Starting any new marketing leadership role is intimidating – transitioning to a new team with new faces, learning industry-specific policies, and familiarizing yourself with the overall goals of your new organization takes time and effort. And that’s only for a “traditional” marketing role.
That special time of year is upon us once again: Q4. While many people may find their thoughts wandering to the holidays, online retailers have to attend to a more practical concern. Q4 is the most competitive and profitable time of the year.
“How do your strategies work in our industry?”
Any digital advertising interface seems daunting when first introduced to it. (#TBT to when I first took a look at Google AdWords. I was but a child.) Still, once you start getting acquainted with the important metrics, you’ll get used to it.
Whenever Google announces something major, the tech industry freaks out almost as much as the Hollywood industry spontaneously combusts when Taylor Swift gets a new bae.
Let’s face it. The digital marketing industry is much more competitive now than it was fifty years ago. (If you don’t understand why, I suggest looking up some information on the history of the internet).
From billboards and the Yellow Pages to Google Display ads and Facebook Promoted Posts, advertising has come pretty far. Remember Yellow Pages? While they definitely still exist, I’d be willing to bet they’re more commonly used as paperweights than as an actual way to find something.
