Online advertising, also called online marketing or Internet advertising, is a form of marketing and advertising which uses the Internet to deliver promotional marketing messages to consumers. It includes email marketing, search engine marketing (SEM), social media marketing, many types of display advertising (including web banner advertising), and mobile advertising. Like other advertising media, online advertising frequently involves both a publisher, who integrates advertisements into its online content, and an advertiser, who provides the advertisements to be displayed on the publisher's content. Other potential participants include advertising agencies who help generate and place the ad copy, an ad server which technologically delivers the ad and tracks statistics, and advertising affiliates who do independent promotional work for the advertiser..
In today’s mobile-first world, having a high-quality, fast-loading, mobile-experience-optimized website is table stakes for success on the web. Designers can no longer focus design solely for large-canvas desktop users. Mobile has become the preferred method of web browsing, with mobile visits now accounting for more than 50% of all web traffic. Mobile device usage is so […]ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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As we all know, things look very different this year than in years past. One thing that hasn’t changed is the shift in consumer behavior from brick and mortar shopping to online shopping. The move towards ecommerce is a trend that’s been growing steadily for years, and the pandemic and other events over the past […]ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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When my father was in college, he had a friend who was blind. His friend made a deal with him – he’d buy a car they could share. The catch? When my father’s friend wanted to take a girl on a date, my father would drop any other commitments and be their designated driver. Sometimes, […]
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ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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Apple has announced iOS 14 changes, leading to much speculation about its impact on the ways marketers collect and process Facebook conversion tracking, including the use of the Facebook pixel. Apple will now require that all App Store offerings show iOS 14 device users a prompt (which Facebook PR brands as “discouraging”) in compliance with […]ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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The countdown to Google’s new Page Experience algorithm, Core Web Vitals has started and it will take effect in May 2021. These page experience signals measure a number of familiar things – like page speed, mobile friendliness, https/secure/safe browsing, intrusive interstitials, and now Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS). What’s noteworthy about the update is that page […]
Aimclear is humbled and grateful to have earned, along with our spectacular clients, five 2020 US Search Awards including our fifth straight Best Integrated Agency award. This year’s results are more meaningful to us in light of deepening pain so many of us have experienced this cycle, in business and personal lives. With gratitude and […]
In honor of the upcoming holiday weekend, we at Aimclear decided to dish up a Thanksgiving dinner-sized portion of marketing news this week. Here’s what you need to know to prepare for this “unprecedented” (sick of that word, yet?) holiday season: Honestly, it’s Been Black Friday Since October Now that Amazon has officially taken over […]ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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Aimclear recently had the opportunity to help out a local business that was having an issue with unauthorized access to their Facebook page. The basic timeline of the breach was: [Owner]’s Facebook account was breached Hacker added themself as an admin of [Company] business manager Hacker posted spam as Owner, resulting in [Owner]’s account being […]ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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Everyone is going to have their own story to tell when we reflect on the start of 2020. As marketers, we will talk about the enormous role of digital and how it impacted our jobs and our businesses. Some of us had to find the quickest way to move to a digital offering, and others […]
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ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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The push towards brands “being everywhere” has been building for years. When implemented correctly, integrated marketing across multiple channels can be incredibly effective. It builds authority and brand awareness. Users feel like they’re seeing you everywhere. When implemented poorly, integrated marketing can be a huge waste of time and ad spend, especially during the holiday […]Do you want happy customers? Of course, you do. No business wants unhappy customers. But how do you know they’re happy? Repeat business isn’t necessarily a sign of happiness, as proved by the concept of customers as hostages (when customers don’t want to buy from you, but feel like they don’t have a choice.) Is […]
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Implementing a foundation program library inside of your Marketo Engage application is one feat. Implementing a center of excellence outside of the platform is another. Without a focus on people, processes, and overall technology, you could be setting yourself up for poor adoption and support. With a focus on the three, you could be setting […]
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Marketing has changed. And so have the people doing it. The breed of new marketers is under 40, successful and experienced – they’ve worked for big corporations and small businesses, and now they’re running their own mini-agencies. One thing connects them all: they believe marketing is not about selling. Instead, it’s about helping audiences. 1. […]
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Multi-touch marketing attribution is an essential practice for any good marketing professional. It provides a complete picture of the customer journey, in addition to clarifying where the marketing spend is going and proving ROI for different channels and programs. But I found myself wanting to know more about the personal experience of managing marketing attribution […]
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I am thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2021 Marketo Engage Champion program. Next year is extra special as it marks the 10-year anniversary since the Marketo Engage Champion program was first launched. The Marketo Engage Champion program represents an elite group of our most advanced Marketo Engage users and brand ambassadors who are Marketo Engage Certified Experts (MCE) and actively share their knowledge and […]
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When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size […]
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This time of year has many thinking about Halloween, football season, comfortable sweatshirts or maybe even Pumpkin Spice Lattes… But here at Aimclear, Autumn means one thing: A focus on Q4, which brings some of the biggest and potentially most profitable shopping days of the year. Soon, your inbox and social media feeds are going […]ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]
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When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size […]
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Any time we look to change the status quo, there will be roadblocks, hurdles, and growing pains. But when it comes to aligning internal organizations in marketing and sales (and customer service), the struggle can pay off hugely. But no organization and no leadership should be looking to make these changes and shift internal processes […]
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Adobe’s recent Experience Maker’s Live two-day online event was insightful, thoughtful, and informative, just as I predicted. While I knew what kind of high-quality content I could expect from one of their events, I headed into the virtual conference with one pressing question: what exactly is an experience maker? It didn’t take long before the […]
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