How Online Advertising Works: Whither the Click?

Posted by Andrew on December 30, 2009 | No Comments

Display advertising continues to evolve as a core Web marketing component. comScore’s massive study holds significant value for online marketers seeking to understand the role and importance of display advertising. In this study, comScore leveraged their panel of 2 million internet users, examining 139 banner ad campaigns. Display advertising-related findings include:

“It’s clear that display advertising, despite a lack of clicks, can have a significant positive impact on:
- Visitation to the advertiser’s Web site (lift of at least 46% over a four week period)
- The likelihood of consumers conducting a search query using the advertiser’s branded terms  (a lift of at least 38% over a four week period)
- Consumers’ likelihood of buying the advertised brand online (an average 27% lift in online sales)
- Consumers’ likelihood of buying at the advertiser’s retail store (an average lift of 17%)”

Unlike search/keyword advertising, display advertising does not normally result in an immediate click, rather the display ad creates interest in the product or service which is realized at a later date as a vendor-specific site visit, search query, and/or a purchase.

Source: comScore, Inc.

Link to External Resource: How Online Advertising Works: Whither the Click?

See more Resources like this in the following Web Marketing Guide Section: Web Advertising

 

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Google Messaging Ad Calculator: State of the Market Advertising Example

Posted by Andrew on December 16, 2009 | No Comments

A look at how Google uses interactivity and instant value-add to improve its corporate advertising effectiveness. From the Resource:

Tools to utilize interactivity for improving ad reach and conversion:
- Calculators: savings, ROI, benefit/impact, etc.
- User test/quiz (e.g., “See how much you really know about [topic]…”)
- Readiness assessment

Source: Northpage Research

Link to Resource: Google Messaging Ad Calculator: State of the Market Advertising Example

See more Resources like this in the following Online Marketing Microguide Section: Web Advertising

 

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Web Marketing Discussion Forum Now Available

Posted by Andrew on December 4, 2009 | No Comments

An important part of the Web Marketing Guide is user interactivity. To accomplish this, we now have an open forum to discuss Web marketing topics including:

- Web Marketing Q&A and How-to
- Web Marketing Component Peer Review
- Web Marketing Tips
- Web Marketing Examples

The forum is available at: http://www.webserviced.com/forum/

Please register and help us to help others advance their Web marketing initiatives and projects. We look forward to meeting and interacting with you through the forum.

 

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Web Marketing Component Strategy

Posted by Andrew on November 29, 2009 | No Comments

Version 1 of our Web Marketing Component Strategy is now available at:

http://www.webserviced.com/online-marketing-component-strategy.html

Our first two items include the Web Marketing Component Map:

Online Marketing Component Map

Also available is our collection of Web Marketing Component Examples. It is from this foundation that we will develop the Web Marketing Guide at webserviced.com

 

Filed Under: Components, Strategy, Web Marketing