Outbrain is a native advertising platform that helps advertisers get their content discovered through recommendation units on publishers’ websites. More than 35,000 websites carry Outbrain's promoted articles, while the company delivers more than 275 billion recommendations and one billion users each month. Our partnership with Outbrain started a little over a year ago with a small test on a single client. Since then we've expanded our partnership significantly. It's been incredibly exciting to see how our insights really make an impact and...
We understand how important it is for our customers to see the impact of their sources and campaigns on their business goals so that they're able to evaluate the effectiveness of their ad spend and invest in sources that work the best. To make that process easier, we've updated our “Insight Sources” report to show you the true impact of your referrals and campaigns. The amount of traffic, sessions, and conversions from each source. Sources that are driving the highest amount of readers Regardless of...
In another lifetime, my manager told me to delete a joke from a piece because business people “don’t believe in comedy.” Nevermind that we live in a world with two whole continents worth of “The Office,” or that I didn’t even think I was being funny. The stony-faced bosses shaved that piece of writing down until it was just a husk of jargon-y catchphrases. Like something a machine would make. But our audiences are human -- fatigued, content overloaded humans....
Have you installed a chatbot yet? No? What about a podcast? Podcasts are really hot at the moment. Have you started one? VR. You really need to look into VR. No? Facebook live? 360 video? Vine? You really need to get on Vine. That’s the future of content market - oh, wait Hurry up, you’re getting behind. ************* It’s so easy to fall into the trap of trying any new content format or platform that comes up. It’s like in high...
Marketers, you are sitting on a goldmine, yet most of it is turning to rubbish. In this post, I will discuss why marketers have to be mindful of data, the importance of data capital, and the main challenges of leveraging it. I will also review a basic framework that allows us to approach big data questions through small steps. Why bother with data? Data holds the key to sustainable growth. In marketing, similar to the scientific world, innovation and growth...
Imperva is a leading provider of enterprise-scale data and application security solutions that enable compliance and protect critical information from criminal activity. Recognized for its world-class technology, at the time of writing this case study, Imperva was the only company to have led Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls for four consecutive years. They're also a valued TrenDemon customer. We've been working together for a little over a year, and I must say - it's a true pleasure. Imperva works...
Content marketers can often have a love/hate relationship with calls to action. There’s always the fear that a call-to-action can come across as too sales-y or aggressive, and placement and design can be a head-scratcher. If you decide to add a CTA to your article body, here are a few mistakes to avoid. 1) Not considering the traffic source or campaign. User behavior differs from platform to platform, and also by traffic source. For example - people engaging with your...
Investments have been made. People have been hired. Results are expected. We all know that content marketing works. But what indicators tell you that your strategy is paying off? And if it’s not, how can you improve it? After talking to countless companies struggling with measuring 1their content efforts, we came up with a helpful cheat sheet. Here’s a little taste of four things that indicate the health state of your content marketing moves. For more, download the complete Cheat Sheet. Reach...
I was running late for my next meeting. I rushed to the car- a rental I picked up at the airport - and starting looking frantically for the sat nav. This was a few years before Waze and Google Maps when digital navigation was just starting out. I launched the maps app from the display panel and typed in the address. A marker showed me the locations on a detailed street map of the area. I spent a few more...
Check out our interview with the Syncsort team regarding marketing personalization - link to full interview. Here is a short preview of the full interview: Can you tell us about the mission behind TrenDemon? How are you hoping to impact the digital marketing space? TrenDemon helps marketers better align their efforts with the company’s business goals. In my previous role, as a founder at an online marketing agency, I experienced first-hand the challenges of measuring and proving content marketing ROI. I was...
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