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Search case study: How Frooition cut marketing costs 65% via smart SEM
Web design firm Frooition increased conversions by 21% while reducing costs by over 65%, working with Google to reduce restrictions based on adverts.
18/02/2016 | Full story...
Analytics case study: Behind the scenes video shows how Google revamped Hertz marketing
Over the past year, Hertz partnered with digital agency Forward 3D and Google to identify its key challenges and devise a step-by-step strategy for improving its marketing and sales operations. A series of behind-the scenes videos shows how Google worked with the vehicle hire company to identify how its display ads were undervalued by a massive 400%.
03/02/2016 | Full story...
Search case study: How SEO generated a 198% increase in traffic and 41% increase in revenue for Feel Unique
Feel Unique is Europe’s largest online retailer of premium beauty products stocking over 500 brands and 18,500 products. In order to succeed in a highly competitive field and stand out online, the beauty retailer enlisted the expertise of SEO agency Builtvisible.
05/11/2015 | Full story...
Content marketing case study: How FRHI hotels increased their advertising value by optimising content
FRHI Hotels & Resorts are one of the world’s most luxurious hotel groups; including three leading brands: Fairmont, Swissôtel and Raffles. The group worked with SEO agency Builtvisible to increase coverage and hotel bookings via organic search.
05/11/2015 | Full story...
Mobile marketing case study: How Colgate spread a million smiles with its mobile campaign
When Colgate India discovered that 47% of the total population in India had never visited a dentist, they decided to launch a nationwide oral health awareness campaign - Oral Health Month. The programme offered free in-clinic dental check-ups, and to boost awareness Colgate launched the “Spreading a million smiles with a mobile” campaign.
15/10/2015 | Full story...
Paid search case study: Snickers Google misspellings
In order to build on the success of Snickers’ “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” campaign, the popular chocolate brand created an original search campaign based around misspelled words. The campaign capitalized on an existing digital behavior, misspelling words, and played on this to imply that users were so hungry they can’t even spell properly.
11/09/2015 | Full story...
EE proves search ads drive in-store sales
Proving the link between online ads and offline sales is the holy grail of digital marketing. This case study shows how geo-marketing testing with Google, Mobile network EE was able to research its customers path to purchase and found that for every 1 online sale driven through search, it drove an additional 2.6 offline in-store sales.
03/09/2015 | Full story...
Search marketing case study: Kleenex boosts sales 40% using Google flu data
How do you use Google to tell when someone will catch a cold? This innovative search marketing campaign from Kleenex used keyword data to pinpoint cities nationally with flu outbreaks in real time, boosting tissue sales 40% with a little help from Doctor Google…
19/08/2015 | Full story...
Video case study: How Dermablend increased brand awareness at the Zero Moment Of Truth (ZMOT)
In 2011 professional make-up brand Dermablend’s video of tattooed model Rick Genest went viral as the video showed Genest appearing to scrub away his skin (actually a Dermablend cover up) to reveal his skeletal tattoos underneath. Dermablend capitalised on a viral video it produced when it worked with Google to take the video to the Zero Moment Of Truth (ZMOT) and create a YouTube masthead campaign.
05/08/2015 | Full story...
M-commerce case study: How GHD used paid search to optimise its mobile website
This case study looks at how media agency Greenlight worked with GHD, a hair care manufacturer, to implement a mobile strategy to achieve year on year growth in net revenue.
23/07/2015 | Full story...
Search case study: How Sky improved the quality of its customer support journey
Sky is the UKs leading telecommunications company, providing top class television, telephone and broadband internet services to consumers. In order to maintain a quality driven customer support journey, Sky worked with Greenlight to ensure that a relevant and useful help and support page was highly visible for all consumer search queries.
22/07/2015 | Full story...
Data insights case study: glh hotels boosts marketing performance with smarter analytics
glh Hotels is a group of hotels including the Thistle and five luxury Guoman properties that are based in the UK. This case study looks at how the chain made smart use of data to join up insights across its portfolio of hotels.
21/07/2015 | Full story...
Paid search case study: How Dixons Carphone drove uplift in reach by 135% in just nine months
Dixons Carphone, the company that owns Currys and PC World, dominates the UK market for White Goods, computing and consumer electronics. This case study looks at how the firm worked with Greenlight to optimise paid search campaigns, improving increase in reach by 135%.
17/06/2015 | Full story...
Paid search case study: How Urban Outfitters replicated its strong brand presence in the UK across the rest of Europe
Retailer Urban Outfitters worked with agency Greenlight Digital to streamline its paid search campaigns and expand from three markets to 13 in just one year.
10/06/2015 | Full story...
YouTube case study: How Gillette tutorials got an audience of millions
Searches for how-to videos on YouTube are growing at a rate of 70% per year, according to Google, providing advertisers the opportunity to connect with consumers at the exact moment they're looking for help relevant to a brand's product. This case study looks at how shaving brand Gillette used range of videos that give advice on grooming, from basic shaving to more complex facial hairstyles.
28/05/2015 | Full story...
Search marketing case study: Washington Wizards boost ticket sales 72% with AdWords
The Washington Wizards surprised everyone during the 2013–2014 NBA season by making the playoffs for the first time in five years. To capitalize on the team's success, the Wizards' owners, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, looked to grow ticket sales and attract new fans in the mid-Atlantic region. To do so, it used AdWords ad extensions and focused its ticket pricing strategy on the most engaged AdWords campaigns. The final score? Its overall return on ad spend for the 2013-2014 season jumped 293% and 72% of ticket purchases via AdWords come from new fans.
21/05/2015 | Full story...
Brazil case study: Mondelēz boosts Brazil product launches with smarter search marketing
Mondelēz International, a snacking powerhouse consisting of brands such as Oreo, Nabisco and Cadbury, wanted to measure the marketing effectiveness of two new product launches in Brazil: belVita and Trident Unlimited. To do so, it embraced Google's Brand Lift solution, which revealed valuable insights into the campaigns' viewer retention rates, target audiences and frequency caps. Based on the findings, Mondelez adjusted its targeting and its creative to reach a 15% view-through rate.
21/05/2015 | Full story...
Street View turns into catwalk with #FashionStreetView
Chinese fashion brand Me&City used Tencent Street View to show off its latest clothing lines, as part of a new social media campaign using the hashtag #FashionStreetView. This case study shows how, with zero media investment and minimal paid media, the brand managed to sell out its product line in a fortnight.
19/05/2015 | Full story...
Nigeria case study: Shopping giant Konga boosts sales with mobile and SEO drive
In 2014, Nigeria’s largest shopping website, Konga worked with agency 7thingsmedia to grow their business through innovative mobile, display, paid and organic search campaigns. This case study looks at how the firm enjoyed a huge revenue boost.
01/05/2015 | Full story...
Social issues case study: How brands are taking a stance (and winning fans) with LGBT advertising
Marketing entails more than just reaching the right person at the right time. Google and YouTube data looking at messages about diversity and equality for the LGBT community highlights some interesting results for Burger King and Honey Maid in the US.
16/04/2015 | Full story...
Search case study: Luxury car rental boosts sales leads with AdWords
How does a small luxury car rental business stand out from the crowd in a crowded market? This case study looks at how PT Wahana Indonesia Transport used Google AdWords to increase sales by 50% and expand its business.
12/03/2015 | Full story...
Mobile search case study: How George at Asda’s mobile conversions outperformed desktop
With an improved mobile site in place, the team at George at Asda wanted to drive smartphone traffic and conversions through intelligent use of Google AdWords. This case study looks at how the clothing brand used smart keyword bidding to ensure that mobile outperformed desktop for search conversions for the first time in the account’s history.
29/01/2015 | Full story...
Digital marketing ROI: Five food brand campaigns that prove digital works
How do you measure success in a digital campaign? Getting more YouTube fans, Facebook likes or newsletter sign ups is all well and good, but do these actually translate to more sales and justify the initial spend? We look back at some of the best food campaigns of the past year that show how digital success translates into real world cash.
30/09/2014 | Full story...
Search case study: AdWords helps improve order rate at butchers by 50%
Scottish butcher’s Macbeths revamped its keyword strategy last summer and saw a large jump in our sales and ROI, increasing order rate by 50% in one year. This case study looks at how a local business can use paid search to beef up both sales and customer numbers.
01/09/2014 | Full story...
Search case study: Photobox gets better search ROI with Bing Ads
In May 2013, Photobox worked with Bing ads to boost the online digital photo service’s online presence. This case study looks at how the firm achieved 25% lower costs than expected- boosting efficiency and winning customers as a result.
01/09/2014 | Full story...
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