In the fast-paced digital landscape, social media channels have become essential platforms for marketers to connect with their target audience. However, with numerous options available, it can be challenging for marketers to determine which channels are worth their investment.
Read MoreThe world is full of trends to keep up with. Which jeans are in: skinny or wide? Is your friend’s mullet cool or dated? Should I throw away my galaxy print leggings or could they make a comeback?
The latest trends in video production evolve alongside the platforms we consume them on. Before the age of the internet, you’d only see marketing videos on television in the form of adverts - this changed when YouTube was born in 2005. Since then, the way consumers view video content has continued to evolve with the rise and fall of a variety of social media platforms, ever-influenced by the age and priorities of consumers.
So, where are we now? Keep reading for our list of the most popular video production trends in 2023!
You’re probably in a hurry, so we’ll keep this short - we’re here to talk to you about acronyms.
Who has time to say the full names of everything nowadays? LOL, WFH, IKEA… (yeah, we had no idea the last one was an acronym either).
Our point is: acronyms are everywhere, and the world of digital marketing is no different. It can be hard to keep up with every single one, so we’ve made a handy glossary with some of the most common digital marketing acronyms that you need to know!
The invention of mass printing in the 15th century eventually led to the production of the first magazines in the 1700s. A century later, businesses began to advertise on posters and billboards, and the early 1900s brought the rise of radio advertising, followed by television ads and telemarketing. By the time we reach the turn of the millennium, marketing trends and tactics were developing more and more quickly within the new digital age.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), blogging, social media marketing, e-commerce and email marketing were some of the trends we saw rise in the 00s. The following decade saw the maturation of many of these tactics as more people began to use smartphones and social media. High-quality, engaging content marketing, video marketing and influencer marketing all became popular in the 2010s.
Read MoreWe’ve all fallen victim to believing in a myth, whether we know it or not. Some are totally harmless, like how we believe goldfish have three-second memories when really, their memory span could be up to five months long. Others shape the way we do certain things, such as drinking eight glasses of water every day (the ideal amount changes from person to person) or adding salt to water to make it boil faster (the difference is actually negligible).
You can probably find a myth about any topic you can think of, and the world of PPC is no different. It’s important to fully understand exactly what you’re getting into when you spend money on marketing, including how much time and money you’ll be putting in and the results you can expect.
Read MoreAll Square Lighting is a company that specialises in high-end lighting fixtures for commercial and residential properties. Their products are well-crafted, focusing on energy efficiency and elegant design. Despite their high-quality products, they needed in-depth SEO integration to improve their online presence after switching to a new website. Their organic traffic went from a healthy amount to barely anything. Being a long standing client of UNBXD, this is when they approached us to assist them with their SEO strategy.
Read MoreLuckily, there are specialist digital marketing agencies out there who can support your online presence and help you make the most of it. But that poses a whole new challenge: which digital marketing agency should you choose?
Read MoreOn our recent expedition into the wilderness of Google, we found ourselves trekking through endless lists of social media holidays for every single day of the year. Whilst it’s good to know National Wine Day is on the 25th of May, this might not be relevant for a company selling children’s books. Similarly, National Grammar Day (4th of March) may be off-topic for your local bakery - they should probably wait until the following Monday, when British Pie Week begins (yum).
Figuring out which dates are relevant for the UK vs the US can also pose a challenge - luckily, we’ve compiled a list of 2023’s biggest dates for your marketing calendar in the UK. From awards shows and sporting events to religious observances and bank holidays, this is your one-stop-shop for all you need to plan for this year.
Read MoreAugmented Reality (AR) combines the real world with computer-generated content to create an interactive experience for users. This is no longer a futuristic dream - one third of Gen Z is expected to be shopping with AR by 2025.
When used in marketing, AR can allow customers to interact with products before they buy - for example, seeing how a new coffee table would look in their living room like IKEA Place or trying on different beauty products like Sephora’s Virtual Artist.
Other brands have been digitalising their physical offering by creating virtual, interactive tours which allow users to explore a space, like StubHub’s app which allows users looking for Super Bowl tickets to view a 3D model of the stadium and the local area. Users can then use the AR to understand where their seats are, where they should park, and even the locations of pre-game events.
Read MoreIf you think of a great advert you have seen in the past, you may think of the gorilla from Cadburys, the annual John Lewis Christmas adverts or the cheeky skittles adverts.
What do all of these have in common? They are not focused on their core product; they are selling an emotion. Whether it's laughter, heartfelt emotion or second-hand embarrassment.
The advertisers are creating a memorable advert that you would want to share with your friends. Everyone has had a Cadbury's chocolate bar before, but only some have seen a Gorilla playing the drums to Phil Collins's 'In the Air Tonight'. I bet you are playing it in your head as you read this.
Read MoreThe story began in 1996 when the first documented version of PPC appeared on a platform called Planet Oases. If you haven't heard of it before, in the 90s, Plant Oases was a desktop application featuring links to informational and commercial websites. Businesses could pay Planet Oases a small sum to have their site appear higher or be featured in specific search results. While this wasn't a huge success, to begin with, it was enough for other platforms to notice. The same year, Open Text index introduced a feature called 'Paid Listings'; these ads only feature in search results. Unfortunately, this wasn't a success for Open Text Index, and users largely ignored the feature. There is one more thing that happened in 1996 that would go on to shape the future of PPC; Standford University started a new project called 'Google'.
Read MoreWe were tasked with running the Google Ads for Umbrella Supermarket to generate leads and increase the overall quality of leads. The strategy we developed wasn't easy to execute, but we don't run from a challenge!
Umbrella Supermarket has been efficiently generating traffic and leads since before we adopted their account, so we started by evaluating the leads being generated.
Read MoreThis year Meta (Instagram and Facebook's parent company) decided to start placing content from people you don't follow into the feed, which is tanking engagement on business pages, showing irrelevant ads to users and de-prioritising your friend's posts. While many people are unhappy with this change, it's all coming from Meta's fear that you enjoy using TikTok more than Instagram.
Read MoreBefore we begin, it's important to remember that in the late 90s and early 2000s, the Internet was extremely primitive compared to today. The platforms I am about to outline are referred to as Social Media platforms but share more modern similarities to forums. However, what makes a website a social media platform has never really changed; while they may have looked and functioned very differently 20 years ago, the basic premise of connecting and sharing with people online has remained a core pillar of the experience.
Read MoreSince joining us back in 2018, Marc has excelled time and time again in his previous positions, growing our marketing department to what it is today whilst managing multi-national large-scale campaigns with a consistent success rate and quality of work.
Read MoreBiotiful approached UNBXD with the exciting opportunity to launch a new digital marketing campaign across multiple social platforms promoting a range of their delicious products. We worked closely with our Media buying team, who also launched a TV spot with some of the biggest networks in the UK, including Channel 4 and their portfolio of partners.
Read MoreYes Bebe reached out to us in September 2021 for marketing support on their e-commerce site and we have thoroughly enjoyed watching their ads account perform from strength to strength since they joined us.
So, today we wanted to shine a spotlight on one of our favourite marketing clients, we love working with businesses whose core messages align with some of our own at UNBXD and with Yes Bebe’s sustainable, inclusive & eco-positive catalogue our time optimising their marketing account has been great!
Read MoreAt the beginning of 2018, TikTok had 70 Million users; by August 2021, that number had exploded to over 1 Billion active users. How did this happen, and why is it becoming a dominant Social Media Platform? Let us break it down simply for you.
You might not know it, but TikTok isn’t new; in fact, the app’s origins go back to 2016 when parent company ByteDance created an App called Douyin to compete with Musical.ly. In 2017, ByteDance brought the rival app and merged its 200,000,000 users with its own app to create TikTok.
Read MoreToday we wanted to put the spotlight on one of our favourite marketing clients, InsideOut drinks. While we won’t disclose financial numbers for obvious reasons, we wanted to spotlight this client as they have been a dream to work with and let us use our knowledge and skills to build campaigns that convert!
When we launch new marketing campaigns, it’s easy to try and rush results and not let campaigns take the time they need to find their feet. For InsideOut, we have launched Digital Marketing campaigns on Social Media platforms, and bespoke Google Ad campaigns that continue to deliver better results each month. The team at InsideOut Drinks has been fantastic at listening to our feedback and coming up with ideas that they know their customers will love.
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