Marketing Automation

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Marketing automation   uses software to power digital marketing campaigns, improving the efficiency and relevance of advertising. As a result, you can focus on creating the strategy behind your digital marketing efforts instead of cumbersome and time-consuming processes. While marketing automation may seem like a luxury tool your business can do without, it can significantly improve the engagement between you and your audience. According to statistics: 90% of US consumers  find  personalization  either “very” or “somewhat” appealing 81% of consumers  would like the brands they engage with to understand them better 77% of companies  believe in the value of real-time personalization, yet 60% struggle with it Marketing automation lets companies keep up with the expectation of personalization. It allows brands to: Collect and analyze consumer information Design targeted marketing campaigns Send and post digital marketing messages at the right times to the right audiences
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Native Advertising

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Native advertising is digital marketing in disguise. Its goal is to blend in with its surrounding content so that it’s less blatantly obvious as advertising. It was created in reaction to the cynicism of today's consumers toward ads. Knowing that the creator of an ad pays to run it, many consumers will conclude that the ad is biased and consequently ignore it.

A native ad gets around this bias by offering information or entertainment before it gets to anything promotional, downplaying the "ad" aspect.

It’s important to always label your native ads clearly. Use words like “promoted” or “sponsored.” If those indicators are concealed, readers might end up spending significant time engaging with the content before they realize that it's advertising.

When your consumers know exactly what they're getting, they'll feel better about your content and your brand. Native ads are meant to be less obtrusive than traditional ads, but they’re not meant to be deceptive.

How Do You Spot Native Advertising?

Native ads don’t look like ads, so you might think they are hard to spot. Perhaps readers may not even realize they are consuming a paid advertisement, which could compromise the editorial neutrality of the publisher. Fear not, for consumer watchdogs, such as the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), are at pains to regulate the use of native ads to ensure that consumers are not misled.

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