Statistics from Wyzowl in their 2021 State of Video Marketing survey found that 96% of consumers have watched an explainer video to learn more about a service or product. 84% also said that they have been convinced to buy services or products from a brand due to their videos. This shows that as the popularity…
Statistics from the Sprout Social Index found that learning about new products and services is why 57% of consumers follow brands on social media, with another 47% doing so to learn about company news. Once following, 91% will visit the brand’s website, 89% will buy from that brand and 85% will recommend a product or…
Google has announced that by July 2022, advertisers will no longer be able to create Expanded Text Ads (ETAs) or edit existing ones in Google Ads. Existing ads will still be able to provide reports, as well as being paused, resumed or removed. This is the latest move from Google as it looks to use…
Google has announced that it has changed how titles are created for search listings, with the search query no longer being used. Previously, the query put in by the user would formulate the title of the snippets for each search result. Google has said it now uses “the main visual title or headline shown on…
Live chat allows customers to directly talk to a brand, providing convenience. However, most consumers look towards quick responses. In statistics from HubSpot Research, 82% of consumers rated an immediate response as very important for marketing or sales questions. A further 90% of consumers rated similarly in terms of immediate responses for customer service questions.…
SMS marketing has often been described as having died, but it seems news of its demise was greatly exaggerated. A recent study by SimpleTexting shows that through 2020 and into 2021, SMS marketing has shown a resurgence, with the pandemic resulting in more people checking their phones. 61% of consumers increased or significantly increased the…
Data from the Sprout Social Index shows that marketers see video as the most valuable form of content in 2021, with 54% of those surveyed. However, many brands and companies are hesitant to dive into video content, staying with solely with images. Currently, only 14% of Facebook, 11% of Instagram and 5% of Twitter posts…
Instagram Reels is to start including ads, Facebook has announced, having tested them for users in Australia, Brazil, India and Germany. They will now be rolled out globally, with the ads vertically oriented and at a maximum of 30 seconds long. Prior to this, the company had seen to be focused on growing its platform…
Google has unveiled the latest updates that are coming to the Google Analytics platform, such as privacy-safe customer insights and making the system easier to use and more intuitive. The new “privacy-safe solutions” are designed to allow advertisers to still optimise performance when conversion data is not available. Modelled data and observed data will be…
Twitter is testing Fleet ads, vertical format full screen adverts, on its platform. Using a 9:16 aspect ratio, each advert will be up to 30 seconds long and have a call-to-action for users to swipe up. Performance metrics will be available, such as impressions and site visits, to total views and quartile reporting. Twitter released…