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Harapan, Indonesia Minds, Exeter, invited UK’s largest network of
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Q1. Q2.
Who has access to your domain name, Can your website accommodate
Hire Talent is it you?
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Yes No Unsure
Q5. Q6.
Do you know the short-term and long- Are you able to track leads & final sales
term ROI for your digital marketing from each channel?
investment? Yes No Unsure
Yes No Unsure
Q7. Q8.
Have you calculated the Lifetime Do you have a 3 month to 3 year digital
Value (LTV) of a customer and cost of marketing roadmap available for your
acquisition percentage? Do you know business?
the acceptable range in your industry?
Yes No Unsure
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Q9. Q10.
Have you done the trademark for your Do you know what people search within
brand with Google Ads? your website or with your brand name?
Yes No Unsure Yes No Unsure
We wish all a very prosperous and blessed New Year; let this be a defining year for your digital initiatives.
2 3 1
Integrate all channels Adapt or be prepared for Build the
and teams to focus on new TRENDS core of digital
Business KPIs
Dimension #1:
The Purchase
Funnel Changes in FY 18-19
If we remove the product improvement part of marketing, we can define marketing as optimizing the
purchase funnel for the business.
Our Traditional Purchase Funnel (for marketing) was highly brand recall-based using
“Please Remember Me Ads”.
“Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of
civilization up until 2003.” Eric Schmidt ( CEO, Google) in 2010
A full 90% of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years - Discovery Research Choose Purchase
(Source: SINTEF, 2013)
Here is an example for the work we did for one of our clients
Don’t create just plain-good-old kind of “Please Remember Me Ads”; instead create awareness for
connect, engagement or consideration. Creating awareness for brand recall may not give you the
A Hong Kong-based publisher came to India with zero digital presence. They had almost a new product for
results as it gave in the past. Reason - people are consuming more information than before, it also
India, something that majority of Indian consumers were not aware of. A very expensive “early learning” kit
means they will flush out information they don’t want to keep including the brand recall created. for kids (even for kids below 5). India had almost no search volume for it (no visible want). We used interrupt
channels (FB ads) to reach the early parents and introduced the product. We also created the website to
Brand recall can support digital consideration, but brand recall alone can’t struggle. Creating relevant share important information on development of brain cells in kids, growth cycle of kids etc. Result, people
and meaningful connections can help you reach the same audience again at a lower cost. showed interest, we generated over $133k sales from Indian markets in less than 2 months by spending as
little as $2k in ads.
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Research-based Buying 4 Digital Markets: To Reach
(for awareness, we use 4
Dimension #2: digital markets with multiple
89% 5 to 7 years back, the brand recall for
data consumption) via Paid
car purchases led to test drives, today & Non-paid Route
it is highly replaced by research-
based calls (89% buying is digitally
influenced) *1
Here is another story that will help you understand the power of research- based purchase funnel over brand
There are 4 digital markets:
recall, “I was searching for mattresses, I am aware of most of the top brands, I am aware of places to go and
test a mattress (the retail store). But I searched on Google and landed up on Amazon, where I saw a new
name “wakefit”. I was not aware of the company, but I liked the reviews & ratings. So, I went to their website, Search (where you Profile (understanding
liked their customization options (as I wanted a different size), liked the company philosophy, and the 100- identify the audience your audience based on
day free trial offering. I purchased it and now I do most of the purchase from there” – Indian customer demographics)
based on what they
If you think this is one-of-a-kind incident, then NO! In the UK and US also, the online mattress market is search)
growing at a rapid pace (it has already garnered has garnered more than 5% of the market and could surpass
10% this year); people are buying newer names without much hesitation. *2
Marketplace (They
Context (understanding the
come to purchase; so,
audience based on what
be in front of them)
they are reading)
Research based-buying will increase over brand recall-based buying; prepare your digital assets
to support research for your industry and for your offerings. Don’t make a transactional website
Think beyond Google as search engine. Think Google’s YouTube, because a lot of research will shift to
supporting the purchase, make a research support website than can support research and follow
video. Build your research-based text and VIDEO inventory for industry.
through with connect or buy CTAs (Call to actions).
Sources:
1. The Auto Gearshift Study 2017 by Google-KantarTNS
The rise of marketplace and dominance of Amazon is going to be the key to expanding your products
2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2017/05/02/dozens-of-upstart-companies-are-upending-
across different countries. In last one to two years, we have seen how our Chinese partners are selling
the-15-billion-mattress-market/#615e4c8a7da3
their products across EU, UK and US using Amazon.
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Digital Investment Framework -
To create awareness/familiarity
we use digital assets. And to
Dimension #3: improvise consideration, repeat
purchases or referrals - we use
enhancers.
CRO
New CTA. Messaging & More
Digital Growth
Step By Step
Campaigns
Paid(PPC), Organic(SEO), Branding
Enhancers
Marketing Automation, CRM, Content, Loyalty, etc.
Infrastructure Investment
Web-Mobile-Social-Marketplace
Right investment on assets will be the key to success. The demand for the RIGHT technical partner will
see an increase in the coming years. Also, architecture for scalability will be more in demand.
Last 2 years were the years of marketing automation in the UK. This will grow further as more
businesses would look for strong integration with marketing automation, CRM, and ERP (for larger
companies).
IN FY 18-19
in 5 years is now possible in 1 year, including a
lesser known trend to turn mainstream. In today’s
constantly changing digital landscape, it is good
to be aware of the surrounding and milk it at the
right time.
Digital Advertisement
SEO
Content & Social Media To make FY 18-19 more effective, we have jotted down the trends and actionable insights to strengthen
the core digital concept of digital success. This will give you hints about the digital elements which can
Design come in your way of Digital Success.
& Others
DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT out deep insights about the audience and started
to put the thoughts into sentences. The copies
were vetted by the agency’s copywriters before
IN FY 18-19
they were made live. In future, we will be seeing
more such human AI collaboration to create huge
amount of data-backed ad content in real time.
1. Negative keyword lists across accounts 11. View-through-conversions (VTCs) for 20. Google to stop reading emails for Gmail 31. Bing Ads rolls out account level ad
can be shared (January, FY 17-18) Gmail ads campaigns can be measured. ads. ( June, FY 17-18) extensions. (September, FY 17-18)
2. Data Studio integrated with Google (April, FY 17-18) 21. Bing Ads introduces expanded device 32. Bing Ads introduces new URL tracking
Search Console. (February, FY 17-18) 12. Google launches Google Attribution. targeting, supports mobile campaigns. parameters. (September, FY 17-18)
3. Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) supports (May, FY 17-18) (June, FY 17-18) 33. Google AdWords introduces ad unit for
expanded text ads (March, FY 17-18) 13. Google adds additional reporting and 22. Google launches Ad Experience Report. in-store products. ( October, FY 17-18)
4. Exact match close variants will include transparency to the Quality Score (QS) ( June, FY 17-18) 34. Google’s new AdWords opens for all
rewording and reordering. (March, FY metric. (May, FY 17-18) 23. Google Adwords supports bid advertisers. ( October, FY 17-18)
17-18) 14. Google announces major changes adjustments for click-to-call ads. 35. AdWords daily budgets can overspend
5. Local information in display ads can to Enhanced CPC (ECPC) bidding (July, FY 17-18) by 2x, automatically. (October, FY 17-
be shown to drive more in-store visits. (removes 30% bid cap). (May, FY 17-18) 24. Google AdWords supports remarketing 18)
(March, FY 17-18) 15. Google rolls out similar audiences for to YouTube viewers. (July, FY 17-18) 36. Adwords “Days to conversion” Segment
6. The Adwords default window for view- Search and Shopping. (May, FY 17-18) 25. Bing Ads shuts down Campaign Planner. shows the time between ad clicks and
through-conversion (VTC) will now be 1 16. Google introduces Maximize (July, FY 17-18) conversions. (October, FY 17-18)
day (March, FY 17-18) Conversions: a new Smart Bidding 26. Google changes how mobile ads show 37. Google Adwords launches promotion
7. Google rolls out AdWords account- strategy. (May FY 17-18) site links, callouts, and structured extensions, custom intent audiences
level call extensions. (March, FY 17-18) 17. Bing Ads pilots in-market & custom snippets. (August, FY 17-18) & ad variations for testing.
8. Bing Ads Editor Now Supports Review audience targeting. ( June, FY 17-18) 27. Google launches new reporting to show (November, FY 17-18)
Extensions.(April, FY 17-18) 18. New version of AdWords Editor: custom how often shopping ads are in the top 38. Google AdWords makes an important
9. Google AdWords Introduces Company rules, bidding to maximize conversions, spot. (August, FY 17-18) update called AdWords Data Control to
Based Product Listing Ads to Search uploading up to 20 images and videos 28. Google AdWords launches Search Card Data Studio reports. ( November, FY 17-
Results. (April, FY 17-18) for Universal App Campaigns + more ( to show how customers search for the 18)
June, FY 17-18) business. (August, FY 17-18) 39. Bing Ads show exact match impression
10. Google launches fully-automated smart
display campaigns. (April, FY 17-18) 19. Bing Ads launches in-line competitive 29. Google AdWords’ call-only ads upgraded share. ( November, FY 17-18)
metrics. ( June, FY 17-18) with ad extensions. (September, FY 17- 40. Google bans lockscreen ads from Play
18) Store apps. ( December, FY 17-18)
30. Google AdWords rolls out AMP landing 41. Google AdWords adds targeting by
pages to all. (September, FY 17-18) phone number and mailing address.
( December, FY 17-18)
Sources:
1. https://www.brightedge.com/resources/research-reports/organic-search-still-largest-channel-2017
2. https://moz.com/blog/state-of-searcher-behavior-revealed
3. https://www.emarketer.com/Report/Visual-Commerce-2017-How-Image-Recognition-
AugmentationChanging-Retail/2002059
4. https://www.semrush.com/ranking-factors/
5. https://www.stonetemple.com/featured-snippets-new-Insights-new-opportunities/
6. https://ahrefs.com/blog/featured-snippets-study/
1. Google launches API for its mobile- 8. Google adds AMP-based featured
MEDIA LANDSCAPE
3. Google updates its mobile Test My directly managed from search results.
Site tool. Introduces more competitive (September, FY 17-18)
analysis – it compares your site to your 10. Bing released Bing Visual Search.
competitors’ and give you an insight into (September, FY 17-18)
4.
how many visitors you’re losing because
of the load time. (June, FY 17-18)
Google image search adds badges.
11. At the SMX East conference, Google’s
Gary Illyes confirmed that Mobile-First
Index is already being rolled out for a
IN FY 18-19
(August, FY 17-18) few websites. (October, FY 17-18)
5. Google continues upping its voice 12. Google increases length of snippets in
search efforts; adds 30 new languages. search results. (December, FY 17-18)
FY 18-19 is expected to be a turning point for content; we will see more
(August, FY 17-18) 13.
Bing launches new intelligent
breakthroughs in how we interact and consume content. Last year was seen
6. Google adds video previews to search search features, powered by AI.
results. (September, FY 17-18) (December, FY 17-18) as the dawn of AR & VR content creation and consumption. We saw several
7. Google starts marking HTTP pages with examples (such as Ikea using its AR app to help customers choose the right item
forms as not secure. (September, FY 17- of furniture and GAP’s virtual changing rooms) of how brands are integrating
18) these technologies with the platforms on which we consume content. We will
also be seeing big names entering the content landscape with bigger budgets.
Brands are slowly coming to terms with content overload and are changing
their strategy to get noticed in the attention economy.
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k Important Social Media Updates From FY 17-18 k Important Social Advertising Updates
Quic s Quic s
Read Read From FY 17-18
1)
Twitter launches Explore. 13) Twitter introduces Popular Articles 1) Instagram launches video ads in Stories. 9) Facebook lets advertisers create a
January FY 17-18 Feature. September FY 17-18 January FY 17-18 block list for a business, ad account or
2) Pinterest launches Lens visual search in 14) Share Instagram Stories to Facebook 2) Facebook launches Mid-roll video ads. ad campaign. August FY 17-18
beta. February FY 17-18 Stories. October FY 17-18 February FY 17-18 10) Snapchat launches Advanced Mode
3) Facebook launches Stories in the main 15)
Facebook launches food order 3) Facebook updates its ad policies for its self-serve Ads Manager ( it’s
Facebook app. March FY 17-18 and delivery service in the US to fight against discriminatory ads. much like Facebook’s Power Editor.
October FY 17-18 February FY 17-18 August FY 17-18
4) Facebook’s News Feed update – lower
prominence to posts with links that lead 16)
Twitter expands its character 4) Facebook launches Collection. 11) Facebook brings its Canvas ad format to
to pages with annoying/deceptive ads. count from 140 to 280 character. March FY 17-18 Instagram Stories. September FY 17-18
May FY 17-18 November FY 17-18 5) Facebook adds Exclude Categories 12) LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Audience
5) Snapchat launches Stories search. 17) Facebook Launches Creator App for to control where your ads appear. Network. September FY 17-18
May FY 17-18 Video Makers. November FY 17-18 March FY 17-18 13) Facebook ads can now link to brands’
6) Instagram launches Story Search for 18) Snapchat Redesign: Splits Friends From 6) Snapchat launches self-serve ad WhatsApp accounts. December FY 17-
hashtags and locations. May FY 17-18 Media Publishers November FY 17-18 manager. May FY 17-18 18
7) Instagram launches Snapchat-style 19) Facebook launches Snooze Button that 7) Facebook lets advertisers add product 14) Facebook announces 6-second pre-roll
Selfie Filters. May FY 17-18 lets users mute people, groups and videos, prices to Dynamic Ad campaigns. ad test. December FY 17-18
8) Instagram launches mobile web sharing Pages for 30 days. December FY 17-18 June FY 17-18
May FY 17-18 20) Instagram lets users follow hashtags 8) Facebook launches Messenger Ads.
9) Snapchat launches Snap Map, its like regular accounts. December FY 17- July FY 17-18
location sharing feature. June FY 17-18 18
10) Snapchat lets users add links to snaps. 21) Instagram lets users add pics and videos
July FY 17-18 to Stories that are more than 24 hours
old. November FY 17-18
11) Public Posts Available Off LinkedIn.
July FY 17-18 22) Twitter officially launches ‘threads’.
December FY 17-18
12) Facebook launches YouTube competitor
named Watch. August FY 17-18
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DESIGN TRENDS
TO ROCK FY 18-19
FY 17-18 had been a great year for crazy experiments on the design front. And FACEBOOK COLOURFUL
FY 18-19 is expected to get crazier. As more brands will jump on the creative STATUS
bandwagon with trends and techniques that will sweep the audience off their
Thanks to Facebook for introducing this feature,
feet, social media is going to get better aesthetically. which is going to get even more popular this year.
Brands while reacting to a trending topic that has
DOUBLE EXPOSURE to go immediately, will be more inclined towards
using this feature for delivering an impactful
They are abstract, they are surreal, they are message ON a real-time basis.
deep and insightful. And, no doubt, beautiful.
Brands, who are more prone to deliver impactful
messages can resort to this amazing style of art.
Double exposure, which was already popular
among photographers, looks like has finally found
its way into social media design trends.
PHOTO-OBJECT-
ILLUSTRATION INTEGRATION
Illustrations integrated with real objects are
POP ART ILLUSTRATIONS
ILLUSTRATIONS WITH THICK going to be one of the hottest design trends this
year. Using the right object, the correct colour
OUTLINE combination, and matching typography will
They are typically very bright, colourful and
appealing, and have a retro look. Brands will be VIBRANT COLOURFUL
definitely have many eyes pop out in admiration
Flat illustrations will have a bold stance this able to quickly grab the attention of the audience
year with thick outlines - making them more
of its creativity.
with this pop art culture. TYPOGRAPHY
prominent.
Strikingly bold and effectively lively. Who can
ignore a communication that’s right in the face?
The right choice of colour, font, and text size can
outdo even the best of breathtaking visuals.
WHITEBOARD ANIMATION
How often do you think that it just takes a
marker and a whiteboard to make people easily
understand your plan, your business model or
your services? Whiteboard animation just makes
it easier. They are economical, yet exciting.
They make an innovative way to advertise your
TYPOGRAPHY PHOTO business. And no, you don’t have to put your
MANIPULATION hands on the whiteboard at all!
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