Strategy – Promise Media

Product Strategy Balances Desktop and Mobile

A site product strategy that balances desktop and mobile versions will improve time management and return on investment.

Websites rarely have the same amount of desktop and mobile visitors. Likewise, they rarely have the same amount of desktop and mobile ad revenue, transactions or other forms of income. But large differences can reveal weaknesses in either platform, especially mobile.

So the first step in developing a site product strategy is research by the publisher into the two platforms that identifies how much audience and revenue each one is producing. Continue reading “Product Strategy Balances Desktop and Mobile”

Contextual Ads Need Contextual Content

Contextual advertising from Google AdSense will deliver high CPMs and click-through rates if they appear with content that provides the right context.

What are contextual advertising banners? They are ads whose subject matter is determined dynamically by the site content that surrounds it.

For example, a contextual ad on a travel site will display travel advertisers. If the ad appears on a page about Caribbean cruises, the ad most likely will display cruise advertisers specifically.

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Best Website Content Produces Hefty Revenue

The best website content produces more revenue and audience when it is both deep and broad.

“Content is King” is a well-known saying when online publishers debate how to succeed at growing profits and revenue. But the saying doesn’t really say much.

What it really means is that content in two forms produces the revenue — abundant quantity and optimized quality. Continue reading “Best Website Content Produces Hefty Revenue”

Forum Sites Produce Postings But Not Much Else

Forum sites can generate high visits and page views from a core group of site visitors, but they also generate quite a few headaches.

Crowd Forum sites can generate high visits and page views from a core group of site visitors, but they also generate quite a few headaches.

Also known as message boards, forums come in two flavors: moderated and unmoderated. Moderated boards usually have a moderator who guides the direction of the discussion and sometimes even reviews the posting before it can go live. Visitors often have to register before posting.

Unmoderated boards allow anyone to post just about anything except for the usual list of dangerous or socially unacceptable behavior — vulgarity, threats, libel, etc. Continue reading “Forum Sites Produce Postings But Not Much Else”

Site Personalization Matters More to Advertisers Than Visitors

Site personalization is an essential part of any online advertising strategy.

crowd Site personalization is an essential part of any online advertising strategy.

It’s not just essential. It’s critical for long-term growth and even survival of traditional and online media companies.

Two companies that know this well are Google and Facebook. The two largest online advertising companies in the world generated $75 billion and $18 billion respectively in the most recent fiscal year, according to their public financial reports.

Google revenue grew nearly 14 percent year over year. Facebook revenue grew 44 percent during the same period.

Consider that all advertising expenditures will grow less than 5 percent in 2016, according to Advertising Age.

Consider as well that digital advertising online will grow 20 percent in 2016, Emarketer says.

That means the growth of Google and Facebook is coming at the expense of other companies in traditional media. It also means that Facebook’s growth is coming at the expense of other online companies.

Site personalization is key to their success with advertisers. Continue reading “Site Personalization Matters More to Advertisers Than Visitors”