The content analytics company Parse.ly has long captivated publishers with its intuitive dashboard to track how articles perform. In October, the 10-year-old company added functionality that tracks conversions. Parse.ly clients can now analyze the type of content people read before they convert. Then they can write more articles that drive the business results they want, like subscriptions, event sign-ups or product purchases. In adding conversions, CEO Sachin Kamdar identified an opportunity to appeal beyond Parse.ly’s traditional customer base of digital media brands. While traditional pubs such as Bloomberg, Hearst, Condé Nast and NBC use Parse.ly, so do content-driven brands such as Ladders, WeddingWire, AngelList, Convene, Realtor.com and The Nature Conservancy. Both groups want to track outcomes. As digital media companies shift focus from mass scale to engagement, they want customers that like their brand enough to pay for subscriptions, events and products. And marketers see an opportunity in content that establishes a dialogue with potential customers, especially as costs rise on platforms and the loss of cookies makes it harder to find them around the internet. AdExchanger: Parse.ly just added a conversions tracker. Are you shifting to serve marketers, or staying focused on publishers? Sachin Kamdar: Publishers are good at building audiences, and not so good at transacting them. Marketers have a lot of expertise and tech to get people to convert at the bottom... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-11 21:36:26 UTC ]
Drive up and down the 101 Freeway in Silicon Valley, or cast your gaze north toward Seattle, and media companies, which expect to book over $20 billion in advertising in 2011, appear to be everywhere. But visit the biggest of these companies and ask them to define themselves, and youll be... Continue reading at AdWeek
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