Today in Digital Marketing - Nobody Cares About Zuck’s Metaverse
Episode Date: February 24, 2022Your slow shipping may soon drag your SEO down… Another privacy-aware ad tracking solution is launched… Is TikTok on the verge of going all “Quibi” on us? The numbers are in and nobody cares a...bout Zuck’s Metaverse… Go Premium! No ads, more stories, audio chapters, and extended weekend episodes — https://todayindigital.com/premiumADVERTISING as low as $20: https://todayindigital.com/ads JOIN OUR SLACK! https://todayindigital.com/slackFOLLOW US: https://todayindigital.com/socialmedia (TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit) ENJOYING THE SHOW?- Please tweet about us! https://b.link/pod-tweet- Rate and review us: https://todayindigital.com/rateus- Leave a voicemail: https://b.link/pod-voicemail FOLLOW TOD:- TikTok: https://b.link/pod-tiktok- Twitter: https://b.link/pod-twitter- LinkedIn: https://b.link/pod-linkedin- Twitch: https://twitch.tv/todmaffin Today in Digital Marketing is hosted by Tod Maffin (https://b.link/pod-todsite) and produced by engageQ digital (https://b.link/pod-engageq). Subscribe at https://TodayInDigital.com or wherever you get your podcasts. (Theme music by Mark Blevis. All other music licensed by Source Audio.)Does your brand need a podcast? Let us help: https://engageQ.com/podcastsOur Sponsors:* Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.comPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Be Zen. Today, your slow shipping may soon drag your SEO down.
Another privacy-aware ad tracking solution is launched. Is TikTok on the verge of going all
quibby on us? The numbers are in and nobody cares about Sucks Metaverse. And on the premium podcast
with no ads, more stories, and extended
weekend episodes, tap the link in the show notes for more, the peculiar strategy behind the Don't
Buy Our Product campaign. It's Wednesday, February 23rd. I'm Steph Gunn filling in for Todd Maffin.
Here's what you missed today in digital marketing.
Attention e-commerce sellers. Google now factors shipping time into
your search ranking. Retailers enrolled in Merchant Center are getting emails from Google
describing a new program called the Shopping Experience Scorecard, which will boost rankings
in Google Shopping for those who provide an excellent customer experience. The company says
that the program will monitor several aspects of your customer service,
including delivery time, shipping cost, return cost, and return window.
On each metric, you will receive a rating of excellent, comparable, or opportunity.
If you score well on these metrics, then your listing may be eligible for a boost in ranking, a badge on your listing, prominence in placements on the shopping tab, and other benefits that will help consumers find your business.
Google noted that while you may not receive the benefits, you will not be penalized if you don't offer a certain level of customer experience or if you don't provide some or all of the requested information.
Here's how you can see your performance for each metric and your overall score.
Sign in to your Merchant Center account,
then from the navigation menu, click Growth,
and then finally click Shopping Experience Scorecard.
In a recent experiment with Google Ads, the Wall Street Journal found that advertising campaigns that used first-party data from the publisher performed better, and those advertisers
were 37% more likely to run another campaign. With the cookie-less future approaching, the journal
has recently focused its advertising efforts on collecting and using first-party data,
including investing in proprietary software such as Thematic, SafeSuite, and Insight,
and it also has access to a wide range of first-party data because its parent company, Dow Jones, has more than 4 million digital subscribers.
The journal uses Ad Manager's data management platform to segment its audience
in one of two ways. Attribution-based segments, which are developed using subscriber information
such as industry or title that's captured during registration processes, and contextual segments,
which are built by looking at the content that readers view and engage with. These segments are
then marketed to clients via direct and private marketplace deals on Google Ad Manager. According to a published case study,
the journal now uses first-party data to create more than 70% of the audience segments it sells
to marketers. Here is another company trying to find a solution for the looming demise of the third-party cookie.
Outbrain has announced the release of the Engagement Bid Strategy, otherwise known as EBS.
Engagement Bid Strategy is a new AI-based campaign optimization tool built for a cookie-less world
by not requiring third-party cookies or website tracking codes. EBS adjusts cost per click bidding by analyzing data
from the advertiser website analytics system.
Most importantly, the engagement bid strategy does not require
any campaign tracking code to be installed on the advertiser's website.
Condé Nast has announced a new partnership with TikTok,
in which both Vogue and GQ will produce content exclusively for TikTok.
This deal includes several content formats centered around fashion month,
style, and shopping, including live streams, hashtag challenges,
as well as short-form video series produced by its editorial teams and influencers.
Digiday reports that the sales teams of Condé Nast and TikTok
will work together to secure deals with advertisers specifically for that content.
At this point, it's unclear what exactly the partnership will be pitching to advertisers.
However, sales efforts will initially be focused on securing sponsorships for live events,
which could provide opportunities for beauty, tech, or fashion product integrations. sales efforts will initially be focused on securing sponsorships for live events which
could provide opportunities for beauty, tech, or fashion product integrations. It will be
interesting to see what the new partnership ad model will look like. I wonder if they will adopt
a model similar to Snapchat's where there will be a special showcase section within the app
that would certainly be an easier place to drop ads. Or perhaps this is the opening
salvo in a content war that will end up looking more like the now defunct Quibi service.
Watch this space.
How big of a role should the metaverse play in your marketing strategy?
According to a new study, consumer opinions regarding the metaverse
are pretty uncertain. 35% of respondents have never even heard of it. Only 6% of consumers
said that they were very familiar with the virtual world and that they understand and can describe it
to others. Less than a fifth indicated they were somewhat familiar. And while 40% have heard of
metaverse, they aren't sure what it
means. Of those who at least know about the metaverse, the majority of respondents have no
opinion on it. One-fifth are concerned about its potential impact, and only a fifth are actually
excited about it. Data has been provided by Gartner. The analysis surveyed about 320 US consumers.
I'm trying to solve a mystery package issue.
I had some sort of glitch on my security camera.
So I checked my email.
I saw that I had a package get delivered.
I went to check the mailbox.
It wasn't there.
So I checked the security footage.
Sure enough, I can see the package get delivered to
my doorstep, but no sign of someone taking it. But what's weirder is that in the video where I
can see the package get delivered, it glitches. So it goes from afternoon to night in about 15
seconds. I've never seen this happen before. And the package just disappears. One second,
it's there. And then the next second, it's not. So I don't know what happened.
I don't know, maybe paranormal activity, extraterrestrial, maybe my neighbor just
swiped it. But whoever has the package has a pretty sweet pair of high-wisted jeans now.
Thanks for listening and I'll talk to you tomorrow.