Google Shopping (Paid Search) Best Practice Guide
1. Introduction Shopping campaigns operate on the same cost-per-click (CPC) model as their Search ad counterparts. The main difference between the ad types is that Shopping ads provide an image and price of each product, making these results highly appealing to consumers. In recent years, Google Shopping has continued to experience sustained growth and is […]
Learning from a Crisis Best Practice Guide
1. Introduction The global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented impact, affecting almost every aspect of daily life. Measures taken to slow the spread of the virus around the world have brought with them remarkable economic losses. The full economic impact of the crisis is at this stage unknown, but projections of the cost […]
Email Marketing Best Practice Guide
1. Introduction 1.1 About this report Econsultancy’s series of Best Practice Guides have been created for modern marketing professionals who typically work in marketing or ecommerce roles. Given the ongoing significance of email, this guide will be relevant to CEOs to understand the business case for email, as well as anyone working in a marketing […]
Digital Transformation Monthly – June 2020
1. Introduction Welcome to the June edition of our Digital Transformation Monthly report. At the time of writing, here in the UK, more than 10 weeks on from the introduction of lockdown measures, the ‘new normal’ is starting to feel… well, normal. We’re seeing a cautious relaxation of some lockdown restrictions, including offices requiring their […]
Social Selling Strategy Best Practice Guide
1. Introduction Social media has grown exponentially. In January 2020, there were 3.80 billion social media users, with this number increasing by more than 9% (with 321 million new users) since January 2019.[1] But the term is misleading: social media has become as important for business as it has for social interaction, reflecting the changing […]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Marketing
Foreword I’m writing this Foreword in April 2020. At the moment, that seems particularly pertinent, although, hopefully, in six months that will bear no relevance whatsoever and we’ll have moved on from this challenging situation. It’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the added importance this has placed on all of our digital channels […]
Content Strategy Best Practice Guide
1. Introduction This report is designed to provide marketers with practical and essential guidance into all aspects of content strategy. The role of content within marketing and digital marketing practice has never been more important than it is now, but it remains an area of constantly changing practice, with evolving dynamics around technology, content production […]
Digital Transformation Monthly: Coronavirus Crisis – May 2020
1. Introduction Welcome to the May edition of our regular Digital Transformation Monthly report, and our second ‘coronavirus crisis’ edition of the year. As I wrote in the introduction to last month’s report,[1] it’s an unprecedented time to be putting together a report into digital transformation, as practically every story in business and marketing has […]
Setting Up Paid Search Best Practice Guide
1. Introduction A considerable amount of work should be assigned to the effective set up of paid search campaigns. Detailed keyword research and a well thought out account structure in place make ongoing optimisation, testing and analysis much more straightforward. Over the course of 2019, there were a number of developments across the paid search […]
