track marketing roi

Why you’re probably doing it wrong. How to track marketing ROI.

Advertising is an investment. If you are going to buy a home, how would you research the purchase? You’d look at the location, comps, school districts, quality of the house, neighborhood, community, property taxes, etc. You’d scrutinize every detail of your purchase because most home purchases are the largest purchases people make. Advertising is a substantial investment and requires as …

digital radio advertising

So you want to try digital radio advertising

Digital Radio advertising is ads that run anywhere on a digital audio platform. It can mean podcast advertising, digital music subscription advertising (Pandora, Spotify, SoundCloud), or digital radio streaming like iHeartRadio and SiriusXM. We have extensive experience buying digital radio advertising, and one of our go-to products is Pandora Radio, owned by SiriusXM. Here is a quick rundown of digital …

Alternatives to Facebook Advertising

Alternatives to Facebook Advertising for scrappy marketers

Have you been struggling with the Facebook ad “glitches?” You’re not alone. Many changes to Facebook and Instagram’s advertising platform have limited advertiser’s ability to advertise like they use to. These glitches and restrictions lead advertisers to search for alternatives to Facebook advertising, and we’ve got several ideas to share with you. We do buy social media ads, but we’re …

Idaho Advertising Agency: Marketing in the Gem State

Two of our favorite markets to work in right now are North Idaho and Boise. Our media buying expertise allows us to serve marketers far and wide, and one of the hottest markets in the country this year has been Idaho. Expanding Thrive has been a goal of ours for a while, and we see it happening in a big …

franchise marketing

To franchisees who want franchise marketing results but don’t know where to start

Our team has the chance to connect with brilliant marketers across the country and even internationally. We recently connected with our friend Juliette who works out of Vancouver, BC, for some insights on franchise marketing. We asked her a few questions we thought you’d find interesting, and here’s what she shared with us! How is marketing for a franchise different …

click-through rate

How to Increase Click-through Rates and Drive Conversions

Do you know how to increase Click-through rates? People ask us if there is a trick to generating more significant ROI from a Display ad campaign. We also get asked what Retargeting is and about the best way to set up a digital marketing campaign. Our clients want to know how to improve their marketing campaign results. One question recently …

real estate marketing experts

Our real estate advertising experts share success stories directly from the trenches

Over the years, Thrive Advertising has built a portfolio of extensive experience in creating effective media buys and advertising plans for the real estate industry. For over a decade, we’ve worked for dozens of leaders in the real estate industry from the Washington State Realtors Association to Major  Developers, National Builders, master-planned communities, luxury resort communities with real estate sales, …

increasing marketing ROI

Our customers’ marketing ROI drives us.

We wish local business owners knew that having a media buyer broker their advertising investments can save them thousands of dollars while dramatically increasing their marketing ROI. Professional management of media purchases significantly improves return on marketing investments, at no additional cost to your advertising budget. One of the most common responses we get when we explain our media buying …

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Affluent demographics: how to reach your target audience with smarter marketing

As Media Buyers, we help advertisers strategically reach their target customers.  We refer to target customers as “Demographics” in the marketing world. Our job as Media Buyers exists to help business owners and marketers create strategic advertising plans designed to reach people that are most important to them; many times, that is an affluent demographic. We’re known for successfully reaching …

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Proven ways to reduce your Facebook ad CPM

Our company President, Robin Rucinsky, was recently a contributor to a fantastic report about reducing digital advertising CPMs. CPM stands for Cost Per Thousand, the cost you pay per 1,000 impressions of your ad. In this article, 25 digital marketing experts share 11 proven strategies to reduce your Facebook Ad CPM. Robin’s recommendation is Tip #2, along with the inside …