In Q4 2018, paid search continued its upward trend, growing 10% YoY. As inventory gets more expensive, however, more spend doesn’t necessarily mean more clicks—there was a modest 10% increase year-over-year in Retail, less than the search spend for the vertical. Instagram Stories and Dynamic Product Ads ruled, however—Instagram received 18% of total Facebook spend, […]
Who doesn’t love visiting the science museum? On a Thursday! In February! Marin Software and The Drum are bringing hundreds of digital advertisers together in London’s spectacular Science Museum on February 7th for The Big Bang event. We’re aiming for breakthrough thought leadership, deep learning, and an opportunity to mingle with top brand marketers. It’s […]
As we jump headlong into 2019, the digital advertising industry continues its exciting journey through new ad formats, breaking news, and shifting ad budgets. To dive deep into the state of the industry and anticipate what the New Year will bring, we dove into industry data and the Marin Advertising Index—which represents billions of dollars […]
Digital marketing—especially social media marketing—is a fast-paced industry, with change often happening faster than you can say “professional development.” As social marketing gets more popular with the passing of each year, publisher ad offerings keep expanding accordingly. Obviously, there are essential skills every social marketer should have: an analytical mind (or even better, a background […]
By now, most search advertisers have heard about Google’s responsive search ads. Still, SEM aficionados are still getting their heads around this latest ad type. How does it work? Will it bring more clicks? How does it compare to text ads? Responsive ads choose the best-performing combinations from a search advertiser’s ad copy and assets. […]
The holiday season is upon us and it’s always fun to analyze the aggregate performance of our advertisers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Each year when we “read the tea leaves”, some existing trends are reinforced while a new pattern jumps out at us. 2018 is no exception. More Clicks, Higher Spend As expected, […]
Advertisers have access to additional placements with Sponsored Brands thanks to some recent enhancements that Amazon made. This ad type appears in highly visible top-of-page placements and at the bottom of the page. The prominence of these ads highlights the importance of testing. With so many variables (products, copy, images, etc.), advertisers have lots of […]
Instagram Stories are a huge success for Facebook. The format rolled out in August 2016 to the general Instagram public, and then to advertisers in March 2017. Now, Instagram can boast of 400 million people using Stories every day. This is more than double the 191 million Snapchat users, the platform where stories were first […]
In Q3 2018, paid search saw healthy 13% year-over-year growth—driven almost equally by increased click volume and rising CPCs—while Shopping ad budget share reached an all-time high of 36%. Also, Instagram ads gained ground, grabbing 15% of total Facebook spend, with Facebook’s news feed accounting for over 80%. We share these insights and more […]
This is a guest post from Charlotte Haab, Account Manager at 3Q Digital. Whether it’s ominous video spots, sneaky “fake news,” or your favorite great aunt’s not-quite-sensitive Facebook comments, TV and online airwaves, channels, and networks are full of political messaging. Advertisers are in the thick of it. They can shape public opinion, but most […]
Our Q4 2018 Digital #Advertising Benchmark Report featured in @sejournal reveals key findings in paid #search & social, incl. global search spend grew 10% YoY goo.gl/oQ5BtE via @mattgsouthern
Speaking at The Drum’s Big Bang conference, in partnership with Marin Software, Ian Carrington, managing director of Search Advertising at Google for EMEA talked about how the search giant has been at the forefront of innovation in technology. ow.ly/WNK630nIuTe
Shopping Ads are only heating up---our latest research found that monthly eCommerce spend increased 5x in 2018. @GinnyMarvin writes in her latest @sengineland piece that it's critical for advertisers to have an optimized product feed to remain competitive. selnd.com/2N2FZXK
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