[vc_row gap=”35″ padding_top=”60px” padding_bottom=”30px”][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”MCKAY ADVERTISING + ACTIVATION” main_heading_color=”#da2524″ alignment=”left” spacer=”line_only” spacer_position=”middle” line_style=”dotted” line_height=”1″ line_color=”#efefef” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:30px;” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Fjalla One|font_call:Fjalla+One” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Fjalla One|font_call:Fjalla+One” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:45px;”]#ThursdayThoughts[/ultimate_heading][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1533946231179{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Every Thursday we look at the trends/updates/interesting articles found in the Marketing + Advertising + Tech industry. Each submission is presented by a different MA+A employee and covers various topics applicable to our business. The following are professional opinions, summaries or both.
This week we’ll look at: The 2020 Political Ad Forecast, Snapchat’s Partnership With China’s Largest Search Engine, How To Think About TV Differently, How Agencies Are Using Data-Driven Marketing & SEM vs SEO.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1533940315705{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”10250″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”THE 2020 POLITICAL AD FORECAST” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”9661″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Bob McKay
President + Founder[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]Political Ad Spending Forecast see article here
Political ad spend will hit 10B in 2020. Huge impact for a swing state in a swing DMA like Tampa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”PAID SOCIAL ADVERTISING” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”12317″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Alex Andrews
Executive Director of Social Advertising[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]Snapchat Has Partnered With China’s Largest Search Engine see the article here
To help compete with other social media platforms branching out into China, Snapchat has partnered with China’s largest search engine.
Director of Sales + Acquisition[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]How To Think About TV Differently the article here.
Just in case you missed our last Forbes article, here’s another one from Marketing Land illustrating the point that TV is not dead…. but it certainly must be thought about differently moving forward[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”MARTECH: DATA-DRIVEN MARKETING SURVEY” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”9664″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Christian Bayne
Director of Content Strategy + Market Research[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]How Agencies Are Putting Data-Driven Marketing To Work See the article here.
Did you know that “91% of agencies say that data-driven marketing is somehwat or very succcessful in achieving important objectives”?
Although this statement seems to be pretty obvious, it’s a lot easier said than done. Client’s are throwing an overwhelming amount of data at agencies and this makes the job of using the correct data to make informed decisions more difficult. Take a look at this recet report to see how agencies are using this data.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”SEM VS SEO” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”9666″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Matthew Giardino
Director of Performance Analytics[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]SEM vs SEO See the article here.
Navigating the differences between SEM and SEO may be confusing to the every day person. Both provide value, and often work together to improve each other. Check out this article and find out how you can best utilize both strategies to maximize your results.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We hope you enjoyed these snippets of information that we chose to share. Look out for the upcoming #ThursdayThoughts post. (Yes, it’ll be on Thursday). See our previous post here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534123346814{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][ult_buttons btn_title=”CONTACT US” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fyjy.a6c.myftpupload.com%2Fcontact%2F|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-block” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#da2425″ btn_bg_color_hover=”#efefef” btn_title_color_hover=”#da2425″ icon_size=”32″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left” btn_font_family=”font_family:Noto Sans|font_call:Noto+Sans|variant:700″ btn_font_style=”font-weight:700;” btn_font_size=”desktop:18px;”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
