By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. “Programmatic” has become an emblematic description of today’s business-to-business marketing space. Business data and analytics experts Dun & Bradstreet reported last week that 63 percent of B2B marketers that they polled worldwide already are buying or selling ads programmatically — and 41 percent of those marketers expect to […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Big brands as well as start-ups are finding that blending a brick-and-mortar presence with online commerce is just the experience that internet-savvy shoppers crave. A case in point for this “bricks and clicks” sort of marketing strategy is one newer start-up whose business in the United States has […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. We’ve already identified several top digital-marketing trends for 2019 in this space, but what are other observers foreseeing in their post-holiday crystal balls? As Santa’s checking his lists and loading up his sleigh with nearly a 20-percent rise in online holiday sales from a year ago, prognosticators are […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Small business marketers are keen to local events and trends that can help shape ad campaigns for their customers in various retail sectors. But it’s also important that marketers know what national events and trends might influence their customers’ marketing strategies throughout the year. Right now, for example, […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. As your business plans its advertising campaign for yet another new year in the digital age, it’s important to know where to target those precious dollars that have been budgeted for you. From our reporting on top marketing trends over the past year, and from recent reports about […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. With Christmas but three months away, now is the time to develop a multi-faceted, digital-marketing ad campaign that can ensure your business a happy 2019 — as well as put it in prime position for success in the 2020s and beyond. Whether your business is centered on business-to-consumer […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. The recent news that Cambridge Analytica harvested the personal information of about 80 million Facebook users in the United States ahead of the 2016 elections has sunk trust in the media to all-time lows — depths that lawyers and used-car salesmen once enjoyed. Coupled with other personal-data breaches […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Combining a video marketing campaign with search engine marketing recently provided immediate results for a Texas bank when Advertising Systems Inc. (ASI) went to bat for it. ASI developed a strategy for the bank that, in its first month, has seen the bank enjoy a 500-percent lift in […]
Texas’ beloved restaurant chain Whataburger was recently named No. 1 in the nation by online voters, beating out worthy contenders like In N Out Burger, Smashburger and Steak ’n Shake. The bracket-style tournament featured eight burger restaurant chains from four U.S. regions (East Coast, West Coast, Midwest and the South), with Whataburger finally coming out […]
A recent survey suggests that although small business owners’ confidence is the highest it’s been in six years, marketing and digital advertising continue to be a challenge. “Many business owners have shifted their mindset from recovery mode to growth mode because they feel many of the economic hurdles are starting to clear,” TheStreet.com reported, adding that […]