Digital Marketing

Stores and websites aren’t a mishmash of products with no discernible organization for a reason. People want a sense of direction and a positive customer experience, even when they are “just browsing.” They also want to know they are in good hands when it comes to the product category they’re exploring — whether that’s kitchen tools, breakfast cereals, or winter coats.

After months of working on a marketing campaign, nothing’s worse than realizing you aren’t seeing the results you expected.

When it comes to generating traffic and brand awareness, digital advertising is the way to go. It’s surpassing traditional advertising, and Google is a huge reason why. As one of the biggest digital advertising platforms, Google is responsible for 37.2% of total U.S. digital ad spending alone.

This post is a part of Made @ HubSpot, an internal thought leadership series through which we extract lessons from experiments conducted by our very own HubSpotters.

Cliché: A picture is worth a thousand words.

When we think about visual marketing content, it’s easy to default to popular mediums like television, web video, and social media. It’s for good reason, too. These channels do a great job of grabbing your audience’s attention and getting them familiar with the visuals related to your brand.

For years, millions of brands have flocked to Instagram to spread awareness to millennials, Gen Z, and members of other generations on the app.