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2011 Path to Purchase for Auto Insurance
Google and Compete partnered to understand how shoppers and applicants arrive at an auto insurance policy. Further, we look to quantify the relationship between types of searching activity and subsequent online conversion rates. Here are some topline findings:
- Search is ...
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Google Display Network vs. Portal Takeovers for Investment Researchers
Trying to reach investment researchers? A study with Compete measures how to do it:
- The Google Display Network custom channel has a higher concentration of investment researchers than any of the top portal homepages
- The Google Display Network custom channel ...
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Google Display Network vs. Portal Takeovers for Online Bankers
Would a homepage on Forbes help a marketer achieve target and scale? Google and Compete stacked up the numbers and here's what we find:
- The Google Display Network reaches 3.8x more online bankers than the top portal homepage ...
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The Zero Moment of Truth for Bank Deposits Study
How is bank account activation changing in a digitally powered world? How effective are traditional ads at changing actual purchasing? Google partnered with Shopper Sciences to reveal the role of the Zero Moment of Truth for bank deposits within the ...
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The Zero Moment of Truth for Insurance Study
How is insurance purchase behavior changing in a digitally powered world? Google partnered with Shopper Sciences to reveal the role of the Zero Moment of Truth for the insurance industry and found:
- The path to purchase in the insurance category ...
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The Zero Moment of Truth for Investments Study
How is investment account activation changing in a digitally powered world? What role do new media like social & mobile in driving consumers to open new investment accounts? How effective are traditional ads at changing actual purchasing? Google and Shopper Sciences ...
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The Zero Moment of Truth for Credit Cards
How is credit card acquisition behavior changing in a digitally powered world? How effective are traditional ads at changing actual decision making? Google partnered with Shopper Sciences to reveal the Zero Moments of Truth for the credit card industry and ...
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2011 Path to Purchase for Investments
Google and Compete wanted to understand how applicants utilize search and media during their research and purchase process to apply for an investment product. Further, we wanted to link the the relationship between types of searching activity and subsequent online ...
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Influencing Offline, The New Digital Frontier
This white paper looks at the impact of online research on offline sales. Four out of ten people prefer to research online before purchasing offline (ROPO). This seven page paper will help you understand what impact ROPO is having on ...
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Shopping for Financial Products in Switzerland
This study will help you understand more about how consumers in Switzerland use various information sources, including the internet, when making finance purchases.
Key findings:
- Offline contracting is the prevailing purchase method in the finance vertical. However, online contracting is ...
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Purchasing Financial Products in Hungary
This study will help you understand more about how consumers in Hungary research and shop online for financial products. We looked at a variety of financial products, including: insurance, current and savings accounts, credit cards and loans.
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Beyond Last Click
This paper summarises the key findings and insights from Google’s research into the important area of clickstream attribution. It will give you the facts to answer key questions such as: how long is the typical path to purchase and ...
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