“OTT Video users have grown by 100 million in the past year.” Over-the-Top (OTT) advertising is gaining massive traction and Amazon is exponentially accelerating the trend, giving the Big Tech stamp of approval to what was once a counter-cultural movement. As viewers increasingly cut the cord
Since the beta launch of Amazon Posts over a year ago, Amazon continuously rolls out new improvements to the platform. We outlined a few of those updates in our post How Amazon Posts Can Boost Brand Awareness, but new and improved features have surfaced. Today,
With Amazon Prime Day 2021 just around the corner, it’s never too early to think about inventory planning. This year’s Prime Day is slated for June 21 – 22. Since 2020 was an anomaly and has thrown a wrench in traditional forecasting models and inventory
The Intersection of Content & Shopping When Amazon asks an artist if they’d like to collaborate and offers an exclusive merchandise capsule collection, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Such was the case with Selena Gomez’s newest album release, “Revelación” and Queen’s continued adoration among music
Amazon released a new tool within the A+ content builder called the Creative Asset Library. An archive of all A+ images you’ve uploaded in the past, the new feature makes optimizing product listings a whole lot easier. Instead of taking the time to re-upload A+
The rumor mill is buzzing as to when Prime Day 2021 will take place. Last year’s annual two-day sales event was pushed to October at the last minute due to the pandemic, and with no official statement from Amazon about this year’s date, anything could
Over the past few years, Amazon has implemented additional visual elements into its site design to better connect brands to shoppers. The most impactful of these is the Amazon Brand Store — a crucial marketing opportunity that can deliver an immersive, informative, and user-friendly shopping
Birds chirping, melted snow, and budding flowers can only mean one thing: Q2 is upon us. While it seems like Q1 started just yesterday, it is, in fact, that time of year again to start planning for the second quarter. In this blog post, we
What is Amazon Follow? Amazon Follow is a program that gives brands and influencers more visibility and the opportunity to target and connect with shoppers who enjoy their products. Similar to social media, Amazon shoppers can curate what products, brands, and ads appear more often when
What is Twitch? Born in 2011, Twitch is a platform that offers a live streaming service and was purchased by Amazon in 2014. It receives more than 30 million visitors a day and is currently one of the most popular entertainment channels. While primarily known for video
Amazon’s demand-side platform (DSP) allows advertisers to influence shoppers by programmatically buying ad placements at scale. Displayed across multiple mediums, brands can present their products at the right moment in the consumer purchase journey through specific interest-based audience segments. Since Amazon accounts for 40% of
In Part 1 of this series, we introduced Intentwise, our advertising team’s preferred platform for a robust Amazon advertising strategy and why they love it so much. In this post, we’ll be taking a more in-depth look at the value of switching and explaining how
Here at Macarta, we consider ourselves fortunate to have so many experts across our company — our team is what gives us a competitive edge. However, even experts require powerful tools to maximize their output and streamline processes. Today we’re taking a look at Intentwise
It’s no secret that 2020 saw big changes in consumer spending. With Covid-19 upending everyday life and confining people to their homes, a massive growth occurred in online spending, landing Amazon with even more market share and sales volume. As the dust settles into 2021, there’s
In October 2019, Amazon released Sponsored Brands Video, allowing sellers to use their video assets to engage customers on the e-commerce platform better. While these short, attention-grabbing ads are relatively new, having an up-to-scratch Amazon video marketing strategy is incredibly important to improving ad performance