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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity

The phase “social media marketing” first appeared in searches back in March 2007, but the first spike in interest came in January 2009, when search volume more than doubled from the previous month. Social media ads are tied with sponsored posts among the most trusted channels by consumers when making a purchase decision.

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Programmatic Advertising Glossary & Brief History

Digilant

A brief history of programmatic digital advertising To understand programmatic advertising, we have to travel back to 1994 when the first banner ad was displayed. Hotwired.com made a deal with AT&T to display a banner ad on their site for three months. And it only grows more complex.

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Houzz: A Social Media Platform for Building Product Marketers

Navigate the Channel

Houzz, founded in 2009 by Adi Tatarko and Alon Cohen, started as a platform aimed at connecting homeowners with interior designers and home improvement professionals. These tools include sponsored product listings, banner ads, and targeted marketing campaigns. What is Houzz?

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Is Anyone Left to Click Your Ad?

Digital B2B Marketing

Who is Clicking Your Ad? In 2007, 68% percent of internet users did not click banner ads in a given month. In 2009, that number increased to 84%, and only 8% of internet users represented 85% of all clicks. Now Collective Media released new research showing 99% of internet users do not click ads.

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What is Programmatic Digital Advertising?

Digilant

To understand programmatic advertising, we have to travel back to 1994 when the first banner ad was displayed. Hotwired.com made a deal with AT&T to display a banner ad on their site for three months. However, most simply put, in 2009, we saw the first use of real-time-bidding (RTB).

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It Might Be Time to Make Age One of Your Segmentation Criteria

NuSpark Consulting

The 2009 report (forgot to put it in the “to read” pile) points out that when it comes to gathering business information, executives fall into two categories: young and old. And they’re twice as likely to click on a paid link or banner ad. Forbes labels those of us over 50 as Generation Wang (as in Wang Laboratories ).

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Facebook Ads Library- What it is and how to use it

Valasys

The initial ads consisted of university merchandise and other small companies. . 2006 – Banner ads and sponsored links were exclusively provided by Microsoft. . 2007 – Facebook officially releases Facebook Ads. It basically comprised of business pages and the insights tool.