Advertising methods have evolved significantly throughout history. In the early days of business, long before the digital age, companies used various strategies to promote their products and services
Before we go full throttle into all the different ways in which auto dealers can utilize digital ads to drive traffic into their dealerships and increase sales, I couldn’t resist throwing in some fun puns to start us off. There is no denying that the automotive vertical is one that is fueling the advertising industry
Everything you read and hear in the news right now is all about the coronavirus and it is being compared to the 1918-1920 flu pandemic, so I wanted to take a look and see how far we have come in the technology world in the past 100 years:1920: “Extra! Extra! Read All About It!” is what people would yell to sell newspapers, which was the main source of how people got their daily news2020: “Did you see what Karen posted about the other day on Facebook?! She’s so extra!” This is what people say on social media, the main source of how people get their daily news1920: TV was in its infancy (in 1928 the Federal Radio Commission issues the first television station license ) and had quite a ways to go before it would start becoming the norm in houses and businesses, and programming was limited at best2020: In most homes, there are more TVs than people, and we can binge watch an entire series in one weekend1920: When you ran out of sugar you would ask the next-door neighbor for a cup of sugar2020: When you run out of sugar, you ask Alexa to add sugar to your grocery list1920: “Hello Operator, I’d like to make a call to the Johnsons over on Main Street.”2020: “Why isn’t he answering my call?! I just texted him three seconds ago and I can see that he read the text!”There is no doubt that we have come a long way with technology, but the neat thing is that now we can use this technology to target consumers with digital advertising
Have you ever been out with friends or met someone new, and right off the bat they tell you that you look like someone or have a doppelgänger? It’s always interesting to hear what they say next because it can completely change the mood of the night. Maybe it is someone that you will take as a compliment, or maybe they mention someone’s name that you are NOT happy to look like
One of the most popular products that we offer is Mobile Conquesting, and it’s also one of the more advanced and sophisticated products we offer, because of all the shiny bells and whistles that it offers. With Mobile Conquesting, we can target people by online behaviors (people who have shown specific behaviors online or are in a certain demographic) and also by offline behaviors (targeting people by where they have been tracked with their phone recently, such as a location, business, or specific brand name stores)
When you explain to a business owner that they could put a virtual fence around their competitors’ locations and target people while at that location, their eyes light up and they start seeing dollar signs. “You mean that I can show MY ad to people while they are AT my competition?” Why yes, Mr
Nearly 80% of US adults own a smartphone and we use them a lot. What used to be a device just to make calls has quickly migrated to a device to send text messages, map directions, make purchases, play games and even capture life’s most precious moments
If you're deciding to run a mobile-only marketing campaign you're following a popular trend of many advertisers. Attention is the currency of marketing