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Google Streamlines Campaigns With 3 New Creative Tools

Google has released three new updates which could seriously cut ad creative production times for businesses large and small. The new updates should make it easier for marketers to create ads and collaborate with team members. It hopes to help brands “unlock the benefits of video advertising” and make life easier for creatives. Eduardo Indacochae, …

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Google Announces Ads Creative Studio for Rich Personalisation

In a move that should appeal to advertisers, Google has announced a new feature called Ads Creative Studio (ACS). After a successful beta launch last year, it’s now available globally. We know that generic, blanket campaigns don’t pull in the results that personalised adverts do – and the data backs that up. According to Google, …

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Google Releases New Metrics for Google Analytics 4

The A in GA4 just got juicer as Google Analytics 4 has introduced three new metrics to the platform. The trio will be available across surfaces such as explorations, segments, audiences, reports and the Google Analytics Data API. The new dimensions and metrics are bounce rate, UTM term and UTM ad content and conversion rate. …

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Google’s Upgrades Creative For Responsive Display Ads

Responsive Display Ads (RDA) has been Google’s default display option for advertisers since 2018 but they’ll be getting an upgrade that Google says will double your ad performance. Marketers will now be able to dream up portrait RDAs, which should promise to be a far more effective way to deploy a full-screen mobile campaign. Furthermore, …

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Google Offers More Conversions With Latest Performance Max Updates

For Google advertisers in 2022, Performance Max campaigns have loomed large, with Google leaning into campaign automation in a big way. Performance Max is a goal-based campaign type that allows advertisers to access all of their Google Ads inventory from a single campaign across channels like YouTube, Display, Search, Discover, Gmail, and Maps. Performance Max …

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Google Announces July 2023 Deadline for Google Analytics 4 Migration

Google has finally released the dreaded timeline for the shift to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), as it begins phasing out Universal Analytics (UA) in 2023. For marcomms teams that rely on Google Analytics – which is most – the shift to GA4 is undoubtedly one of the key tasks of 2022. For those that never …

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Google Analytics 4 Announces New Personalised Reports

For organisations in 2022, one of the biggest and most painful marketing tasks of the year will be commencing the shift from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). For the time being, Google advises businesses to run GA4 alongside the legacy version of Google Analytics (i.e. Universal Analytics) before gradually shifting to GA4 wholesale …

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Google Rolls Out “Enhanced Conversions for Leads” For Offline Reporting

Despite the recent rise of eCommerce and rapid digital transformation sparked off by the global health pandemic, most business outcomes still take place offline. In effect, creating a near-permanent headache for marketers looking to measure and attribute online to offline business goals. While finding a perfect solution remains some way off, Google has recently made …

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Google lifts the lid on Google Maps reviews

For businesses that prioritise local marketing or communications activity, Google Maps can be a gamechanger. To help businesses better utilise Maps, Google has lifted the lid on how Maps reviews work, aiding organisations to boost visibility while also protecting their reputation. Ian Leader, Group Product Manager, User Generated Content “With millions of reviews posted every …

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Google Bets Big on Performance Max Campaigns In 2022

Anyone who has ever tried to untangle marketing attribution data will know customer journeys are drawn out, convoluted affairs. According to Google, this past holiday season, 54% of shoppers used five or more channels, like video and social media, to shop over a two-day period. To help address this, at the end of last year, …

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