In the article, I seemed to be in awe of the idea that Instagram would be
launching advertising. However, capitalism is king. Of course they launched
ads. And if you’re a user of Instagram, you probably can’t remember the days
that Instagram was ad free.
Although I doubt anyone out there has been living under a rock for the last
decade, but just in case I have a stray reader or two, I wanted to remind
everyone that GOOGLE IS A BIG DEAL!
Text ads in LinkedIn appear in a few different places; at the top of the page
or on the right rail. Even though they are far less likely to be clicked than
sponsored posts, the payment and ad serving mechanism is the same for both ad
types. You choose a bid per click and you pay that bid every time a user
clicks on one of your ads. The frequency with which your ad is shown is based
on the value of your bid relative to bids of other advertisers targeting the
same audience.
While the entire thing may appear as gobbledygook to most, essentially Scott
is trying to give a single snapshot of all of the major players in the online
marketing space. As you’ll see, he breaks down the landscape into categories
such as “Experiences,” “Operations,” “Platforms” and more.
Every franchise is different. And because of this fact, every franchise’s lead
generation process needs to be slightly different than the next. What works
for one franchise is going to be different from the next.