Coca-Cola: the ‘s’ in social media doesn’t stand for ‘sales’
According to Eric Schmidt, Coca-Cola’s senior manager of marketing strategy and insights: “We didn’t see any statistically significant relationship between our buzz and our short-term...
Category: Interactive marketing
Three best practice tips for integrating paid search with offline campaigns
Although marketing activity through paid search has become more important, this does not mean that above the line marketing campaigns are less important. On the...
Rand Fishkin: how CEOs can be great marketers
Set the mission, vision and strategy. This is central to the CEO’s role and something nobody else should be doing, otherwise the CEO is abdicating...
How will Pinterest’s new analytics tool impact brands’ content strategies?
1. How useful are the new metrics for marketers in terms of guiding their content strategies? Matt Owen, head of social at Econsultancy I think...
Tablet ad CTRs massively outperform smartphones, except in retail and dating
This is important for marketers, as the report also shows that clickthrough rates (CTR) for tablets are far higher than on smartphones in both direct...
Last-click attribution is undermining your hard work
As a simple example we looked at a client which provides us information about the channel each conversion was attributed to. Using this data we...
JUMP New York 2013 Presentations
Presentations from Econsultancy’s JUMP New York, online and offline marketing all joined up, event on January 30, 2013. Over 7500 digital marketers attended to hear...
Automation for the premium
RTB still isn’t the method of choice for many types of campaigns. Brand campaigns in particular are still rarely booked on automated platforms; it’s interesting...
Accenture / Econsultancy Digital Marketing
Econsultancy is partnering with Accenture’s digital marketing practice, Accenture Interactive, to conduct a half-day interactive roundtable session which guarantees to inspire with thought provoking discussions,...
Accenture / Econsultancy Digital Marketing Roundtable
Econsultancy is partnering with Accenture’s digital marketing practice, Accenture Interactive, to conduct a half-day interactive roundtable session which guarantees to inspire with thought provoking discussions,...
Three reasons why advertising and social media don’t mix
The struggle for power which brands are destined to lose Advertising grew up in an era of the ‘captive audience’, where large numbers of people...
To reach Gen Y, will financial services firms warm to the web?
In looking at data compiled by third parties, social investing platform SprinkleBit lays out the case that Gen Y is not only eager to invest,...
What’s trending in digital marketing in 2013
This 57-slide presentation was compiled by Peter Abraham, Exec VP EMEA & Asia at Econsultancy. In this presentation Peter looks at trends that are on...
Coming soon: paid YouTube channels?
But under Google’s umbrella, YouTube has thrived. Usage is sky high, the company has managed to ink deals with many of the same content creators...
Using emotional intelligence to optimise conversion rates
1. Think emotional Many people think they act consciously when they go shopping. However, studies have revealed that 95 percent of all purchasing decisions – online...
Advertisers want new ad units, but aren’t quick to embrace them
The Rising Stars, which include a 927×250 Billboard and a Sidekick that expands to 850×700, are generally bigger, bolder and more interactive than their older...
