 2023) and Instant Articles (April 2023)We are extraordinarily proud of the team we’ve built here at Vici, but as with all systems we utilize, hiring takes constant refinement.  People on our staff are not only marketing savvy, smart, and thoughtful, but also have an inherit want to be customer-focused
Megan Malone
September 14, 2017