There is a great deal of confusion regarding the difference between retargeting and remarketing, so we decided we would break it down for you plain and simple. The general process of remarketing involves reconnecting with customers who have already shown an interest in your products or services.

This may have meant that they visited your website, filled out a form, started to fill their shopping cart and then abandoned it, or even made a purchase. The customer interaction that remarketing is based from can vary, but the essential goal is the same, regain the customer’s interest.

Retargeting

Retargeting is a specific piece of remarketing that almost explicitly involves display advertising. The way this works is that when a customer visits your website, perhaps certain pages of your website or looks into specific products or services, it leaves cookies behind in their browser history.

These cookies allow you to retarget very specific ads to the customer to entice them to come back to your website and finish what they started. These display ads will show up on other websites they visit and act as a constant reminder that they were interested in something you offer. If done correctly, you will be able to drive previous visitors back to your site to complete an action, typically a purchase.

Remarketing

Remarketing is much broader and includes reengaging with customers through emails or direct mail to name a few. For example, if a customer abandons an online shopping cart, that business may send them an email reminding them of the contents of the shopping cart. This kind of advertising is so personalized that it often has a much better chance of reengaging a customer than a generic ad.

Both remarketing and retargeting are excellent ways to recapture audience attention through personalized and specific advertising that speaks to the customer as an individual.

Have you used retargeting or remarketing for any of your campaigns? If so, were your efforts successful?

About Millennium Agency

Millennium Agency is a national, award-winning, digital, creative, content/PR, and video marketing firm. With offices in Boston and New Hampshire, our team unites creative branding and data analytics to accelerate our clients’ growth, while combining our clients’ vision with our marketing expertise to increase sales opportunities and drive brand success. From video advertising and web design to social media and PR, Millennium can guide your marketing efforts every step of the way. Contact the professionals at Millennium Agency to learn more!

Linda Fanaras is the President and Founder of Millennium Agency (www.mill.agency) located in Manchester, NH, and Boston. She can be reached at 877-873-7445 or [email protected].

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