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Data + Insights

First-Party Data: What Is It and How to Utilize It 

First-Party Data. Third-Party Data. We’ve all heard these phrases, but what exactly are the differences and more importantly, what do we do and how can we use both types?  First, let’s start with the definitions:  Third-Party Data: Data that is captured and/or bought via another website/source/company (hence the term “third party”). Examples of 3rd Party websites for dealers include: TrueCar, Edmunds, Autotrader, CarGurus, just to name a few. […]

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Performance Marketing

Nothing Bundt Cakes Entices Drivers for an Impulse Treat

Nothing Bundt Cakes expanded its paid media strategy to include Waze, aiming to boost brand awareness and drive in-store visits year-round. By partnering with Ansira, they launched a campaign to highlight nearby bakeries and drive impulse purchases, enhancing their overall marketing mix.   CHALLENGE Started by two friends who shared a love of baking delicious, handcrafted […]

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Channel Enablement Channel Partner Marketing Local Marketing Activation

Changing Consumer Perception of the Cost of Dealer Maintenance and Service

An industry survey revealed that Subaru’s perceived high service costs were deterring customers, despite their apparent willingness to pay more for superior service experiences. Ansira provided competitive pricing intelligence to that helped Subaru dealers gain confidence in their pricing strategies, leading to improved customer perception.   CHALLENGE Consumer perception may not always be reality. Subaru previously […]

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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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Uncategorized

The Connection Between Email Strategy, Content, and Technology to Keep Your Sales Pipeline Active

Moving a lead to an opportunity, for many small-to-medium B2C and B2B companies, is still heavily reliant on sales or business development reps reaching out to prospects to try and set a meeting – most often virtual versus in-person today, which is further complicating an already challenging sales cycle. One of the biggest initial challenges […]

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CX + Loyalty

4 Ways to Measure the Value of Your Loyalty Program

Editor’s note: A previous post, 6 Metrics for Measuring Loyalty Program Success is a great companion read to this piece as it showcases the evolution in thinking specific to Loyalty program design and implementation. Read below to get a sense of what is critical today, and then take a look back to see how far […]

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Uncategorized

Travel and Hospitality: What’s Next?

Editor’s Note: With cases on the rise again in the US, the Ansira Strategy team continues their work to stay on top of the trends and rapidly changing consumer sentiment to help clients navigate through recovery and beyond. As COVID-19 has swept across the globe, the travel and tourism industry has been one of the […]

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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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Channel Partner Marketing

Give Your Partners the Power to Own the Local Customer Experience

Editor’s note: Ansira Chief Client Officer Andy Arnold sat down with Facebook U.S. Global Solutions Vice President Michelle Morris recently for a chat at the annual Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Masters of Marketing conference in Orlando, Florida. They discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by brands that rely on partners for local sales. This […]