In the face of COVID-19, Google & Facebook offer support to their advertisers

The coronavirus pandemic has upended business plans across the country. Faced with difficulty paying rent and making payroll, small business owners find themselves with a dilemma: Should they continue advertising? When you’re trying to keep the lights on, it can seem like an easy line item to cut from the budget, but you risk losing [...]

2020-04-30T21:12:32+00:00April 30th, 2020|Categories: Strategy|Tags: , , , , |

Facebook Pixel 101

The Facebook pixel is simply a chunk of code. It sits silently and invisibly within your website. It’s only triggered when someone does something on your site (buys something, subscribes to something, etc.) Once an action occurs, it’s triggered. And then it stores the data of that action. Basically, it’s like a voyeur with a [...]

2020-04-01T14:33:57+00:00December 4th, 2019|Categories: Technology|Tags: , , , |

Facebook VP says focus on your creative, leave the targeting to the machines

In an interview with AdExchanger, Facebook’s VP of Global Marketing Solutions, Simon Whitcombe, stressed the importance of having the right creative, especially for direct-to-consumer brands. “Many DTC businesses will naturally hit a plateau, which can happen for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, it’s when they move from focusing on growth to focusing on profitability,” Whitcombe [...]

2020-04-01T14:58:42+00:00November 14th, 2019|Categories: Strategy|Tags: , |