We provide management of paid media strategies, ongoing optimisations, content creation & copywriting and actionable recommendations for eCommerce growth. We utilise an omni-channel approach to our digital marketing, meaning no matter where our audience sees your brand online, they will be presented with the right message, in the right format at the right time. We tailor creative by territory, channel and platform, based on audience, stage of funnel and format.
Performance marketing is the process of planning, structuring and optimising your paid for advertising. This kind of advertising can take many forms, but typically includes pay-per-click ads, branded content, and display ads.
Performance marketing spans across various digital channels including social media, Google search, display ads on websites and video advertising on platforms such as youtube. Performance marketing involves managing the budget spent across each of these channels, the creation and refinement of the advertisement itself, the analysis of the results, and the ensuing optimisations based on these results.
Performance marketing is a key strategy in getting new customers to engage with a business. This makes it an especially important strategy to new businesses, businesses looking to grow, or businesses looking to expand their offering into new markets. It’s especially important for eCommerce businesses or businesses whose primary presence is on digital platforms.
The key channels used in performance marketing will differ depending on the goals of the business, the business’s primary audience, and the business’s immediate goals.
The most common channels for performance marketing are the social media platforms owned by Meta - Facebook, Instagram, and threads - Google search, as well as the social media platforms Pinterest, Snapchat, and Tiktok. However, as a business grows, they may look to expand their performance marketing efforts into programmatic campaigns across many platforms.
The raw amount that you need to invest in paid media management will vary greatly depending on the size of your business and there isn’t a one size fits all answer. However, mapping out a certain percentage of your marketing budget into paid media ad spend usually allows enough room for growth elsewhere within your business and to actually see a return on investment from paid media.
Figuring out what this percentage should be can be difficult, so it is best to start off slow and not burn through your budget too quickly. However, as an established retailer, with money to spare on one’s advertising budget, a more substantial investment will see a more immediate return. As you gather more data, you will be able to analyse the performance of your campaigns, and adjust your budget accordingly. Additionally, consider working with a professional agency to ensure that your budget is used effectively and efficiently.
If you are advertising the same products or services, your paid and organic advertising campaigns are inevitably going to be linked to some extent, however there are some considerations to keep in mind here.
Although both are umbrella terms, there are a lot more avenues to go down for organic marketing than there are for paid. So, some elements of your organic marketing strategy will, and should, differ from your paid marketing. However, in order to ensure brand cohesion, consistent messaging and cross channel engagement it is generally best practice for there to be some level of cross over. This could simply be pushing the same products, or announcing sales.
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