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About Remarketing In Google Analytics

Remarketing is a very efficient and easy-to-use tool that lets users use metrics and data for creating lists of visitors to a site. Then they auto-share those lists right within the ad platform. One such example would be AdWords, which shows ads as the visitors browse someplace else on the internet. 

Why Use It?

Getting started with Remarketing is easy. With the help of an active Google Analytics account, one can get started with building up a sophisticated customized list in just a matter of a few seconds. For instance, a user can:

1. build up a list of visitors who have been to your site prior and then show them relevant ads across the GDN (Google Display Network).
2. create several lists of visitors who have already completed a conversion prior, and then show them ads for accessory products or companions.
3. offer special kinds of promotions to the visitors who visit from specific locations and then refine and retune their lists even further – based on their behavior of theirs on their site.
4. create a list mentioning the visitors who did put items in their shopping cart but never bought them.

Different Approaches Of Remarketing

There are two primary approaches to remarketing – static and dynamic.

Static Remarketing

Static Remarketing also gets referred to as non-dynamic remarketing. It is the traditional way of targeting past visitors to any website. This is somewhat how it works:

1. you have set it manually – this indicates that you chose the content and layout of the ad
2. the ad is generic – this type of ad takes the users to a landing page
3. the sole focus remains on the business – this ad focuses on the business aspect of it, as you do not have any information on the type of products that a visitor has looked at

In a certain way, a static form of remarketing serves the generic ads for anyone who has already visited your site. While there are some users who actively engage with these ads, others usually pass because they feel that the ads are not specific enough. 

Tip: If you have missed out on my answer about “What remarketing audiences cannot be defined by default?” then make sure that you go back and give it a read.

Dynamic Remarketing

A dynamic form of remarketing is a personalized form of marketing that serves personalized ads which are more relevant to the users. The specifics of such ads are as follows:

1. It is all about the buyer – everything caters to the customer and their choices
2. Google does the work – the layout and ad copy are all chosen by Google, all based on the signals about the online behavior of the user/buyer
3. The ad is relevant – it is a highly personalized form of ad and makes use of data right from the product that the user had originally searched for
4. It gets based on the site behavior – it primarily rests on the collected data from the user by remarketing tagging which is then again matched with the information of the product feed.

Speaking in general terms, the conversion rates are very high with the dynamic form of marketing because the ads are then better targeted that way.

Creating Remarketing Audiences In Google Analytics

Google Analytics knows about the sites and URLs that a visitor has previously been on. It does not essentially understand what was on the visited page though. Hence, if you want to show the ads with specified products to a person who has previously shown interest in it, then there are ways to make Google Analytics understand it in a few ways. Here are a few steps on how that works:

1. by enabling the remarketing features
2. creating customized dimensions
3. modification of the existing Google Analytics code for tracking
4. defining the dynamic attributes
5. creating audiences that are based on these same attributes

Ways Of Using Google Analytics Remarketing Audiences

Here are a few ideas on using your Google Remarketing audiences:

Excluding Of Overlapping Audience

There are many groups of users whom you can exclude from the segment of the audience. This is to be done to prevent wastage of money. If you do not target them, then at least make sure that you are adding a condition that would eliminate them from the general rule-based audience.

Past Customers

These are the users who might have purchased your products before. This method also often gets referred to as cross-selling to create a “returning customer” essentially. 

Product Viewers

These refer to the segments of users who can open up a product page from the website but whose carts remain empty. You can have the target associated with an ad by showing them the exact product which they checked out during their session. 

People Who Abandoned Their Carts

These refer to the users who have put one or even more of your products in their carts but did not proceed in checking them out. These customers may still proceed in checking out if they are nudged in the right direction. 

To Wrap It Up!

That was all for information regarding “what remarketing audiences cannot be defined by default and other things related to it. Thank you for reading up till here. I hope you found the information useful.

Additional:

• How Does Google Ads Generate Responsive Search Ads 
• Which of the following is not a component of Google display ads’ value proposition?
• Which Three Campaign Parameters Are Recommended To Manually Track Campaigns

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