Third-party cookies have been a cornerstone of many digital marketing strategies, providing valuable insights into web browsing habits and behavior. However, this landscape is rapidly changing, particularly following Google’s retracted announcement to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome by the end of 2024. Google’s original decision came amidst several significant …
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Heatmaps as Marketing Tool: Uncover User Behavior Using Heatmaps
Heatmaps are a powerful tool for marketing, providing visual insights into user behavior across websites, mobile apps, and other digital platforms. By showing where users click, scroll, and engage, heatmaps help marketers understand preferences and identify key areas of interest. These insights are essential for optimizing the customer journey, refining …
Designing an Effective KPI Dashboard for Cross-Channel Campaign Monitoring
Monitoring cross-channel campaigns effectively is crucial for optimizing performance and driving growth. Whether you’re running campaigns on social media, email, paid search, or other channels, a well-designed dashboard with KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that make sense, serves as the heartbeat of your marketing strategy. A great KPI dashboard provides a …
Data Retention in Google Analytics 4 – What you need to know
As most people already know, by default, the data retention period in Google Analytics 4 is set to only 2 months. For some demographic data – like age, gender, and interest – this is the maximum retention period. Read more about the details of data retention in GA4 in the …
How to Create Remarketing Lists in 6 Steps
In a previous post, we have pointed out the importance of an effective remarketing strategy for your online marketing campaigns. A crucial aspect of a successful full-funnel marketing strategy is using website data to precisely define your audience and optimize your remarketing campaigns. With a well-organized database, you can display …
Consent Mode for Google Ads and Microsoft Ads: Effects on your advertising campaigns
Why Consent Mode is necessary for your advertising accounts Data protection might not be the trendiest topic in digital marketing, but it is essential. Companies must not only comply with legal requirements, but also gain and maintain the trust of their customers. Even the largest technology companies need to adapt. …
Data Strategies for Your Marketing Data
Data-driven marketing should be the norm these days. Unfortunately, data collection is becoming increasingly difficult and has to deal with various challenges. For a start, data collection is severely restricted by ad blockers. Data collection is also affected by the new data protection regulations and by technical restrictions such as …
Advantages and Downsides of Server-Side Tracking
In our previous post about Google Tag Manager’s Server-Side Container (SSC), we started to look at how it works. We also compared various tools for server-side tracking. In this post, we look at some key advantages and some potential downsides that the Server-Side system will give you. We also draw …
Overcome third-party cookies depreciation with first-party data
Since 2018, the online marketing sector has been plagued by constant regulatory upheaval. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU’s e-Privacy Directive served as catalysts to mark the turning point when digital marketing was forced to put privacy first. These public debates on regulating data privacy meant that society …
Why using dashboards is great, but data interpretation matters
In digital marketing, where every click and user action can hold significant value, data becomes the primary tool for making strategic decisions.Google Analytics 4 (GA4) opens up big possibilities for analyzing user behavior on websites and applications. However, as with any other aspect of business, it’s not just about having …
3 Google Analytics 4 Reports that you need to know
Data is worth its weight in gold — especially in online marketing! It is not without reason that we have made it our mission to advance the digital performance of our customers by offering them data-driven, high-quality and legally compliant marketing solutions. We see every day how important meaningful data …
DMA countdown is on: Are you ready for the new Google rules?
The new EU regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), will affect the big players in the digital industry from March 6, 2024. The rationale for this new regulation is welcome, but there are some restrictions that will affect online marketing in particular. User consent has been an integral part of …