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Local Marketing Activation Strategy

Leverage Google Vehicle Ads in Your Digital Strategy 

Zero-click search results for everyday shopping items drive traffic to the products people want, and this year at NADA, Google announced a product that helps dealers take advantage of this shopping behavior.  Google Vehicle Listing Ads (VLAs) give dealers the ability to market vehicles right on the search results page. These ads are highly visible […]

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Earn Leads Using Your In-Transit Vehicles 

Heading into the second quarter of 2022, after a few months of somewhat normalcy, we’re seeing the return of mandatory shutdowns in China and the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both of which cause more complications for an already stressed global supply chain, especially when it comes to car manufacturing. Here are our hottest […]

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Local Marketing Activation

Google Whisperer’s Guide to Local Advertising Campaigns

It’s a new year and a great time to reevaluate your advertising strategies and campaigns. Are you focused on the correct profit centers? Are you taking advantage of everything an advertising platform offers you? Google has made some amazing updates to their local ad campaigns. For dealers looking to grow their foot traffic in the […]

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Local Marketing Activation Performance Marketing

The Impact of Consumer Privacy on Facebook Conversions

Facebook recently shared that they’re feeling the previously-anticipated impacts of iOS updates – with likely 15% underreporting of iOS web conversions. Due to the changes made by Apple in order to prioritize consumer privacy, Facebook – and many other companies – are obligated to provide choice in how consumers are tracked, and therefore how their […]

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Channel Partner Marketing CX + Loyalty Local Marketing Activation

Four Ways We Have Changed As Marketers in 2020

Experience is everything, and as marketers, we want to create memorable experiences for our clients and their customers across all touch points. So, when life shifted overnight to an unrecognizable state due to the pandemic, we also had to make the shift — as consumers and as business professionals. Although these changes were unexpected and, […]

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CX + Loyalty Local Marketing Activation

Restaurant Pivots That Are Here to Stay

Editors Note: In late 2018, a predictive trend piece titled “9 Trends for 2019 that QSR Brand Can’t Ignore” was published. It struck us that it is as relevant today, as when it was originally shared. No one could have guessed the widespread societal changes that would occur over the course of the next year […]

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CX + Loyalty Local Marketing Activation Performance Marketing

Thinking Ahead: Planning for Recovery

We, at Ansira, have spent the last few weeks helping our clients through tough transitions in their business. From developing new e-Commerce strategies and innovative campaigns, to rapidly updating email triggers and deploying cross-channel loyalty promotions, to helping pivot their national media spend to amplify local messages and creating compelling content focused on awareness and engagement. While we are still firmly in the middle of #5, “Restricted […]

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Channel Partner Marketing CX + Loyalty Local Marketing Activation

Taking Care of Your Customers and Partners in the Wake of COVID-19

For brands with a distributed sales model, the projected shift in consumer purchasing patterns, especially, at a local level, will be significant in the coming weeks to months. Today’s sensitive landscape calls for an equally sensitive approach to the way brands interact with customers and how they provide experiences. However, now is the time to […]

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Local Marketing Activation Performance Marketing Strategy

5 Last-Minute Ways Retailers Can Boost Holiday Sales

The holiday shopping season is a critical time for most retailers. Although history tells us there’s only a slight lift in retail sales during the fourth quarter, most consumers are focused on gift-giving, and retailers want to capitalize on that interest. In 2018, the retail industry saw its poorest performing December since 2009, and as […]

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Channel Partner Marketing Local Marketing Activation

7 Ways to Maximize the Return on Your Channel Marketing Programs

Many national brands with indirect sales channels such as franchisees, dealers, or resellers have allowed their channel marketing programs to run on autopilot. In truth, those programs — whether co-op, market development fund (MDF), or compliance — have the power to do much more. They just need some restyling. You and your partners can maximize […]