How to explain your job to a 10-year-old

How to explain your job to a 10-year-old

Industry Insider

Digital marketing is full of mind-blowingly complex job titles. We asked several industry professionals to explain theirs to a small child. Could you have done better?

Featured Articles

4 ways to drive employee engagement through digital

Media Planning & Buying
Autumn Manning

Employee recognition programs to reward jobs well done can easily backfire. Here's how to ensure your program is a success in today's changing workplace.

The secret behind the Evian and Dove viral sensations

Video
Mallory Russell

Your branded video content might be good. But is it newsworthy? If not, consider taking a page from these brands' playbooks.

The 7 deadly sins of digital marketing

Mobile
Daniel Gergely

Even today, many brands are still making grave mistakes with digital. If you avoid these transgressions, your organization will be well on its way to success.

Is media buying being taken over by robots?

Industry Insider
Josh Dreller

It's time to cut through the hype and panic. Here's a look at the programmatic process and how it will realistically change your job.

The real problem with last-click attribution

Media Planning & Buying
Jeff Sporn

Marketers must gather evidence to determine the success of a campaign, but clicks are merely circumstantial. Here's how to look at a comprehensive set of metrics.

How to take behavioral targeting to the next level

The best (and worst) social media marketing features

The 3 biggest threats to today's agencies

The right way to cross-sell products

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How fast does your internet really need to be?

Its a given these days that having a quick, reliable home broadband connection is essential for functioning in a variety of areas allowing you to work, relax, shop and instantly empower yourself with information ranging from which day to put the...

Mobile Path to Purchase Study Shows Higher and Earlier Engagement, Local Focus

As mobile device adoption continues to skyrocket, mobile consumers are searching earlier during their purchase cycle and more consumers are reaching for their mobile devices for locally-relevant information. Promotions also play a big role in driving...

Hundreds of millions of online ads are worthless

Global advertising is worth $438bn. That is a massive sum of money and as media becomes more digital, it is only going to increase. With such a huge amount of money at stake, you would think every penny would be accounted for in great detail. But...

Current and Relevant: How to Find the Coolest New Tools on the Block

This post is the second in a three-part series with practical tips for marketers to pursue social and digital innovation. Read the first post on maximizing your personal social media usage here. Want to be the go-to guy or gal on your team with the...

Does location data matter? Not how you think it does.

By David Petersen, CEO, Sense NetworksLocation-based mobile advertising, and its typical application of geo-fencing, is one of todays hottest mobile marketings topics. However, the true power of location is often misunderstood. When it comes to...

One, Two, Three More Steps to Improve Your Branding Score

As consumers we know brands simply as a particular product or service we like or dislike. However, as a business owner we know there are several factors to be considered before consumers can truly identify and trust a specific brand. In a perfect...

Firefox Power Shifts Reveal Need for Market Evolution

As we test the pre-release versions of Firefox 22, the furor regarding the browser's blocking of third-party cookies continues to capture minds. While the fact of the change is undeniable, it is useless to debate the merits of the decision. Instead,...

How Do You Set The Right Price For Your Startups Product or Service?

In my experience, there are five ways to price a product or service:Premium pricing top of the marketBargain pricing bottom of the marketPrime + 2 pricing prebuilt-in marginTotal cost of ownership pricing the cost plus overheadCompetitive pricing...

JCPenney is both the dumbest and smartest company ever

This is the first thing I've written in a while that doesn't include satire, but JCPenney deserves it. Over the course of a year, this brand has proved that it is both completely incompetent at reading the needs of its customers, and the most...

On the Path to Creating a More Progressive Attribution Model

Ask any online marketer about their latest campaign and youll likely hear their results in the form of performance metrics such as click-through-rates, impressions, and of course, post-impression conversions.These numbers provide vital insights into...