Incorporating A 'Brand Embrace' In Your Digital Marketing Strategy

In the digital marketing sphere, the lines that divide search, display, and social media are not always clear. This blurring of lines becomes even more obvious when paid search is combined with display ad targeting. Many leading digital marketing experts refer to this blend as a 'brand embrace'.

What is a brand embrace?

A brand embrace is a process that involves the use of paid search to identify various groups of prospective customers who are actively viewing information about particular products or services on your website.

After identifying such customers, the digital marketing company uses retargeted ads that follow the customer around while they continue to search for similar products or services on the Internet. Retargeting ads are served by retargeting networks like Google, BurstMedia and ValueClick. They set cookies on the browsers of visitors, which trigger ads on other websites of their retargeting network, when they are later visited by the particular customer.

Digital marketing companies can use various forms of paid search, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo in their retargeting mix, as well as banners, and direct hits. As paid search gets website visitors who are actively interesting in making a purchase or seeking information, it is generally considered the best retargeting option by most digital marketing experts.

The process of 'brand embrace'

1. Digital marketing professionals begin by adding retargeting code on their landing pages, which will place a cookie on the visitor's browser, tagging them as a retargeting candidate.

2. Later, potential buyers are driven to their website through paid search. This sets them apart as people who are actively interested in purchasing the particular product displayed on the landing page. A retargeting cookie is implanted in the browser of each website visitor.

3. As the website visitor continues to surf the Internet, the retargeting network will notice when they visit websites that serve digital marketing ads of the retargeting network. Promptly, they will display your ad so that the customer clicks and returns to your website.

4. After a period of time, your company will be able to generate a long list of repeat customers who are actively interested in your brand.

Are you worried about interested customers who don't convert through paid search? Perhaps you are running a digital marketing campaign to generate leads for your business. In such cases, a brand embrace will help you to continuously target customers who did not convert on the first paid click, or who are still undecided about making a purchase.

For example, if a particular landing page has a conversion rate of 75 percent, there are 25 percent of people who did not convert. Smart digital marketing specialists do not let this 25 percent walk away easily. Instead, they use retargeting to ensure that these customers come back some time in the future.

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