Ryan Hilliard, Head of Growth at ROI Revolution, reviews the importance of considering the customer journey when approaching your digital marketing mix, and applies this key facet of advertising to managing Shopping Campaigns for Google and Bing.
10. TODAY’S JOURNEY
Goals
Strategic insights to understanding and
executing successful shopping
strategies
Tactical adjustments you can run with
today
But first…
13. WHAT ARE YOUR TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH?
Core Terms
Categories
High Volume
Ultra Competitive
Difficult to Qualify
Brand Focused
Manufacturers
Significant Volume
Competitive
Better Quality
Long Tail
Model numbers,
colors, sizes, etc.
Low Volume
Competitive
Very qualified
“knee brace” “donjoy knee brace”
“orange donjoy knee
brace medium”
14. FIRST, EXCLUDE PRODUCTS
Think! What do you care
about?
By focusing your
investment, you speed
up your ability to make
data-driven decisions
In campaign settings,
exclude products that do
not align with your
business strategy
15. The impact of
every layer of
targeting and
optimization we
are going to
discuss today
depends on the
structure that is
in place.
START WITH STRUCTURE
16. STRUCTURE…START WITH
BRAND + PRODUCT TYPE
• Brands tend to carry
similar margins
• Brands tend to be
priority or non-
priority
• Brands have levels
of inventory
investment
17. Structure similar themes, like brand & product type
These insights are tied
directly to the auctions for
which the products in the
group qualify.
Balance granularity,
volume & relevance.
Use this information for
direction, but not as
gospel.
Leverage competitive insights
18. FOCUS ON TOP SELLERS
Identify top performers
Where is this information?
Leverage business-level information
Use Google Analytics data to look across
all sources or channels
Use interface specific data to see how
people perform when interacting with
products
Scale your investment in these products
19. LAYER AUDIENCES & DIP YOUR TOE
When concepts drive too much volume, add control by layering
users you know about with Remarketing Lists for Shopping.
Previous purchasers
Engaged users
High return frequency
High time on site
Previous visitors
21. UTILIZE NEW ATTRIBUTION MODELS
Don’t discount steps in the funnel…
…but measure overall performance using a constant, like Google Analytics.
22. Lastly, when it comes to effective targeting,
it’s all about the feed.
23. SUMMARY
Exclude losing products from the start
Start with structure
Leverage competitive insights
Focus on top sellers
Layer audiences
Think about cross-device behavior
Understand your attribution model
It all hinges on a great feed
25. ABOUT ME: RYAN HILLIARD
• Head of Growth at ROI Revolution
• Joined October 2010
• Passionate about problem solving
26. ABOUT ROI REVOLUTION
• Founded in 2002
• Full-Service Digital Marketing
Agency
• Goal-Focused Management
• Integrated Approach
Notas do Editor
The goal of the presentation today is the highlight the importance of understanding the customer journey when it comes to planning and evaluating the performance of your digital marketing mix
We will build on this by drilling specifically into Google Shopping, a tremendous direct response channel for retailers at the bottom of the purchase funnel.
With multiple devices driving unique types of behavior, the impact of social media on brand awareness and engagement, and default tracking attribution models, as well as other crossroads to the customer journey, it is becoming extremely difficult to make decisions based on the data you do have.
For many companies, ‘free’ channels like direct and organic traffic drive a significant impact to your overall business. What is the problem with that? The only frustrating thing about ‘free’ revenue is not understanding where it came from.
The best thing about understanding where revenue came from in the customer journey, you know where to get more.
Understand that channels are not created equal; but instead, like in this painting, they are dots that, when coupled, layered and coordinated intelligently create a beautiful revenue generating picture.
Ensure you do not apply universal KPIs to distinctly different channels or audiences. Social traffic is not paid traffic, which is not content traffic. Each serves a purpose and success carries different definitions.
Once you understand the picture for your business, you know how to fill your purchase pipeline yourself, making your business exponentially more scalable.
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Determine a target objective within the initiative you set out upon.