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Mainstream & Niche Marketing Tactics [TABLE]
In a March 2012 online survey of US marketing professionals, trade publication Chief Marketer found that the most popular tool in digital campaigns was tried-and-true email marketing, which 78% of respondents said they used. Email newsletters were the No. 2 tactic (59%), followed closely by a social network presence (58%). This year, for the first time, Chief Marketer asked respondents if they hosted original video content on their sites or on aggregator sites like YouTube; one-third of respondents said they did. Read the rest at eMarketer.
Facebook vs. Google [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Mobile Search Ad Spending, Jan-Dec 2011 [CHART]
According to March 2012 data from online advertising management platform Marin Software, paid search spends share of US mobile advertising continues to climb. In January 2011, paid search accounted for 3.4% of US mobile ad spending. By December 2011, that share rose to 8.7%. Read the rest at eMarketer.
Social Overtakes Search In Spending [CHART]
Social media has surpassed search, and is poised to overtake online display advertising as the No. 1 source of digital media planning and buying, according to the latest edition of a quarterly survey of U.S. advertising agencies. The survey, conducted by Strata, the agency media software and processing firm owned by Comcast, found that 69% of agency executives now consider social the “focus” of their digital ad spending -- up 32% over the past year, and now a close second behind display (71%) as the dominant digital media-buying platform in the minds of agency executives. Read the rest at MediaPost.
How People Find Hospitality/Tourism Websites [CHART]
The highest percentage of respondents, 28%, said they arrived at a website by typing in a web address. But search was a close second, at 27%. Read the rest at eMarketer.
Revenue by First-Click vs Last-Click Attribution [CHART]
First-click and last-click attribution models are easiest to measure, but their use can over- or under-credit an ad format’s influence on conversion activity. For instance, February 2012 data from Adobe measuring revenue per visitor to US websites, broken down by attribution model, showed that search generated 38% more revenue when measured via first-click attribution than last-click. Social’s first-click slant was even more dramatic: 88%. Read the rest at eMarketer.
US Mobile Search Spending By Device, Q1 2012 [CHART]
Search advertising continued its strong worldwide growth in Q1 2012, according to research from digital marketing solution provider IgnitionOne. The company found that global search ad spending grew 30% year over year, double the growth rate of Q1 2011. The figure was also the highest year-over-year growth rate for search ad spending in any quarter since Q4 2010. Read the rest at eMarketing.
Most Valued e-Commerce Features [CHART]
Almost all online merchants see the value of keyword search as an website feature, finds the e-tailing group [pdf] in April 2012 survey results. Asking e-commerce executives to rate 50 features on a 5-point scale (with 5 being very valuable, and 1 being not at all valuable), the company found that keyword search was indicated by 98% to be a valuable, somewhat valuable, or neutral (top 3) feature, making it slightly more popular than sales/specials (95%), email as a merchandising vehicle (94%), seasonal promotions (94%), and what’s new (93%). Other features getting a top-3 ranking among at least 90% of respondents included cross-sells (92%) and product ratings and reviews (91%). Read the rest at Marketing Charts.
Relevance Of Information Sources [CHART]
The Nielsen survey also asked respondents to identify which advertising and brand messaging platforms are the most relevant to them when searching for information about the products, finding that the relevancy results often mirrored the trust responses. Recommendations from friends and family again topped the list, at 90% of respondents, followed by consumer opinions posted online (75%), branded websites (59%), and editorial content such as newspaper articles (55%). The relevance of paid traditional media platforms ranged from about 40-50%, while many online platforms scored lower, save for ads served in search engine results (42%). Read the rest at Marketing Charts.
Trust In Sources [CHART]
Global online consumers place the most amount of trust in earned media, and the least in ads served on mobile phones, finds Nielsen [download page] in an April 2012 report. An impressive 92% of consumers surveyed around the world said they trust earned media, such as word-of-mouth or recommendations from friends and family, an 18% increase from 2007. Consumer opinions posted online (70%) was next-most trusted, outpacing other formas such as editorial content within newspaper articles, and branded websites (both at 58%). Text ads on mobile phones are trusted by just 29% of consumers.
This finding contrasts with April 2012 survey results from Ipsos, which found that while consumers worldwide may turn to their friends for advice on purchases, only 38% will trust a product or a service more because friends recommended it. Read the rest at Marketing Charts.
