14. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
Leverage Google Analytics to Create Powerful Combination Audience Lists
THE RIGHT PERSON – HIGH VALUE USERS
Date of first or last session
Combine behavior
eCommerce filters, and goals
15. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
Examples of Google Analytics Engagement Metrics:
THE RIGHT PERSON
Frequency
Visit Duration
Number of Pages Visited
Purchase amount
Repeat purchases
Channel that Drove to Site
Recency
16. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
Identify loyal customers so that you can target them differently by looking at
spend amount and number of times purchased within a certain time frame
THE RIGHT PERSON – HIGH VALUE USERS
17. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
THE RIGHT PERSON – HIGH VALUE USERS
Visits site weekly
Purchased twice in the
past 2 months
Visited product page
Session duration > 600
seconds
Total spend > $200
18. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
30% of purchases over the
Thanksgiving holiday were self-gifts
THE RIGHT PERSON: THE SELF-GIFTING AUDIENCE
77% of shoppers purchase
something for themselves over the
holiday weekend
23. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
Leverage Price and Promotion Callouts
THE RIGHT MESSAGE
Have a Clear & Simple Message
Include Differentiators: Exclusive, Easy, Specials,
Get it first, Always open
Use a Sense of Urgency: Today Only, Limited Time,
48 Hour Sale
Leverage Information that is Important to Your
Audience
40. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
Identify & qualifying your audience
3 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO WIN
Send the right message that will differentiate
you from your competitors
Strategically time bid pushes and monitor
real-time
41. #SMX #32D @EmilyKirk1986
Don’t forget about Bing & Gemini
BONUS RECOMMENDATIONS
Database information & record learnings to
have a better holiday next year
Search Engine Land Article by Mark Ballard
“When we chart the average minimum CPC to appear on the first page of Google results for brand keywords, we see that minimum CPCs began to spike over July and August 2014.
Minimum CPCs rose further over the 2014 holiday season and then receded somewhat over Q1 2015, before rising again over Q2 2015. Average non-brand minimum CPCs follow a similar, albeit less severe, pattern over 2014 and into Q1 2015, but did not exhibit the Q2 2015 resurgence.
source: thinkwithgoogle.com
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/infographics/5-holiday-shopping-trends-to-watch-in-2015.html
Holiday shopping began long before Black Friday
Rather than wait for a single sale day, people started shopping before Halloween, and nearly half did most of their shopping on or prior to Cyber Monday.
48% of holiday shoppers said they did the majority of their shopping on or before Cyber Monday, up 40% in 2013.
¼ said they had done some holiday shopping before Halloween
source: thinkwithgoogle.com
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/infographics/5-holiday-shopping-trends-to-watch-in-2015.html
Holiday shopping began long before Black Friday
Rather than wait for a single sale day, people started shopping before Halloween, and nearly half did most of their shopping on or prior to Cyber Monday.
48% of holiday shoppers said they did the majority of their shopping on or before Cyber Monday, up 40% in 2013.
¼ said they had done some holiday shopping before Halloween
source: thinkwithgoogle.com
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/infographics/5-holiday-shopping-trends-to-watch-in-2015.html
The opposite of showrooming (visiting a store with intent to buy online), webrooming shoppers use your website to research purchases they intend to make offline (from your business or a competitor’s).
Cyber week will still compete with brick-and-mortar competitors and sales
Cyber week will still compete with brick-and-mortar competitors and sales
Audience examples Example:
-people who viewed high margin products
-shopping cart abandoners
-past purchasers within a certain time frame (are you know running a different promo that may appeal to them) – easier to do with GA but can do by URL
HOMEPAGE: http://store.discovery.com/
Audience examples Example:
-people who viewed high margin products
-shopping cart abandoners
-past purchasers within a certain time frame (are you know running a different promo that may appeal to them) – easier to do with GA but can do by URL
This is the droid you are looking for…
Audience examples Example:
-people who viewed high margin products
-shopping cart abandoners
-past purchasers within a certain time frame (are you know running a different promo that may appeal to them) – easier to do with GA but can do by URL
Audience examples Example:
-people who viewed high margin products
-shopping cart abandoners
-past purchasers within a certain time frame (are you know running a different promo that may appeal to them) – easier to do with GA but can do by URL
>200 GA dimensions & metrics to leverage and engage valuable customers
http://searchengineland.com/three-must-download-remarketing-lists-use-search-ads-226393#.VcjVyXzIxZ4.email
Today we’re excited to announce you can use audiences (previously remarketing lists) created in Google Analytics to reach your customers on Google Search, with no tagging changes required.
Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSA) allows you to tailor your search ads and based on your visitors' past activity on your website. Now you can leverage more than 200 Google Analytics dimensions and metrics to create and activate your audiences for remarketing, then use those audiences to reach and re-engage your customers with a consistent message across both Google Search and Display.
-aka more tailored text with their remarketing lists
http://searchengineland.com/three-must-download-remarketing-lists-use-search-ads-226393#.VcjVyXzIxZ4.email
Today we’re excited to announce you can use audiences (previously remarketing lists) created in Google Analytics to reach your customers on Google Search, with no tagging changes required.
Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSA) allows you to tailor your search ads and based on your visitors' past activity on your website. Now you can leverage more than 200 Google Analytics dimensions and metrics to create and activate your audiences for remarketing, then use those audiences to reach and re-engage your customers with a consistent message across both Google Search and Display.
-aka more tailored text with their remarketing lists
http://searchengineland.com/three-must-download-remarketing-lists-use-search-ads-226393#.VcjVyXzIxZ4.email
Today we’re excited to announce you can use audiences (previously remarketing lists) created in Google Analytics to reach your customers on Google Search, with no tagging changes required.
Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSA) allows you to tailor your search ads and based on your visitors' past activity on your website. Now you can leverage more than 200 Google Analytics dimensions and metrics to create and activate your audiences for remarketing, then use those audiences to reach and re-engage your customers with a consistent message across both Google Search and Display.
-aka more tailored text with their remarketing lists
Utilize GA combination lists to determine your loyal customers (just one example)
Personal story: I’m stalking a LuLuLemon out-of-stock product, I’ve purchased twice this month, and frequently visit that product page checking for new sizes and colors, my purchases this past month range from $50 to $100 online, total spent >$200, I’m purchasing all within one category
http://searchengineland.com/three-must-download-remarketing-lists-use-search-ads-226393#.VcjVyXzIxZ4.email
Today we’re excited to announce you can use audiences (previously remarketing lists) created in Google Analytics to reach your customers on Google Search, with no tagging changes required.
Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSA) allows you to tailor your search ads and based on your visitors' past activity on your website. Now you can leverage more than 200 Google Analytics dimensions and metrics to create and activate your audiences for remarketing, then use those audiences to reach and re-engage your customers with a consistent message across both Google Search and Display.
-aka more tailored text with their remarketing lists
Time.com/money/3623359/self-gifting-holidays/
Retailers need to cater to the self-gifter audience
More focused on safety and giving memorable/meaningful gift (similar to what he had growing up
Looking for Radio Flyer red wagon but not site specific or loyal
http://time.com/money/3623259/self-gifting-christmas-holidays/
Self purchase vs gift shopping are two different shopping goals
Give two persona examples with site interaction and catered ad copy
Verbal Callout = Google dynamic ad copy
-price callouts and time countdowns
CTR Change:
1.44%
3.07%
Over 113% improvement CTR
Verbal Callout = Google dynamic ad copy
-price callouts and time countdowns
Source: comScore Custom Surveys
“Percent of Respondents Selecting Each Factor as ‘Most Important’ for Online Shipping
Timing is everything (apply generously and stay alive)
Since the shopping season is over multiple months and starting earlier
Consumer purchase paths are complex
Test the different durations with holiday in mind
Max is 180 Days
https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2454064?hl=en
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/infographics/5-holiday-shopping-trends-to-watch-in-2015.html
Big money was spent through small screens
People searched and purchased on their smartphones in many I-want-to-buy moments throughout the day and night.
$1 Trillion: Last year, nearly $1 trillion – 28% of all retail sales were influenced by shopping-related mobile searches.
53% of those who shopped online used smartphones or tablets up from 41% the previous year
Bid to level of engagement
HOMEPAGE: http://store.discovery.com/
Audience examples Example:
-people who viewed high margin products
-shopping cart abandoners
-past purchasers within a certain time frame (are you know running a different promo that may appeal to them) – easier to do with GA but can do by URL
Audience examples Example:
-people who viewed high margin products
-shopping cart abandoners
-past purchasers within a certain time frame (are you know running a different promo that may appeal to them) – easier to do with GA but can do by URL
Timing is everything
Since the shopping season is over multiple months and starting earlier
Consumer purchase paths are complex
For previous purchaser you can bid on broader keywords
Can go even broader if you determine they are a loyal shopper with GA and RLSAs
I.e. women regular purchases from apparel retailer and searches “women’s apparel black Friday deals”
Example (x purchased and then did y search)
Cyber week will still compete with brick-and-mortar competitors and sales
Seasonal keywords
Changes in Y/Y keywords and trends
Real time insights and bidding
Real time insights into your audience and what the are searching for and converting on
Note the importance of broad and BMM during holiday to understand shifting user intent during the season
Leverage to add relevant keywords and bid them to their value, as well as add negative keywords to reduce irrelevant traffic and have cost savings
Add keywords
Add negatives
Modify match types as needed
Add/Excluded = none
Matchtype does not equal exact
Add keywords
Add negatives
Modify match types as needed
Looks at the past 7 days
Also the outranking share rate column has been added. You can segment the results now by time and device. For time you can look at changes DOD or WOW etc.
See how successful your keywords, ad groups, or campaigns are compared to other advertisers participating in the same auctions. Note: This information is based on Google Search traffic for the date range you selected.
The Auction insights report lets you compare your performance with other advertisers who are participating in the same auctions that you are. This information can help you make strategic decisions about bidding and budgeting choices by showing you where you're succeeding and where you may be missing opportunities for improved performance. The Auction insights report is available for both Search and Shopping campaigns.
Impression share is the number of impressions you received divided by the estimated number of impressions you were eligible to receive.
http://www.rimmkaufman.com/blog/using-google-auction-insights-report/25062014/
-Can identify trends and show shifts in the competitive landscape
-Can show you if the number of your competitors increase are increasing if so retailers may need to pay more to be visible
-Use overlap rate and position above rate to evaluate brand campaigns (can you get more out of it if others are showing in that space?)
Holiday value: how is your piece of the pie shifting over holiday? Can be an indicator that you need to increase bids to keep up your impression share and visibility
Search Exact Match IS and Search Lost IS (rank)
1) Impression share (IS) is the number of impressions you've received divided by the estimated number of impressions you were eligible to receive. Eligibility is based on your current ads' targeting settings, approval statuses, bids, and quality. Data is available at the campaign, ad group, product group (for Shopping campaigns), and keyword levels.
2) An easy way to understand the value of impression share is to think of the online advertising landscape as a delicious pie. You and your competitors are each trying to grab the biggest slice of that pie. By tracking your impression share metrics, you're keeping tabs on the size of your slice compared to the whole.
https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2497703?vid=1-635761315102142790-978987311&vid=1-635761315102142790-978987311
https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2497703?vid=1-635761315102142790-978987311&vid=1-635761315102142790-978987311
Data notes
Impression share metrics are reported separately for each campaign type and aren’t aggregated across the account.
All impression share metrics are updated once per day. Impression share metrics for Search Network and Display Network campaigns are updated at approximately 1pm Pacific Time [GMT-8], while Shopping campaigns are updated at approximately 2pm Pacific Time [GMT-8]. As a result, the impression share data you see won’t reflect the current day, and it may not include the previous day's impression share as well (if you are running your report before 1pm). For example, impression share data for Monday won’t be available until after 1pm on Tuesday.
Data for impression share columns for Search Network and Display Network campaigns is available from October 2012 to the present. Impression share for Shopping campaigns is available from September 2013 to present, except for "Search Lost IS (budget),” which is available from November 2014.
Improving your impression share
To increase your impression share, your ads must appear either more often or in more places.
Here are some general tips to help improve your impression share:
Increase your campaign budget – it's important to remember that the budget controls how often an ad is shown.
Increase your bid.
If you decrease your regional targets, you may see an increase in impression share – but keep in mind that the size of the "pie" has been reduced.
If you increase your regional targets, you may see a decrease in impression share because your "pie" is bigger now. To avoid this, consider re-adjusting your budget so that it'll cover the costs of your new campaign settings.
For Google Search Network campaigns: Improve your search ad quality.
Here are some general tips to improve your lost impression share:
Lost impression share (budget): Since this metric represents the impression share you lost due to an insufficient budget, consider increasing your budget.
Lost impression share (rank): This metric represents the impression share you lost due to a poor ad rank. Try increasing your bid or improving the quality of your campaign.
Identify and qualify your audience and align them to your KPIs
Cyber week will still compete with brick-and-mortar competitors and sales