Retargeting Ads are a form of online advertising that allows businesses to keep their brand in front of bounced traffic after a visitor leaves their website.
For most websites, only 2% of web traffic converts on the first visit. Retargeting is a tool designed to help companies reach the 98% who don’t convert right away.
The technical process behind retargeting involves placing a small, unobtrusive piece of code on your website (often referred to as a pixel). This code, or pixel, is unnoticeable to your site visitors and won't affect your site's performance. Every time a new visitor comes to your site, the code drops an anonymous browser cookie.
Later, when your cookied visitors browse the web, the cookie will let your retargeting provider know when to serve ads, ensuring that your ads are served only to people who have previously visited your site.
Retargeting is a powerful branding and conversion optimization tool, but it works best if it’s part of a broader digital strategy. Retargeting works best in conjunction with inbound and outbound marketing or demand generation.
Strategies involving content marketing, AdWords, and targeted display are great for driving traffic, but they don’t help with conversion optimization. Conversely, retargeting can help increase conversions but it can't drive people to your site. Your best chance of success is using one or more tools to drive traffic and retargeting to get the most out of that traffic.
Case Study 1: E-commerce Store - An online retailer specializing in sports apparel noticed that many users were abandoning their shopping carts. By implementing retargeting ads that showcased the products they viewed but didn’t purchase, the retailer saw a 20% increase in cart recovery.
Case Study 2: B2B Service Provider - A SaaS company used retargeting ads to target visitors who signed up for a free trial but didn't move to a paid plan. The ads featured testimonials and case studies, resulting in a 15% increase in conversion from free to paid users.
Implementing retargeting ads can significantly boost your conversion rates and help maintain brand presence in the minds of potential customers. By following best practices and continuously optimizing your campaigns, you can achieve better ROI and improve customer engagement.
Retargeting ads are targeted advertisements aimed at users who have previously interacted with a company's website or mobile app but did not complete a purchase or desired action. In customer success management, these ads help re-engage customers by reminding them of the products or services they viewed, thereby increasing the likelihood of conversion.
Retargeting ads work by placing cookies on the browsers of website visitors. These cookies track the user's browsing behavior and allow advertisers to display personalized ads on various platforms as the user continues to browse the internet. This method ensures that the ads are shown to individuals who have already shown interest in the product or service.
Retargeting ads offer several benefits in customer success, including:
While retargeting ads are beneficial for most businesses, they are particularly effective for e-commerce, B2B services, and subscription-based models where longer decision-making processes are common. Businesses with a clear online user journey and defined conversion points tend to see the most success with retargeting campaigns.
Success of retargeting ads can be measured through several key performance indicators (KPIs), including click-through rate (CTR), conversion rate, cost per acquisition (CPA), and return on ad spend (ROAS). Tools like Google Analytics can help track these metrics and provide insights into the effectiveness of your retargeting campaigns.