Marketing and advertising are evolving quickly in response to increasingly rapid changes in user behaviour and agile responses by companies that are increasingly aware of the importance of privacy and quick adoption of new technologies. Businesses respond to these trends and the needs of the environment are increasingly employing strategies that put the consumer first and create sustainable value for everyone involved in the marketing process – consumers, brands, publishers and technology partners. In this blog post, I will focus on how critical it is to understand how advertising fits into the entire purchasing journey of the consumer, which has become highly intertwined, multi-channel, and full of opportunity for conversion at every point of contact.

Advertisers want to know which advertising investments will have the greatest impact. In her blog post, Alena Selimović, an analyst at iPROM, debunks the myths and truths surrounding attribution models used in marketing. It is not always easy to identify the advertising channels where spending advertising budgets makes sense. When making marketing decisions, many rely solely on data found in Google Analytics. But to truly understand the sources of traffic to your website and sales, you should not rely solely on the ubiquitous Google solution.