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  &   grow more profitably with Target.Book a discovery call to find out how: talktotarget.co.uk
07/08/2024

& grow more profitably with Target.

Book a discovery call to find out how: talktotarget.co.uk

12/06/2024

In the last 18 months, the rules for growing businesses have completely changed... ๐Ÿ‘€

17/05/2024

๐ŸŽฅ ๐๐Ž๐•: ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ

We're currently hiring for two roles here in beautiful Cornwall:

โ†’ ๐๐š๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ (๐’๐ง๐ซ): Working on our key Google Ads & Meta Ads accounts on everything from strategy and implementation through to reporting and ad hoc consulting.

โ†’ ๐ž๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ: Solving trading challenges, unearthing missed opportunities, course correcting against benchmark KPIs, analysing and visualising data to create digestible reports and building meaningful relationships with our clients.

Apply Now: talktotarget.co.uk/careers

โš‘ Must have full UK working rights and be willing to travel to/work from Cornwall. Kindly no recruiters please, we have a hiring partner we're very happy with.

๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ’ญ Beans: โ€œI swear Movember was likeโ€ฆ 5 months ago?โ€๐Ÿ“ธ
24/04/2024

๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ’ญ Beans: โ€œI swear Movember was likeโ€ฆ 5 months ago?โ€
๐Ÿ“ธ

๐Ÿค ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐…๐จ๐จ๐Everyone at Target is pretty pumped to be partnering with Britainโ€™s butcher  on Paid Media & SEO...
02/04/2024

๐Ÿค ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐…๐จ๐จ๐

Everyone at Target is pretty pumped to be partnering with Britainโ€™s butcher on Paid Media & SEO.

The brand is trusted by over 4+ million customers in the UK & Ireland - having helped health-conscious eCommerce shoppers to make savings on their lean, mean protein since 2012. ๐Ÿ’ช

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ, ๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›Weโ€™re pumped to welcome Targetโ€™s new Jnr Videographer & Editor, Joe Nancarrow, to the team.Joe ...
01/03/2024

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ, ๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›

Weโ€™re pumped to welcome Targetโ€™s new Jnr Videographer & Editor, Joe Nancarrow, to the team.

Joe will be working with Creative Strategist, Ellie, to help produce and shoot punchy Paid Social + YouTube/pMax assets for our clients.

โ˜ ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐€๐‚ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐Œ๐Ž๐… & ๐๐Ž๐… ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐“๐‚ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐In a world of limited budget many challeng...
08/02/2024

โ˜ ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐€๐‚ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐Œ๐Ž๐… & ๐๐Ž๐… ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐“๐‚ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐

In a world of limited budget many challenger brands default to hammering the middle and bottom of funnel

As they look to extract as many short-term sales from their monthly paid media spend as possible.

And thatโ€™s fair enough, right?

Yes, to a degree it is. In the very short-term they may even hit some of those nCAC, ROAS & CPA targets.

But it doesnโ€™t scale, and here why โ†“

As demand is exhausted from M*F & BOF campaigns, acquisition costs begin to sky rocket as the point of diminishing returns grows closer.

A place thatโ€™s known as the ๐‚๐€๐‚ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก. Not a fun (or profitable) place to operating.

So, whatโ€™s the message here?

Remember...

It shouldnโ€™t M*F & BOF - it should be full-funnel performance.

And it doesnโ€™t have to be performance ๐Ž๐‘ brand, when it can be performance ๐€๐๐ƒ brand.

Donโ€™t forget the 95%

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ, ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›A warm welcome to the latest member of the team Elliott, who joins as a Junior Paid Media E...
08/02/2024

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ, ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›

A warm welcome to the latest member of the team Elliott, who joins as a Junior Paid Media Exec.

๐Ÿค ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญWelcome to   gym equipment retailer, .Target will be working to connect the brand with more home gym enthusi...
06/02/2024

๐Ÿค ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Welcome to gym equipment retailer, .

Target will be working to connect the brand with more home gym enthusiasts, crossfitters and PTs via paid media and organic search. ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ

๐Ÿค‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐“๐‚ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌIn its simplest form: contribution margin i...
24/01/2024

๐Ÿค‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐“๐‚ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ

In its simplest form: contribution margin is sales revenue minus variable costs - and managing it is the key to scaling predictably and profitably.

However, on a more detailed level contribution margin can be broken down into 3 models - CM1, CM2 & CM3 - and this morning weโ€™ll unpack them together โ†“

โ†’ ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ
This is your sales revenue minus COGS (e.g. raw materials, labour). Itโ€™s the same as your gross margin.

โ†’ ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ
This level of contribution margin includes the additional variable costs associated with generating a sale (e.g. shipping, warehousing, payment provider fees) in addition to COGS.

โ†’ ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ‘
This level of contribution margin includes your CM2 costs plus your marketing costs (e.g. ad spend, fees paid to to agencies like us ๐Ÿ˜‡)

โœ‹ ...๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ?

Yes, it is - and for good reason.

By understanding all 3 levels of contribution margin and the unit economics of your DTC business, you can reverse engineer your way to profitability by identifying the areas of inefficiency.

๐Ÿ‘€ ...๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ

โ†’ ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ
To improve your CM1 the focus needs to be on optimising supply chain to reduce costs of raw materials and labour.

However, a second solution is to analyse your pricing strategy. Is there scope to increase prices or reduce any over-reliance on discounting?

โ†’ ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ
To grow that CM2 margin, explore refining warehousing and inventory management processes, automation and productivity.

How can you create savings with card processing fees, shipping and customer service too?

โ†’ ๐‚๐Œ๐Ÿ‘
If youโ€™re losing out significantly at CM3 level then itโ€™s time to scrutinise your marketing costs.

What can be outsourced more cost effectively to a team of specialists? Is every pound of ad spend working as hard as it could be?

Contribution margin is a vital metric for  , as it shows how profitable a product is to produce and sell.CM is part of a...
23/01/2024

Contribution margin is a vital metric for , as it shows how profitable a product is to produce and sell.

CM is part of a suite of business metrics (alongside the likes of LTV & CAC) that operators, marketing and agency partners must have a deep understanding of in order to achieve profitable growth.

There are 3 levels of contribution margin (CM1, CM2 & CM3), which weโ€™ll dive into tomorrow.

Click here to view Targetโ€™s 16 slide deck on getting to know your contribution margin, over on LinkedIn โ†’ https://rb.gy/a5lqdm

22/01/2024

To celebrate Liam & Joe joining Target Agency we are offering no obligation strategy sessions to 10 to help them through a trickier trading period.

The sessions are a 1:1 opportunity for us to begin knocking down your 3 biggest barriers to growth and unearthing new testing ideas.

No commitment. No sharing ad accounts or GA4 access. No hidden agenda. Just a good ol' fashioned conversation.

Apply here โ†’ https://lnkd.in/eZYsBDur

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Want to learn more about Target? Visit talktotarget.co.uk

๐ž๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค - ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ โ˜•๏ธToday is  . To help combat the blues, we want you to have a coffee on u...
15/01/2024

๐ž๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค - ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ โ˜•๏ธ

Today is . To help combat the blues, we want you to have a coffee on us this lunchtime.

We have put ยฃ100 on this gift card. Scan at check out at your nearest Caffe Nero until the voucher runs out.

Please be mindful and use the gift card for one coffee per person to allow others to get theirs. Everyone is welcome to use it.

๐Ÿค ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญA warm welcome to DTC eCom brand . Target will be working with the personalised baby clothing and gift brand...
11/01/2024

๐Ÿค ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ

A warm welcome to DTC eCom brand . Target will be working with the personalised baby clothing and gift brand to help drive growth and efficiency through paid social and creative.

Target strengthens its   proposition for 2024 with two senior appointments. Pictured with founder Josh Fletcher (centre)...
10/01/2024

Target strengthens its proposition for 2024 with two senior appointments.

Pictured with founder Josh Fletcher (centre) is new appointment Liam Hooper (left) who joins from Finisterre to become Targetโ€™s Head of Strategy. Liam brings with him a wealth of experience in performance marketing, customer insight and eCommerce data + analytics with DTC brands such as Seasalt, COAT and Soak.

Pictured right is Joe Fletcher who joins the agency as Non Executive Director and brings with him experience in various eCommerce Director roles with retailers including Moss Bros & Austin Reed.

Now immersed in eCommerce data and tech; Joe will be helping to guide Target through its next phase of growth - initially by developing data, technology and consultancy offering.

When taking a daily, short-term view these 5   business metrics will give you top line signals to inform your next steps...
12/12/2023

When taking a daily, short-term view these 5 business metrics will give you top line signals to inform your next steps.

This is your call to keep it simple, and donโ€™t get bogged down with too many metrics.

Navigate eCommerce uncertainty in 2024 with P&L scenario planning.Made famous by Shell in the late 60โ€™s, scenario planni...
11/12/2023

Navigate eCommerce uncertainty in 2024 with P&L scenario planning.

Made famous by Shell in the late 60โ€™s, scenario planning is a technique that challenges your assumptions about the future of your business, by asking โ€œwhat if?โ€ questions.

The outcome of the exercise is modelled P&L level forecasts and a set of policy/key actions that will help you to make more effective commercial decisions, more quickly, during uncertain times.

There are a lot of potential driving factors in play that could positively or negatively influence your brandโ€™s financial performance in 2024.

At Target, we like to hypothesise these as three โ€˜betterโ€™, โ€˜goodโ€™ and โ€˜worstโ€™ case scenarios.

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ข๐ง ๐š โ€˜๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จโ€™ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ:
โ†’ A cultural event causes demand for your product to surge. Your paid agency capitalises on this by doubling the amount of target new customers at half of your allowable NCAC.

โ†’ Revenue spikes but fulfilment becomes a challenge - you have a decision to make: invest in more labour and raw materials to scale with demand, or reduce paid media spend and trade at a level that allows you to maintain your current overhead?

โ†’ What impact would either decision have on your P&L? How would your variable costs increase? Is there a saving through economies of scale with your suppliers? Could you negotiate better payment terms with suppliers to support cash flow.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง ๐š โ€˜๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จโ€™ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ:
โ†’ A house-price crash leaves many Brits in negative equity, resulting in heavy consumer debt and a deep recession.

โ†’ Less disposable income results in AOV & CVR both dropping by circa 40% and CAC spiking.

โ†’ How does this impact the P&L? How many months of working capital are available? Where can you reduce fixed costs? What impact does sitting on inventory for longer have on your cash conversion cycle?

Scenario planning will keep your eCommerce business agile in 2024 and allow you to adapt to change faster than the competition.

With the New Year hurtling towards us, now is the time to start diagnosing 2023 performance to define your areas of focu...
11/12/2023

With the New Year hurtling towards us, now is the time to start diagnosing 2023 performance to define your areas of focus come 2nd January.

From a business perspective, your eCommerce revenue is simply:

Traffic x Conversion Rate x AOV = Revenue

Letโ€™s take those metrics and use them to develop questions that will challenge how weโ€™re planning to allocate time, energy and resource next year...

๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ
What is your % of organic traffic? >๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค. If itโ€™s less, then you could be in danger of being over-leveraged on paid.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž
As a rule of thumb, the blended [all traffic sources] benchmark here is >๐Ÿ%, although this will vary by price-point. If itโ€™s less, then CRO needs to be a priority to help you extract more value from your existing traffic volume.

๐€๐Ž๐• (๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž)
Are you first order profitable? You can measure this by calculating (FOV) First Order Value:New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC).

Of course not all eCom businesses have the luxury of working to this model.

So, for a brand whose point of profitability might be second purchase, calculate 1 Year Life Time Value (LTV):New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC)

i.e. how much does a customerโ€™s value improve from FOV over 12 months, relative to what you paid to acquire them.

These numbers not stacking up? Then itโ€™s a question of efficiency.

Is it time to explore Cost Caps with your paid agency? Can you be doing more to drive up AOV at checkout? How can you make retention channels work harder? Is an over-reliance on discounting obliterating any chance of profitability?

Food for thought.

Whatโ€™s going to be biggest opportunity for your brand in 2024?

13/11/2023

We're hiring! Target is looking to build out the team in the following areas for the New Year:

โ†’ ๐๐š๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ
โ†’ ๐‰๐ง๐ซ ๐๐š๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ
โ†’ ๐’๐„๐Ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ (๐…๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ)
โ†’ ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ & ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ (๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง)

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The hard work of Jack, Caitlin, Ellie and the team at Years paying off, with a win for Target Agency at last nightโ€™s UK ...
03/11/2023

The hard work of Jack, Caitlin, Ellie and the team at Years paying off, with a win for Target Agency at last nightโ€™s UK eCommerce Awards.

Josh & Joe shamelessly accepting on their behalf after Storm Ciaran scuppered travel plans for the PZ contingent โ›ˆ๏ธ

Is contribution margin is the most important metric in   marketing?Contribution margin is the net cash remaining from sa...
12/09/2023

Is contribution margin is the most important metric in marketing?

Contribution margin is the net cash remaining from sales after paying all of the variable costs associated with your product, e.g. cost of goods sold, fulfilment, shipping, transaction fees, agency fees and ad spend.

Use it to understand which SKUs are most profitable and to identify your true breakeven point.

Nice to end a busy week of pitches and paid media with news that Target has made the shortlist in two categories at the ...
08/09/2023

Nice to end a busy week of pitches and paid media with news that Target has made the shortlist in two categories at the 2023 eCommerce Awards:

โ€ข Best Small Agency

โ€ข Best Social Campaign for our work with the ๐Ÿถ team!

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ˆ & ๐Œ๐‹ ๐›๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž & ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐šItโ€™s likely that Bayesโ€™ Theorem lies at the heart of t...
06/09/2023

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ˆ & ๐Œ๐‹ ๐›๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž & ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š

Itโ€™s likely that Bayesโ€™ Theorem lies at the heart of the AI & ML bidding algorithms used in products like pMax.

Itโ€™s not the first time that Google has built this methodology into a product either - Google Optimize (RIP) uses a Bayesian approach to determine the probability of a/b test hypotheses.

First of all, what is Bayesโ€™ Theorem?

Bayesโ€™ Theorem is a formula that calculates the probability of an event (e.g. a conversion), based on prior knowledge of conditions (e.g. customer lists) that led to previous events.

By inputting first-party data, like customer lists, youโ€™re giving Google/Meta the signals it needs to calculate whatโ€™s known as a Prior Probability metric - in this case, the probability of certain users converting.

As users convert (or donโ€™t) in real-time, a revised probability metric is generated known as Posterior Probability, taking into account the new data.
โ€จPlatforms will prioritise who to serve your ads too, based on the users that have the highest probability of converting - based, initially, on the quality of first-party data that we input.

So brands, when weโ€™re nagging you for fresh customer lists, to set up offline conversions or to integrate your CRM with ad platforms, you know why!

A warm welcome to the latest member of the Paid Media Team, Caitlin! ๐Ÿ™Œ
23/08/2023

A warm welcome to the latest member of the Paid Media Team, Caitlin! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Did you know CTR is up to X3 higher when products are grouped in the centre of a frame of a paid social creative?Negativ...
21/08/2023

Did you know CTR is up to X3 higher when products are grouped in the centre of a frame of a paid social creative?

Negative space can also influence the way that users behave and interact with your ad.

There are two types of negative space in layout design:

โ†’ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž - the space in between a product layout

โ†’ ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž - space surrounding a product layout

A more compressed product layout (i.e. a lower interspace to circumspace ratio) can increase the perceived entitativity (i.e. unity/relatability) of a collection of products in an ad creative and ultimately can drive greater purchase intentions and CTRs.

16/08/2023

๐Ÿค New Partner: SWAY Hair Extensions x Target

A warm welcome to brand, SWAY, as a new partner of Target.

Highly commended at the 2023 Marie Claire UK Awards and as seen on Nicole Scherzinger, Paris Hilton & Rita Ora; the luxury and sustainable brand has earned its reputation as one of the UK's leading salon professional brands, by helping customers to achieve Kardashian-worthy hair since 2017.

โ†’ swayhairextensions.com

Creatives featuring user generated content achieved better TOF performance than produced, branded content in the majorit...
16/08/2023

Creatives featuring user generated content achieved better TOF performance than produced, branded content in the majority of our partners' Meta Ads accounts last month.

In fact, one brand achieved a 64% higher CTR with UGC vs. branded content, and consequently a lower CPC.

But why?

Because when executed correctly, UGC...

โ†’ Showcases ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ฉ customers and their ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ฉ experiences with your brand/product

โ†’ Is shot from the customer's perspective, generally using low-fi editing techniques. It therefore feels native to the platform and less like a traditional 'ad'

โ†’ Projects trust, social proof and authenticity

Does this mean we should move away from branded, produced content on paid social entirely? Absolutely not.

Branded content still has a place in delivering tactical messaging.

And UGC is no silver bullet.

In fact, UGC has started to develop a bit of a dark, AI-powered underbelly. In the most extreme cases, brands have used generative AI to create videos of fake people saying fake things about their product to deceive customers... but more on that tomorrow ๐Ÿ‘€ [1/2]

11/08/2023

Growth hack your competitors' paid social creative tactics with these 3 free tools.

โ†’ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š ๐€๐๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ

โ†’ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ

โ†’ ๐“๐ข๐ค๐“๐จ๐ค ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ

Below Josh runs through all 3 tools, demonstrating how to analyse competitors or brands that you love; how to interpret your findings and turn them into actionable insight for your creative team.

Thinking about the importance of not overloading consumers with information yesterday led me down a bit of a rabbit hole...
08/08/2023

Thinking about the importance of not overloading consumers with information yesterday led me down a bit of a rabbit hole.

Specifically, a Hickโ€™s Law shaped rabbit hole.

Hickโ€™s Law is a psychology principle which states that the more options available to a person, the longer it takes them to make a decision.

Can you recall visiting a restaurant for the first time, seeing 20 different options on the menu, and not being able to make up your mind? That. ๐Ÿคฏ

So, using Hickโ€™s Law, what potential barriers to conversion could be identified for a consumer interacting with a DTC eCommerce brand?

โœ–๏ธ Too many SKUs per category

โœ–๏ธ Asking new customers for all personal data, shipping details and payment info at once at checkout

What else have we missed?

Did you know that product benefits and claims are more persuasive when listed in groups of 3?โ†’ E.g. using one of our fav...
07/08/2023

Did you know that product benefits and claims are more persuasive when listed in groups of 3?

โ†’ E.g. using one of our favourite DTC eCom brands : โ€œThe paint thatโ€™s climate positive and available in a range of modern muted shades, delivered straight to your door.โ€

Persuasiveness actually decreases with every additional benefit/claim listed beyond 3.

Moral of the story: donโ€™t overload consumers and say more, with less.

Something to think about when you brief your next paid social creatives and paid search headers/description copy.

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We collaborate with progressive brands, like yours, to digitally disrupt the market place and ultimately, drive sales and revenue for your business through the limitless possibilities of the digital sphere.

We donโ€™t baffle people with marketing fluff or hide behind intangible vanity metrics like impressions or click-through-rates. Weโ€™re all about turning ยฃ1 ad spend into ยฃ2 or ยฃ3 worth of sales; questioning โ€œhow much money did we put in, and what quantifiable value did it add to our clientโ€™s business?โ€ as we go.

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