measuring the impact of the changes you know and some you might not by andy taylor

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Measuring the Impact of the Changes You

Know and Some You Might Not

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Example Title Slide:

Althoughthisisatemplate,theseslideshavebeencreatedasexamplestoshowyouwhat’spossiblewithinthetemplate.PLEASEDELETEALLEXAMPLESLIDESANDNOTESBEFORECREATINGORIMPORTINGYOUROWNDECK. YOU MUST USE THE SMX FOOTER ON YOUR TITLE SLIDE! Thetemplateworksbestifyouuseittocreateapresentationfromscratch.However,thisblanklayoutoffersyouflexibilitytoinsertyourownslidesabovetheSMXfooter.Youmustusethisfooteratonalmostallofyourslides.Ifascreenshotoverlapsthefooteronoccasion,that’sfine–butdoyourbesttocropappropriately!Beforeyoudoanythingelse,here’showtoreplace“#XXa”inthefooterwithyoursession’sspecifichashtag.InPowerPoint,SelectVIEW>SLIDEMASTERtoeditSLIDE#1toincludeitonallslidesofyourpresentation.Alsoaddyour@twitterhandle(or@companyhandleifyouprefer).Askyoursessioncoordinatorforthesession’sspecifichashtag!Thistemplateishigh-resolution16:9.DONOTchangeitto4:3.Alsonotethatifyouimporta4:3presentationinto16:9youmayencounterdisplayissues.ThetemplateusesCenturyGothic&Corbelasdefaultfonts.Arialisasecondaryfontthatmayappear.NotethatolderversionsofPowerPointmaynothavetheseasanoption;changetoArialorotherstandardsans-serif-font.Wheninsertingtext,you*MUST*useonlystandardfonts.Wecannotguaranteeeventlaptopswillhavespecialtyfontsinstalled,norcanwedosoonsite.Powerpointswithanimationsmaynottranslatewelltopdf/slideshareformat–youmayalsosubmita2ndversion/scrubbeddeckmoreappropriateforpostingonlinebySMXproductionstaff.


About Me Text Slide with Solid Blue Banner:

ThisblanklayoutoffersyouflexibilitytoinsertyourownstandardslidesabovetheSMXfooterYOUMUSTUSETHISFOOTERATMINIMUMONALMOSTALLOFYOURSLIDES.Ifascreenshotoverlapsthefooteronoccasion,that’sfine–butdoyourbesttocropappropriately.Ifexplicitfontsareimportant,youmayprovideapdftotheeventorganizerstomaintainlook&feelduringlivepresentationandintheversionsmxwilluploadtoslideshare.DELETETHISSLIDEIFYOUDONOTUSE.


Expanded Text Ads Image + Bullets Sample Slide:

Clickcontenticonstoaddimages,charts,video,tables,etc…DELETETHISSLIDEIFYOUDONOTUSE.


Expanded Text Ads Increase CTR 20%? Eh…


§ SomeadgroupsdoseeverydifferentperformancewithETAsatthetopofthepage–  However,thedistributionofperformanceissuchthatadgroupsareseeingdifferentCTRsroughlyinlinewithwhatwewouldexpectbasedonstatisticalchance

Expanded Text Ads Increase CTR 20%? Eh…

ETACTRMorethan50%Better

ETACTRMorethan50%Worse


CPC Slightly Lower Across the Board


More Device Controls


More Device Controls

Source: Merkle|RKG Digital Marketing Report, Q2 2016


Tablet Click Share in Decline

Source: Merkle|RKG Digital Marketing Report, Q2 2016





Example Title Slide:

Althoughthisisatemplate,theseslideshavebeencreatedasexamplestoshowyouwhat’spossiblewithinthetemplate.PLEASEDELETEALLEXAMPLESLIDESANDNOTESBEFORECREATINGORIMPORTINGYOUROWNDECK. YOU MUST USE THE SMX FOOTER ON YOUR TITLE SLIDE! Thetemplateworksbestifyouuseittocreateapresentationfromscratch.However,thisblanklayoutoffersyouflexibilitytoinsertyourownslidesabovetheSMXfooter.Youmustusethisfooteratonalmostallofyourslides.Ifascreenshotoverlapsthefooteronoccasion,that’sfine–butdoyourbesttocropappropriately!Beforeyoudoanythingelse,here’showtoreplace“#XXa”inthefooterwithyoursession’sspecifichashtag.InPowerPoint,SelectVIEW>SLIDEMASTERtoeditSLIDE#1toincludeitonallslidesofyourpresentation.Alsoaddyour@twitterhandle(or@companyhandleifyouprefer).Askyoursessioncoordinatorforthesession’sspecifichashtag!Thistemplateishigh-resolution16:9.DONOTchangeitto4:3.Alsonotethatifyouimporta4:3presentationinto16:9youmayencounterdisplayissues.ThetemplateusesCenturyGothic&Corbelasdefaultfonts.Arialisasecondaryfontthatmayappear.NotethatolderversionsofPowerPointmaynothavetheseasanoption;changetoArialorotherstandardsans-serif-font.Wheninsertingtext,you*MUST*useonlystandardfonts.Wecannotguaranteeeventlaptopswillhavespecialtyfontsinstalled,norcanwedosoonsite.Powerpointswithanimationsmaynottranslatewelltopdf/slideshareformat–youmayalsosubmita2ndversion/scrubbeddeckmoreappropriateforpostingonlinebySMXproductionstaff.


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Rapid Expansion of Google.com PLA Impressions


Search Partner PLA Traffic Skyrocketing


Search Partner PLA Traffic Skyrocketing

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GoogleShoppingSearchPartnerPerformancevsGoogle.comMerkleRetailers-July2016

RelativeCR RelativeCPC

The value of Search Partner Shopping traffic is very in line with the cost despite no bid modifiers available to advertisers


Weird CPC Fluctuations Indicate Other Changes Below the Surface

MerklepublishesblogpostcallingattentiontorisingbrandCPConphones


Iceberg Metaphor


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