Tag Archives: targeting

Ads on blogs

I just had a chance to check my blog. Here’s the type of quality ad that gets served on blogs like mine. Do you know if the creative is automatically generated by some brilliant AI? Or have you ever really … Continue reading

Posted in digital marketing, Direct Response, Marketing, Media, Tactics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Ads on blogs

Justifying the Weird

What’s the success rate for people trying to evade marketing surveillance on the web? I think it’s zero. Check out the story of Ross William Ulbricht AKA “Dread Pirate Roberts” of Silk Road infamy. He was alleged to be responsible … Continue reading

Posted in Data, digital marketing, fraud, Marketing, Media, Security | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Justifying the Weird

Re-Seal the Deal: Category Repurchase

Three years ago today, I wrote about a great piece of direct mail I received from a local driveway sealer company. The piece had everything needed to make a purchase decision: a great offer, strong call to action, and perfect … Continue reading

Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Strategy, Tactics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Re-Seal the Deal: Category Repurchase

Handling Marketing “Helmet Fire”

Helmet fire, also known as task saturation, is a silent killer among pilots. As more things happen at once, you start to fail. You might get fixated on one thing–like the 20 cent light that killed 101 aboard Eastern Air … Continue reading

Posted in digital marketing, Marketing, Tactics | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Handling Marketing “Helmet Fire”

Decent Direct Mail

Every once in a while you get direct response that’s properly targeted. It restores my faith in humanity, even if the direct mail piece isn’t technically the best I’ve ever seen. Continue reading

Posted in Data, Direct Response, Marketing, Media | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Decent Direct Mail

Segment the universe first, determine your target audiences, and craft offers that appeal to those people. If you’re mostly worried about audience reach or how many devices are in your graph (whatever that is), you’re not marketing. Sorry.

Posted on by markpilip | Comments Off on Marketing: It’s About People

Twitter’s NYC Targeting Tribulations: Dunkin’ Donuts Edition

If you don’t know exactly what you are buying in social media, don’t run the impression. Never, ever, trust the algorithm Continue reading

Posted in Marketing, Media, Social Media Marketing, Tactics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Twitter’s NYC Targeting Tribulations: Dunkin’ Donuts Edition

“Audiences” Mostly Aren’t

Unlike theatrical audiences, who pay money and make a conscious decision to invest their time in something, the online audience is very different. Mostly, it’s people (well, actually bots) that have kind of stumbled on your site/app/whatever and are desperately … Continue reading

Posted in Branding, Marketing, Media | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on “Audiences” Mostly Aren’t

As a proper marketer, before you begin segmentation and targeting to create your strategy, look first to the first P of marketing. Your product. Why? If your product doesn’t work, the most brilliant targeting strategy can’t work. You’ll have no monthly recurring … Continue reading

Posted on by markpilip | Comments Off on The First Step In Targeting: Product. Huh?

Buying Audiences, Getting Worked

I thought the modern age of non-intrusive advertising was supposed to give me only the relevant ads I wanted to see, lovingly presented to me by some perfect algorithm hand-crafted in a loft in SoHO? Ta-da–you’ve just seen what happens when you get stuffed into an “audience.” Continue reading

Posted in Communications, Strategy, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments