Try The Bait But Keep Your Mind On The Job
Money Magazine Australia|September 2017

One of the beauties of Facebook is that you can get instant gratification with a variety of money-making samples such as tips from property investors, small business experts and digital marketing gurus, and a plethora of miscellaneous social goop that seems to get stuck all over your social media pages.

Sam Henderson
Try The Bait But Keep Your Mind On The Job

It happens to me all the time. I’ll like a few posts and then BAM! Those people are everywhere in my Facebook feeds, Facebook ads, Google search ads and Google ads on other pages I visit. It’s called “retargeting”, and while it’s a wonderful marketing tool if you’re on the other side of the equation as a consumer it can get a little overwhelming at times.

Retargeting is when a marketer tracks your visit to their site by using a “pixel” embedded into its site or ad, and then tracks you everywhere you go on the internet like a bit of chewing gum on your inter-web shoes.

This story is from the September 2017 edition of Money Magazine Australia.

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