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THIS Is How Much More You Will Get Paid Without Illegal Immigration – YES!
America is a nation of immigrants! That is the mantra we keep hearing from DC. Be it the Democrats who try to make us feel guilty for not wanting to grant amnesty, to the Republicans pandering for votes from the liberal wing of their party.
The problem is immigration is broken, thus we are not getting immigrants who want to integrate. Likewise, we are no longer a land of opportunity, as much as we are becoming a land of opportunists.
According to "The Negative Impact of Immigration on American Workers" by Edwin Rubenstein, the cost of illegal immigration is hitting American workers a whole lot deeper in their paycheck than we think.
Whereas, true immigration at one time supplemented our labor market, today it is supplanting it. In 1996, our immigrant labor force was 10%. Today, this figure has risen to roughly 17%.
"This translates to an average wage loss of $2,470 per full-time native worker in 2014—money unavailable to native workers due to the presence of foreign-born competitors in the workforce," explains Rubenstein.
Not to mention the fact, that typically these are low-paying jobs, thus the immigrant is subsidized by another $9,100, per alien, in welfare benefits. Welfare, we have been told they don't/won't get.
Meanwhile, corporations and politicians sit back fat, dumb, and happy. Disney hires in H1-B visa workers, Trump hires in H1-B visa workers, Rubio takes part in the Gang-of-Eight, and Republican and Democrats alike pander for the bleeding heart vote.
The only people bleeding are the American worker; fewer jobs, lower wages, and higher taxes to support the immigrants on welfare.
Source: Conservative Tribune
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Donald Trump Just Gave His Thanksgiving Day Address, And What He Vowed To Do Just RUINED Every Liberals Day
What could give the deplorables a happier Thanksgiving than knowing that Donald Trump is the President? How about knowing that he has once again taken steps that will simultaneously keep us safe and trigger liberals around the nation. That's the unexpected Thanksgiving gift that we received today in the form of a famous @realDonaldTrump tweet.
The Commander-in-Chief might be away from the White House to celebrate the holiday, but he's keeping people on their toes by telling his plans on Twitter. Today's joyous announcement has to do with our southern border and his determination to build that wall. The Hill reports that not only is the President working toward a better border, the confidence that he inspires has helped the economy as well:
"President Trump wished his Twitter followers a Happy Thanksgiving early Thursday morning, touting the strong performance of the nation's stock market and vowing to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
"HAPPY THANKSGIVING, your Country is starting to do really well. Jobs coming back, highest Stock Market EVER, Military getting really strong, we will build the WALL, V.A. taking care of our Vets, great Supreme Court Justice, RECORD CUT IN REGS, lowest unemployment in 17 years….!"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, your Country is starting to do really well. Jobs coming back, highest Stock Market EVER, Military getting really strong, we will build the WALL, V.A. taking care of our Vets, great Supreme Court Justice, RECORD CUT IN REGS, lowest unemployment in 17 years….!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2017
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2017
Last month employers added 261,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent, the lowest level since December of 2000 when it was 3.9 percent, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
Trump and his aides have frequently taken credit for the stock boom, a rare step for administrations wary of tying themselves to any unforeseen market downturn.
Trump has recently reiterated his calls to build a wall along the country's southern border after a U.S. Border Patrol agent died from injuries he sustained on patrol in Texas.
"We will seek out and bring to justice those responsible. We will, and must, build the Wall!" Trump said earlier this week.
Building a wall along the country's southern border was one of the president's key campaign promises. He often reiterates his call for border security."
Building a border wall was one of the President's more controversial policies among the left. For some reason, the left seems to be under the impression that no matter how many immigrants we bring in, we will be able to feed, house and medically cover all of them, if the mean old conservatives will just let them come be free. Those of us who paid attention in 5th-grade math, or even just know how to use the calculator on our phones have been crunching the numbers and we're pretty sure that's not going to work.
Math notwithstanding, enforcing the laws Congress has already passed about how someone can enter the country is still highly unpopular and people are willing to go to great lengths to demonstrate that. According to a USA Today story, one activist group went so far as to go to Mexico just so they could display a light show on the border wall prototypes. I think it's safe to say that they're triggered:
Jill Marie Holslin and an activist group called the Overpass Light Brigade stood on their trucks in Tijuana, Mexico, on Saturday, projecting their protest onto segments of the wall they opposed. They covered the prototypes with white light: the Statue of Liberty, a lucha libre mask, a ladder that stretched to the top of the wall.
"The federal government has this very inflated idea of its power, of the massive power of these prototypes, the massive power of this border wall to supposedly seal the border," Holslin said. "We wanted to deflate that in a humorous way."
Holslin, an American artist, and professor who lives in Tijuana, spends her days exploring the landscapes of Baja California. She fills her website with photos of Tijuana's urban art and growing culture, trying to push the city's reputation away from its lecherous past.
For months Holslin studied the area where the rough drafts of President Trump's proposed border wall would stand. When construction of the prototypes began in San Diego, she made sure to be one of the first activists to publish a photo of them. Then she started planning her protest.
She wanted something harmless, something that could make her point without vandalizing federal property. Something local. Something that crossed borders.
Then the Overpass Light Brigade called. The Wisconsin-based group wanted to bring its projector to the border. Holslin suggested they work together.
They met in Tijuana a week before the demonstration, creating stencils and planning a response if Border Patrol agents or Mexican police confronted them. Holslin decided not to give the neighborhood advance notice, in case their lights led to trouble.
"We expected some kind of pushback," Holslin said. "But we got absolutely nothing."
When the light came on, just after 4 p.m. Saturday, nobody seemed to notice. The Mexican police didn't confront them. A Border Patrol truck parked by one of the walls didn't stir.
The Arizona Republic contacted Customs and Border Protection for comment, but the agency has not yet responded."
No one has responded because nobody really cares. This is a harassment equal to that of a tiny, yipping dog, trying to sink his teeth into an Army tank; there's little chance that performance art is going to slow down progress on a wall that will keep Americans safe.
President Trump, meanwhile, is happily spending his Thanksgiving with his family at Mar-a-largo where he plans to deliver a Thanksgiving message to the soldiers serving overseas and visit the Coast Guard who are quartered in Florida.
Will be doing a live Thanksgiving Video Teleconference with Members of the Military at 9:00 A.M. Afghanistan, Iraq, USS Monterey, Turkey & Bahrain. Then going to Coast Guard Quarters, Florida.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2017
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Muslim Refugees Are PISSED When They Saw Who Trump Just Gave Their Freebies To
President Trump has been busy busting out executive orders faster than Barack Obama did, to undo all the damage his predecessor did and get the country on track. His most recent item of urgent business is fulfilling his campaign promise of stopping the flow of Muslim refugees into the country who want to bring terrorism with them. However, he just made that plan even better with a new surprise he added to it that has Muslims insanely pissed off.
When it was Obama signing executive orders in the middle of the night or during big news events while people were distracted from his secret destruction, liberals praised him for his "leadership." Now that Trump's pen is taking action, the left is in complete meltdown, especially when it comes to their coveted Muslims from the Middle East who had hopes of coming here and infiltrating our country with Islam. Not only are they not get the free trip here and freebies on arrival, they are also learning that someone else is taking their place and it's a perfect slap in the face.
NPR reports with frustration for the Trump administration that our new president isn't against refugees as they once though, they just have to be of a certain variety. The point of the refugee program was said to give a better life to those suffering in these parts of the world and Trump is ensuring that's the case by giving priority to Christians suffering from religious persecution.
"The actions include a 120-day moratorium on any new refugees entering the United States to give the government time to come up with a plan that prioritizes Christians suffering from religious persecution," NPR reports of Trump's new plan, which also bans Syrian refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Sudan.
Another action would indefinitely block new Syrian refugees from entering the United States. There will be a 30-day ban on immigration from seven countries with predominantly Muslim populations: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Sudan.
The Associated Press reports that Trump will order the Pentagon and State Department to come up with a plan to provide safe zones in Syria and the surrounding region for Syrians denied visas to enter the U.S.
The United States admitted 84,995 refugees in fiscal year 2016, 12,587 of them from Syria, according to the Pew Research Center.
President Obama had proposed allowing 110,000 refugees into the United States in 2017. But Trump plans to limit that number to 50,000, according to the New York Times.
A moratorium on admitting Syrian refugees is appropriate, say advocates for immigration limits.
"Taking a temporary pause in refugee admissions is a prudent and effective approach to ensuring that national security vetting is in place and working," David Ray, communications director for the Washington, D.C.-based Federation for American Immigration Reform told the Los Angeles Times.
Obama had announced that he wanted to allow 110,000 refugees into America in 2017, but Trump axed that idea immediately, limiting the influx to just 50,000. This essentially cuts out all the would-be terrorists and ensures the program is people actually suffering real religious persecution, not those who are wanting to bring it here and turn America into the Middle East.
Trump Just Exposed Obama's SICKENING Connection To Border Agents Gruesome Murder
Trump is pissed!
Federal officials said on Monday the Border Patrol agent killed Sunday in west Texas was ambushed by Illegal Aliens who beat him in the head with large rocks.
Officials have yet to provide official details about this gruesome incident, but the union representing Border Patrol agents described the attack on the 36-year-old Agent Rogelio Martinez and his partner, as they responded to reports of suspicious activity in the Big Bend area of El Paso Texas. Martinez later died at a local area hospital and his partner, whose name was not yet been released, was in serious condition but expected to live.
Authorities added:
"What we know is that Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez appears to have been ambushed by a group of illegal aliens whom he was tracking. Our agents' reports from the ground say that he was struck in the head multiple times with a rock or rocks," said Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent and president of the San Diego-based National Border Patrol Council union that represents 16,000 agents.
"The other agent arrived on scene a short time later and was also ambushed and struck in the head with what is believed to have been a rock or rocks," Judd said. "These disgusting acts and complete disregard for human life need to stop immediately. Family members of slain Agent Martinez will never get to see him come home again all because we have failed to secure our borders from such criminals."
Couple all this with the fact that almost one-third of the 214 U.S. based MS-13 gang members who were arrested in an international sweep last week were invited into the United States under former President Barack Hussein Obama's "Unaccompanied Alien Children" policy and we have quite the mess on our hands.
One-Third of 214 Arrested MS-13 Gangsters Were 'Unaccompanied Alien Children'
Almost one-third of 214 U.S.-based MS-13 gang members arrested in an international sweep were invited into the United States by President Barack Obama's "Unaccompanied Alien Children" policy.
The successful "Raging Bull' sweep was announced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Tom Homan in a joint press conference at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
The operation is a "significant step towards dismantling and eradicating MS-13 in the United States and in El Salvador," said Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Rybicki, the second-ranking official at DOJ's Criminal Division. El Salvador police also arrested 53 gang members in El Salvador.
Sixteen of the 214 arrestees in the United States are U.S. citizens. Five were legal immigrants.
Ninety-three of 214 arrestees are charged with federal or state criminal offenses and will face prison time in the United States, said Derek Benner, the deputy executive associate director of the Homeland Security Investigations division.
The group of 214 include 193 illegal aliens, including 121 arrestees who will be deported but will not face criminal charges.
Sixty-four of the 193 illegals – nearly one in three – are would-be "dreamers" because they illegally crossed the border while claiming to be minors. Their unscreened claims to be children — not adults — won them the legal status of "Unaccompanied Alien Children," which allowed them to claim federal aid and be released into the United States.
The status was provided by Obama's administration, which was seeking ways to welcome migrants from Central America into the United States. That invite spiraled out of control, resulting in a huge wave of migrants in 2014, which helped Donald Trump get elected.
"Definitely some UACs end up being bad people and enter the country to do bad things," said Homan, who is serving as acting ICE director and was nominated on Tuesday by Trump to head the agency. "That's why we asked for several policy changes in [the requests] we sent to the Hill."
Criminal charges against the 214 gang-members include racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in the furtherance of racketeering. According to Rybicki, an entire eight-man MS-13 "clique" (a local division of a gang) was arrested in the operation. This "Sailors Clique" operated in suburban Maryland, a hotspot of MS-13 activity, and has been linked to at least three murders.
U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Chief Scott Luck explained that the operation worked with El Salvadoran intelligence agencies to identify people with links to MS-13.
The gang was created in Los Angeles during the 1980s because the U..S government failed to enforce immigration laws, which allowed El Salvador youths to sneak into the United States. Without economic skills in California's diverse society, they formed their own national gang — and then recreated that gang in their own homeland once the illegal immigrants were repatriated home.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Francis Cissna explained that his agency's work to identify illegal aliens with gang affiliations was vital to Raging Bull's success. USCIS had one of its Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) agents at the Raging Bull command center full time to work to that effect. "That individual reviewed asylum claims for MS-13 members targeted by the operation and assisted in assembling target packages for the immigration and/or criminal court proceedings of these gang members arrested during the operation," Cissna said.
As Attorney General Jeff Sessions bemoaned in October, gang members and other unworthy illegal aliens often use the United States's generous asylum policies to tie up their cases in administrative proceedings, often needing only a "credible claim" of persecution in their home country to avoid deportation for years.
"FDNS also notified ICE HSI regarding asylum applicants with strong ties to MS-13 or other significant gang indicators," Cissna continued. "Our headquarters FDNS officers search USCIS systems for information regarding 195 targeted MS-13 members and associates identified by the operation for additional vetting."
Operation Raging Bull carries on a series of nationwide and international efforts against the brutal gang. In July, Attorney General Sessions went to El Salvador to announce nearly 600 arrests in that country. Earlier in the summer, ICE's "Operation Matador" netted dozens of arrests in the United States.
El Salvador police also arrested 53 gang members in el Salvador.
This is what decades of globalism have done to our nation. From George HW. Bush to Bill Clinton, to George W. Bush, to Barack Hussein Obama to almost another Bush. Our nation is starting to resemble a third world cesspool. One that's filled with the terror of MS-13 thanks to politicians who never have to leave their fortresses and don't have to deal with the fall out these people cause. They don't have to compete for the same jobs nor do they have to share the same streets with them. This is why President Donald J. Trump was elected. Because American Citizens are sick and tired of seeing what is being done to our glorious nation in the name of political correctness, globalism, and diversity. Enough is enough!
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has offered a generous $20,000 reward for information on Agent Martinez's death. Those with tips are asked to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-252-8477.
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River Park Square Unveils Plans Owners Ask City To Close Post To Set Stage For $80 Million Retail Project
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The owners of River Park Square Thursday asked the city to close a block of Post Street to accommodate a massive $80 million downtown retail expansion.
The project includes a new home for Nordstrom Inc., a major downtown merchant, and shopping and parking space covering two blocks.
Pedestrian traffic would continue on Post, between Main Avenue and Spokane Falls Boulevard, beneath a glass atrium that would be the centerpiece of the shopping complex.
Proposed by the owners of River Park Square - Citizens Realty Co. and Lincoln Investment Co. - the project would stretch from Lincoln to Wall streets along Main Avenue.
Citizens and Lincoln are affiliates of Cowles Publishing Co., which publishes The Spokesman-Review.
The west block of River Park Square would be rebuilt to house Nordstrom at the corner of Lincoln and Main, across from the Spokane Public Library. The current Nordstrom building would be renovated for retail shops.
Betsy Cowles, president of Citizens and Lincoln Investment, said the companies hope to begin construction this year and open the renovated shopping center in the fall of 1998. That's the same year the city hopes to close the Post Street Bridge.
The development needs to proceed quickly, she said, or Spokane risks losing both the Nordstrom and The Bon downtown stores.
"We are at a juncture where Spokane needs to take steps to assure retailers that we are serious about the city's future and ready to bring much-needed revitalization to downtown," she said.
The development hinges on commitments from Nordstrom and The Bon to stay downtown. Post also must be closed, Cowles said.
The city would be more likely to vacate Post if plans for a proposed Lincoln Street bridge are approved, diverting traffic off the old bridge. However, Spokane attorney Steve Eugster and others are opposing the plan, saying the new bridge should be built on Post.
Cowles said some opposition is expected to the development, but by announcing plans early, she hopes public concerns can be met without delaying the project.
"When people take a good look at how important a thriving downtown retail area is to the Spokane economy, we're going to have a great deal of support for this project," she said.
Citizens and Lincoln Investment filed an application Thursday with the Spokane Public Works Department to vacate Post. The alley behind the current Nordstrom store also would be closed.
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The development is separate from a proposed parking and business improvement district, which would assess property owners to promote and spruce up the downtown core.
The retail project would be one of the largest ever downtown, nearly double the cost of the $45 million arena that's replacing the Spokane Coliseum.
The action would mark the second time in recent years that traffic would be limited on downtown streets. The city this year will complete renovation of Wall Street, which limits traffic on certain blocks to a trolley bus, bicycles and delivery trucks.


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Tuesday, 16 November 2010
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It's a new challenge today for "Oldie But A Goodie", and the theme is "Glitter". I have put plenty of sparkle on my image and snowflakes, hope it shows ok. This is using a House Mouse stamp called Night Light, i'm now trying to get some Christmas cards done as I have only made three so far.
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1. Allsorts - week 78 - Sketch
2. Die Cut Dreams Christmas - challenge # 43 - Snowflakes
3. Lili Of The Valley - challenge 73 - Anything Goes + Blog Hop
4. ABC Christmas - W is for Winter Wonderland
5. House Mouse - challenge # 82 - All about friends
Stamps - House Mouse Night Light HMJR1068, sentiment Dovecraft,
Papers - Papermania A Wonderful Christmas Time, Dovecraft Winter Wonderland,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, H20's,
Tools - Nestie, Cuttlebug, Snowflake punch, Sizzix snowflake Die, Sizzix sidekick,
Embellishments - stickles, ribbon, white gems,
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog,
Happy crafting
Tracy x
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awww - this is so cute .I love that image and those sparkly snowflakesReplyDelete
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Hi Tracy,ReplyDelete
This is gorgeously cute. I love the image and sparkle on the card. Brilliant.
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This is gorgoues Tracy. I love the fab snowflakes and the image is adorable!ReplyDelete
Hugs, Clare x
Hi Tracy , what a lovely christmascard you've made. It looks so cosy : 2 little mice in their house ; nicely warm. The snowflakes are beautifull. I'm allso busy with the christmascards. And for this challenge "Glitter " : It will be difficult for me because I HATE glitter ! Love from Holland , Christa.ReplyDelete
It's a lovely card, Tracy!ReplyDelete
Just work with the same image at the weekend!
Hope all are fine with you and your family.
Ah Tracy this is so cute, love the glitter, hugs Liz xxReplyDelete
Tracy this is fabulous what a great image and I am so loving all that wonderful sparkle.ReplyDelete
Lorraine x
what a darling image, sooo very cute, love you snowflakesReplyDelete
ahhhhh this is so cute that image is adorable a beautiful xmas card,ReplyDelete
Chris x
Hi TracyReplyDelete
Hmmm, glitter, a challenge made just for you me thinks. And such a cutie with one of your favourite House Mouse's.
Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week and good luck.
B x
Oh so sweet I want a mouse now...lol, thanks for joining us this week at the DCD Christmas Club!ReplyDelete
Hi Tracy a gorgeous, sparkly card ~ such a cute image' and I knew I recognised that layout, thanks for joining ALLSORTS!ReplyDelete
Good Luck
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How cute are those mice !! Tracy? well I wouldn't want to share my house with them but saying that they do look sweet as dooes your card darlingReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at the DCD Christmas Club this week
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So gorgeous card ,I love the image and the colours.ReplyDelete
So gorgeous papers.
Hugs Riet.x
Hi Tracy. I love your sparkling card with the H&M image and the snowflakes.Thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge this time.ReplyDelete
This is adorable Tracy.ReplyDelete
How's your back these days?
Take care
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Hi Tracy, wow your card is so sweet and gorgeous, love it.ReplyDelete
sorry I haven't been around so much lately,hope you are ok love chris xx
Hi yaReplyDelete
a gorgeous card, luv the image & sparkle, lovely papers & design, thank you for joining us at House Mouse & Friends this week, hope to see you next time, sue,x
Gorgeous card tracy,i love house mouse stamps,they are one of the 1st stamps i ever boughtReplyDelete
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awww how sweet is that image fab card thanks for joining us at DCD christmas clubReplyDelete
hugs sara x
Gorgeous card, Tracy! Wonderful image and colours, fab papers and I love all the sparkle! And thanks for joining the ABC Christmas Challenge:-) Good luck! Hugs Delphine xxReplyDelete
Such a cute card!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
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Tracy this is soooo sweet, LOVIN this precious image!ReplyDelete
WOW- adorable use of image! Great shimmer! lovely HM card. Thanks so much for playing along with us at House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge!!! :)ReplyDelete
Love your adorable card Tracy.ReplyDelete
Hi Tracy, this is gorgeous love the image, thanks for joining us at DCD Christmas Club.ReplyDelete
hi Tracy - gorgeous card - love that adorable image and the teal and red/burgundy together are simply stunning. Fabulous snowflakes!!ReplyDelete
So glad you could join us at House Mouse & Friends,
hugs Heather xx
Oh what an adorable card you've created. I love the design and colours. Thank you for joining us this week over at the LOTV Thursday challenge. Hugs, Dawny xxxReplyDelete
Gorgeous creation love the image and fab papers, big hugs love Pops xReplyDelete
Fantastic card the snowflakes are fab!ReplyDelete
Thanks for playing at Allsorts this week
Emma xxx
Hi Tarcy love this cute HM image fab colouring great layout ..thanks for sharing & joining us at Hm & Friends Monday chall.ReplyDelete
Hi Tracy, what a darling image! Love all the sparkle and snow flakes too. thanks for sharing your card with us at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. Nice job!ReplyDelete
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Why is my mother so angry and abusive after her stroke?
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If your mother's stroke involved the part of the brain responsible for behavior, you may be in for a rough road ahead. Generally, most of the improvement after a stroke is within the first six months, but improvement can continue for up to two years.
I'd recommend taking your mom to see a psychiatrist with experience in stroke cases before you give up hope. Your mother may be suffering from post-stroke depression or other issues that may be reversible with professional help.
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While a psychiatrist may be very helpful in the case of depression, I found that a Neuropsychologist did the best for my husband. My husband's stroke was in his frontal lobe (he's amidextrous, so it really messed him up), and he has impaired judgement and impulse control difficulties. While 2 years seems to be the party line for stroke recovery - I still see changes and it's over 3 years now. Just continue to challenge the stroke patient, and the recovery will continue. Don't give up hope - just realize that your mother has changed in a way that was other than her choice.
I am a stroke survivor. Unbeknown to me I was apparently very violent towards both my husband and my son after the stroke. I had very good care both in the hospital and through the various therapists that came to my home to help me. I ended up seeing a Neuro-psychologist at some point and it did not seem to be the answer for my personal experience. My stroke affected my Frontal & Parietal lobes of my brain. Perhaps this is the difference. I am now 4 years post stroke. I still have difficulty swallowing & feeding myself (mostly due to the swallowing) and I have some trouble with my hands throwing things when I don't want them to. I find it hard to believe, I was a Physician Assistant Certified in Alaska & Pennsylvania for over 20 years and the Stroke ended that, so did the cancer that followed. I guess what I am trying to say is your Mom is in there. She will come out eventually. Everyone recovers at their own rate, some of us fully some not. But the Anger issue should dissipate with the proper treatment. You love her & she loves you. Always remember that and reinforce it. I actually got so tired of hearing my son & Hubby tell me how much they loved me but it helped me want to heal more quickly. I wish your Mom well and yourself too. I will keep you in my prayers. Know that Above any of the Physicians, Nurses, PT, OT and other specialists your Mom might see in the end it is God who can make her whole. He is still working on me ..... God Be with you both. Jade
At the young age of 59..I had a stroke..I am 61 now..it was a live changing experiance..for the better..I now enjoy all of life joys.. the changes..are .. move you body.. listing to music..calling old .. friends.. and a New grandson..I am learing to speak spanish..and Reading about new medical news about,Stroks,..Keeping encouranging your mom,,try making laugh,,give her a big kiss evey day,, and more hugs..lots of hugs..pray for her..lots..New Maxc
I had a stroke 6 years ago which destroyed basically the entire right side of my brain. I was very lucky physically and mentally as far as residual deficits go. But, I have found that I do get frustrated easily. I would suggest to the caregivers that they listen to their tone of voice. Nothing bothers me more than to be patronized. For example, my wife will say something 'i'm sorry you had a stroke, but you just can't do blank." So every argument or discussion ends this way. To me, she is basically saying I am incompetent.
I have had 2 strokes to the left occipital lobe of my brain, due to a birth defect called a PFO, which is a hole in my heart. The first stroke happened at age 18, and the second stroke happened at age 35. I have partial blindness and difficulty doing math now. I have bouts of uncontrolled anger and temper, and have a hard time controlling my temper. I wasn't like that before my strokes. I also have a seizure disorder from the brain damage, and my neurologist suggests that my tempers come from the seizure activity, and are part of a seizure prodome.
Hello. I have just suffered my first stroke five months ago. My life was completely independant prire to it. I feel rather angry myself, just based on the shere lack of personal abilities I suddenly have lost!
Your mom can't control the outbursts, be it in anger, Violance, or tears without Medical attention. Also, it is verry hard to explain to you her feelings, which ads to the upset.
Give her time, love, and lots of chances to just recover for one more day.
HI there,
I am a stroke survivor who had a massive stroke on Dec 05,2013, and a second stroke on Dec 08,02013. Six days of will she live or die. Im a fighter and was made aware of what happened as they moved me from theCCU to acute rehap. completely paralyzed on my left side ( im left handed by the way),and a 1 finger typer, lol!
I was up and walking in 2-weeks. To Jade and others in this forum, God raised me up off of my death bed as he breathe life into me whenit looked like there was no hope and for that I am eternally grateful! However I have terrible anger issues. Not because of what happed but because I am dependent on others for help, I get sick of people saying Im feeling sorry for myself. People just don't get it I was an insurance professional for over 20 years prior to the stroke never needing anything from anyone. Now the very basic needs of getting my hair combed is more than I can deal with. I DONT WANT Help! I need it. My family just wants me on anti-depression meds and I try to explain im not depressed Im angry!
My mother became very violent towards me after she had a stroke now I suffered a stroke just two years ago and I find I can't get mad about anything. Drivers don't make me cross nothing really does
My father-in-law had a stroke about 5 years ago with some pretty significant physical deficits which he started working at dealing with right away. About 2 months after that he experienced a second stroke which affected his personality, and he became a totally different person. While he's coherent and cognizant, he is easily and irrationally irritated and quick to fly into fits of anger. Even now, 5 years post stroke, he's unreasonably cantankerous and the slightest thing - even something as simple as making a cup of tea - will send him into a rage.
Reading some of the support sites make me a bit angry myself, as there are a lot of "hang in there" and "be patient and supportive, it will get better." I've been looking into post-stroke aggression and anger and the research says that in about 20-30% of the cases it doesn't get better on its own. There's evidence that there's a chemical imbalance in some patients that causes anger that surpasses the frustration that comes with the change in abilities. While many people will adapt and "get over it", many won't, though there's evidence that there can be improvement with pharmaceutical intervention, and that anti-depressants actually are more effective in improving post-stroke anger than they are at post-stroke depression.
Your words of encouragement are nice, but for those who are dealing with the personality transformations that come with post-stroke aggression the "hang in there, it gets better" comments fall short. See your doctor. Talk about SSRIs. Look for other solutions - Because it sucks. A lot.
Jade1961- my boyfriend suffered strokes in his right parietal & frontal lobes about 8 months ago, the same areas you had your strokes. I have so many questions- is there any way I could contact you by email? I am not sure if there is a way to do that on here, but I'd be so appreciative if I could just talk to someone who has experienced something similar to what he is going through.
My mom had a stroke about a year ago. I have tried to be encouraging and helpful... and hopeful throughout. I have loved my mother dearly, my best friend. The thing is that it is like somebody else invaded her body. She actually has a lot of mobility, it mostly got her sight in her right eye, but her personality is so very different. She is only a shadow of the person I used to know and only really the worst traits. She is stubborn and pouty and doesn't do anything but order people around. She has no filter... at all and says the most hurtful things to me and my daughter. I keep trying but good grief it is sooo hard. I love her, and I love the person she was so I try to honor that memory in my actions now. It IS hard though when you get anxiety about even going to see her and a feeling of dread as to what will be said or done THIS TIME. Her husband is her legal power of attorney and a total enabler, if she doesn't want to go see the doctor she was referred to for test then fine ok. If she doesn't want to bathe for a whole week then fine ok. I get frustrated because there is nothing legally I can do to help. And I love her, I just don't like her very much right now (or him.) And I feel like a horrible person for it, I would never in a million years let on though because I keep hoping for a glimpse of the person I knew as my mom. (feeling like I lost her a year ago and I didn't get to say goodbye, I don't know this person wearing my mom's face.)
As I read all the posts out here, my heart truly goes out to each and every one of you. I have suffered a stroke, my 3rd in 2 years on July 17th, 2017. I had suffered triple vision, tingling on the entire right side of my body, and could not walk or speak clearly. I ended up in a rehab hospital and after 3 weeks, my triple vision disappeared. They taught me how to walk and talk again also. Now, I'm on home health care which is fine and they do say it helps. I've yet to see any recovery from my side effects from the stoke mainly the numbness and tingling on my entire right side. I've been told that it will eventually stop the tingle while others say I'm stuck with this sensation. I wish I knew if it would stop! I have been reading up on the vitamin B12 and strokes. It sounds good and I will try it but in the meantime, I'm not allowed to drive for at least 3 months. I am single, 63 years old and depended on no one till this stroke. I have no family to speak of either so I must do everything within reason on my own which is depressing. If you have a family member who has had a stroke, show them all the love and support you can. It will definately help with their recovery and they may thank you for that. Oh, i want to add too that i've been reading about vitamin B12 helping stroke recovery so I may try that. Again my heart goes out to everyone on this forum. May the Lord bless and keep you all!
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My friend was explaining to me back in 2005 how this whole "Pay-Per-Click" model worked, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever. "You pay just for results. How cool is that," I thought. Back in the early days of Adwords (and Overture for the old school folks), things were quite different...
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At that time, if we were running a campaign for a somewhat competitive term, we would complain about how ridiculous a .50 CPC was. And a $1 a click?
Pure insanity... at least that's what we thought at the time.
Now those same terms are running around $8 - $10 a click. So, what happened? In the wonderful world of ad auction bidding, the more people that bid, the higher the cost-per-click will be.
Since Adwords uses an auction system, the more people that want those revenue generating keywords, the higher your cost will be. And just as competition raised click costs at Adwords, it does the same thing everywhere else, including Facebook.
But instead of bidding on keywords, with Facebook, you're bidding on space in someone's News Feed.
Facebook advertising has exploded in popularity because of its "simplicity" to use and its ability to target almost anyone. You want to go after men, age 30 - 50, that make between $75k - $250k a year, who enjoy Kanye West and purchase healthy organic products...
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Many companies are making a fortune running their ads on Facebook, and that'll continue for a long time.
And, best of all, they forced the mighty Google to step up its game, which has benefited all advertisers.
Today, Facebook still stands as one of the best advertising platforms on the web.
The Facebook News Feed is beginning to age... it launched nearly 11 years ago, and ads have been part of it for 5 years.
Now, I'm not saying age is a bad thing (I just turned 40, so I hope not). What I am saying is that age can be one of many indicators on how competitive a market has become. Let's look at a few facts about Facebook ads.
According to Steve Carbone, managing director and chief digital and analytics officer at MediaCom, Facebook...
"...has driven revenues based on three factors—growing the user base, increasing time spent and adding more ads to each page—but its ability to add more and more advertisements to each page is beginning to slow. If this source of revenue declines, Facebook will have to ramp up the other two and reassess pricing."
Facebook is attempting to mitigate these concerns by testing different ad formats, such as expanding ad formats in the audience network, Messenger ads, Instagram stories, etc.
But, advertisers need to begin diversifying their ad spend, and stepping up their game on Facebook if they plan to stay profitable with paid media. Here are three things that can help.
Yes, I know. Native advertising is not a "secret." But, for many people, using it successfully is.
If you're curious about why you should start moving into native ads, allow me to share a few stats:
The native advertising concept not new, it's been around since the early 20th century. The reason it's been around so long is it continues to work.
I remember as a kid finding these small "health magazines" around the house. My dad was big into learning about the latest and greatest health info, and these appeared to fit the bill.
However, these "magazines" were merely disguised advertisements... but there was a key difference...
They delivered real information...
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These type of ads are a powerful means of not only getting your message out to the masses, but having them engage with it.
If you're currently advertising on Facebook, then chances are, you've seen the fruits of native advertising.
Most people define "native advertising" as "content within a publication that resembles the publishers content, but advertisers pay for it."
Again using Facebook as an example, their newsfeed ads are "native ads" because they match the surrounding content, look and feel.
But, there has been some criticism of this type of ad format.
Some have said that native advertising is deceptive because it resembles "real content."
But, I have to say...
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It should not just resemble "real content," but be real content. Yes, there are native ad networks that allow for "deceitful" ads (pure clickbait)...
...but the quality networks are moving away from that, which is excellent news for most advertisers.
The key to successful native advertising is to contribute positively to the online discussion and provide valuable, informative content to your target audience. This isn't about blasting the web with ads; it's about giving potential customers what they want.
So, how do you give customers what they want from an advertising standpoint?
By providing valuable information, which most of the time comes through education.
The great marketer/sales trainer Chet Holmes once said,
"You will attract way more buyers if you are offering to teach them something of value to them than you will ever attract by simply trying to sell them your product or service."
By driving traffic to an advertorial that delivers value, you not only set yourself far above the competition, but you will generate more sales.
To begin using native advertising, you'll need to take your product and connect it with the right networks.
Not all products or offers work across the board, so make sure to do your homework.
The good news is you've got a lot of options to choose from... but to help you get started, here are 6 good networks (besides Facebook) to take a look at:
Taboola, Outbrain, RevContent, Twitter, Google Display Network (yes, it can be done), and Yahoo Gemini. They cover 99% of the high-quality traffic available on the web.
One of the challenges some of our clients experienced, before coming to us, was identifying agencies that understood the native ad space. Many generalist-type of digital agencies try to apply the same principles they've used in search and banner ad campaigns to native ads.
And guess what, not surprisingly, their strategy doesn't work...
Those agencies then say "native ads aren't right for your business, let's stick with Adwords search and Facebook ads," which the client then believes and puts native to the side.
But, when done right, native advertising can be a game changer for your business.
Simply knowing what to do is a big factor that prevents people from taking a stab at native advertising. To help you get started, here are a few strategies to make your "native ad journey" a profitable one.
Let's first talk about the ad image. One important note to remember is each native advertising network has their particular image guidelines so take the time to read them and then, of course, stay compliant.
Images should be clean (not cluttered) and without text. Try to make the images "pop" with high-contrast. Also, photos of people tend to be the most engaging, but I've seen stylized images of objects pull just as well.
Also, make sure the image is relevant to the ad text...
A crazy image may get the click, but your bounce rate will be through the roof. Remember, you not only want a good CTR (shoot for 0.25% and higher) but quality clicks.
Below are two examples of good native ads. Both have relevant images that "stop the scroll."
The Nugenix ad has an image of a man looking off to the side, which, not by coincidence, is where the headline is located. Data has shown we, humans, subconsciously follow where someone is looking... so this was a good choice.
The purple background on the Motley Fool ad works by creating contrast.
When working with ad text, remember the headline is what's going to get the click-through, so it's worth spending the time finding the right angle/hook. (Always keep in mind that the headline should match the landing page or risk high bounce rates.)
On what works for the headline...
Ask questions, be specific, use numbers, give it some urgency and make people feel there is something unique about what you're offering.
To give you a better idea, here are some examples of effective native ad headlines taken from real-world success:
As you can see, the headline doesn't have to be crazy, it just needs to appeal to your target market.
When it comes time for creating your landing page, certain networks (such as Outbrain) will require an advertorial type of page.
However, many don't and will allow you to send traffic directly to an offer.
But, if you can, I would recommend using an advertorial format for your pages whenever possible. Remember, it's about providing real value to the market.
Also, by educating your audience, you're eliminating sales resistance while providing a benefit at the same time.
If you're having any trouble getting your native ad campaigns going and have questions, feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @ReachFire or visit our "contact us" page.
Would you send people to an opt-in form that can't capture the opt-in?
Of course not, that'd be ridiculous right? Well, when you're sending traffic to a site without having a plethora of retargeting pixels in place, you're doing the same type of thing.
A small part of our marketing methodology (Panoptic Stacking™) is to setup retargeting pixels across all the major advertising channels before we ever launch a campaign.
Most people will setup their retargeting pixel on the network in which they are currently advertising. But, they won't setup their pixels from networks they are currently NOT advertising on.
It doesn't matter if you are using a particular network right now or not, by following this strategy you're creating a highly valuable audience for future targeting.
Retargeting is one of the most valuable things you can do online...
It allows you to create "personalized" advertising.
Once you begin building that audience, you can further segment it by creating sub-targets, such as showing ads to people who have or have not performed certain actions on your site within a specific timeframe. This is extremely powerful stuff not to be taken lightly.
You spend thousands of dollars on getting eyeballs on your page, so how about you multiply your efforts by placing pixels from channels like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Taboola, Yahoo, Outbrain, etc. on your site. Once you do that, you can begin rolling out retargeting campaigns to build "omnipresence" and generate more conversions.
By building audiences across the networks, you can then leverage something powerful called "lookalike or similar audiences."
The amount of data ad networks have on us is pretty incredible.
The tinfoil hat people are right... "they are watching us!" But the good news is it makes marketing to the right people so much easier.
Ad networks create what are called "lookalike" or "similar" audiences by evaluating who is coming to your site (all their characteristics, buying and clicking habits, purchase behavior, etc.) and compare that data to everyone else on the web.
When they see a match, ta-da! Your ad will then be shown.
This way of advertising can dramatically reduce costs and improve your overall CPA.
One common mistake people make is by not creating any filtering layers on top of the lookalike audience.
Keep in mind these audiences are not perfect, and because of that, you should place a filtering layer on that audience to "help" the networks find the right people. The filtering layer should match your ideal customer profile such as gender, demographic, income range, location, etc.
By building and layering a lookalike audience, you can generate some massive success online.
There are now quite a few options available to get eyeballs on your product/offer. Facebook advertising is still a great network to use (heck, we used it in this case study); however, it's important to begin diversifying your ad spend and maximizing what you currently have while it's still available.
Unfortunately, amateur hour is over. Too many large players with massive budgets are jumping in, and if you're not careful and know what you're doing, you could end up losing significantly.
However, the three strategies I shared can help lower your CPC and CPA, making your campaigns (or keeping them) lucrative.
If you are in the health or finance industry and have a proven funnel that converts, ReachFire will bring you thousands of leads and sales at a lower CPA using native advertising. ReachFire offers a unique guarantee for the advertising industry: if they don't beat your current customer/lead acquisition cost, you won't owe them a dime. Schedule a consultation to see if they can help.
ReachFire LLC is a native advertising digital agency that focuses on driving traffic for clients in the health and financial space.
ReachFire uses a unique 3-step methodology called "Panoptic Stacking" to help maximize ROI for their clients.
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If you're a social media marketer and you're not familiar with Quora, it's time to get up to speed.
Quora a highly addictive Q&A site that boasts a global audience of close to 200 million monthly users, and was featured previously as one of 56 vendors in The 2017 Social Media Native Advertising Landscape. It's userbase is highly educated, too.
It's known for the quality of its content and the insightfulness of its users. The community is relatively troll-free and is actively policed by its users. Users come to the site to ask questions and read reliable answers, which includes information about products, services, brands, competitors and industries.
Many of these queries and answers influence users during the consideration stage of their buyer's journey.
And now, Quora has launched it's own self-serve ad platform, which is available to all users. Quora first started testing ads last year, but only made the option available to select partners in beta. Now, anyone can give them a try - and they may well be worth consideration.
Quora gives four main reasons (see below) brands should consider it for advertising. It should also be added that the variety of topics is immense, so targeting to the right audience at the right time should be easy for marketers.
The companies that used Quora's native advertising during beta range in industries from ecommerce, law, HR, SaaS and parenting.
Anne Halsall, the co-founder of Winnie, says that "the conversion rate was 4-5 times higher than what we saw on other platforms."
Quora's native advertising solution represents another arrow in the quiver for brands to reach their target audience where they're at, and on their terms. Initial results look impressive. As a Quora user myself, I plan on using this new offering as soon as possible and you can bet I'll be sharing the results here – stay tuned.
On - 28 May, 2017 By Chadpollitt
We have a serious problem in content marketing and I'm going to point fingers today.
For the last several years, there's been a steady drumbeat in our industry to be more strategic and to embrace content distribution. The latter seems to have been neglected due to corporate silos, budget misallocation, fear of trying something new, and other excuses.
It's no secret why this drum beat exists. In fact, a major reason was highlighted on this very blog in January of 2014 – Content Shock.
I once asked an English friend why he invited so many Americans to present at his conference. He told me that Europeans believe that innovation travels on the jet stream and it starts in the US.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
That may or may not be true regarding technology, but when it comes to native advertising acceptance and execution for content distribution it's far from true. My time in Europe has shown me that this region is much further ahead in the adoption of native advertising for content distribution.
In fact, I've even seen successful agencies that only do native advertising. Add to that, publishers are some of the leading sponsors at every content marketing event I attend. In the US, I've seen two publishers sponsor an event once … and I attend dozens a year.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That means we (marketers), native ad tech, brands, publishers, thought leaders and media buyers are insane. That's right. . . insane.
. . . and today I'm taking a stand. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. If any of the below descriptions sound familiar than this post is the water. I implore you to drink it. . .
Did you know that for every one dollar spent on creation, a television advertising executive spends five dollars on distribution?
Based on my research, content marketers spend one dollar on distribution for every five dollars they spend on creative. Nobody flinches when the TV guy walks in and asks for 5x to promote his creative, but content marketers are left begging the PPC/media buying team to please promote their content.
You can't separate creative and distribution at the top of the funnel and expect to be successful.
These folks are really good at promoting mid to bottom-funnel content on those channels, but you can't separate creative and distribution at the top of the funnel and expect to be successful. That's why there's so much native click-bait and false promises all over the web today. These people aren't beholden to the same KPIs and metrics we care about, either.
Content marketers need their own distribution budgets and staff to execute. If not, then distribution should be as close to creative as possible.
This group is partly to blame for the current situation we're in, too. Most of the tools available today are built to serve media buyers, not content marketers. Most use the language of media buyers, display, and PPC folks. Their KPIs, for the most part, are devoid of anything we content marketers are interested in measuring or tracking.
We care about engagement, conversions, and subscriptions. Who cares about impressions and clicks on top-funnel content? If it's not prompting engagement, it's worthless. As Mark Schaefer wrote in The Content Code, the value of content that is not seen and shared is zero!
There are nearly 300 native advertising technology companies. It's high time you start catering to marketers. We're where your growth is going to come from.
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For content marketers, we need to embrace what we have available and stop being fearful of this technology and media buying foreign language. We need to fight for our budgets and educate ourselves.
It starts with understanding the native advertising landscape. That's why we put this custom research together and plan on updating it annually. It's not as complicated as you may think. Embrace it.
Your legacy silos and misallocation of budgets are partly to blame for poor content performance. I had half a dozen folks come up to me at my Content Marketing World session and tell me they get it, but they can't get any budget to do content distribution. It's owned by the media buying team.
This must change. If the TV exec can walk out of an office with five times the creative budget for distribution of a commercial, why can't a content marketer get some distribution budget? The silos created early last decade are largely to blame. With the focus of content creation moving up-funnel the budgets for distribution mostly remain down-funnel. This makes no sense and is still in place at most brands today.
Take some responsibility for this situation my publishing friends. Brands and marketers should be lined up begging to do long form native advertising with you. While many have indeed created internal agencies, or content studios, your value proposition is being sold by folks that talk impressions and clicks.
You can't expect a person who's been selling ad impressions for 15 years to adequately communicate the value of your new content studio.
You can't expect a person who's been selling ad impressions for 15 years to adequately communicate the value of your new content studio. You need to sell and market like a creative agency. Your prospects want engagement, subscribers, and conversions. When industry folks attend a content marketing event it should be packed full of publishers in the sponsorship hall. It's not.
Publishers need to invest in the promotion of their content studios to content marketers in a bigger way. Especially in the US. You deliver value and you should be preaching it to everyone you can.
Many of the major content marketing initiatives conducted by brands today were influenced in some way by an industry thought leader. The problem is, many of these people are still preaching about what worked three years ago. Or longer.
This era of exploding content makes most traditional "owned" media strategies obsolete.
Unfortunately, this "build it and they will come" inbound marketing philosophy is extremely difficult to pull off today. It's risky and expensive, depending on your industry. Last decade, many of these thought leaders flourished in a time of content deficits in our industry. They were working in unsaturated niches. Most mainstream industries today are in an era of content surpluses, AKA Content Shock.
This era of exploding content makes most traditional "owned" media strategies obsolete. Thought leaders can talk story-telling strategy and content quality until they're blue in the face, but if that conversation doesn't include earned and/or paid media for content distribution, they're giving terrible advice for most of their customers.
Whether you like it or not, your budgets are moving up-funnel. Facebook and the rest of the native ad tech landscape are making sure of that. With content creation aligning with the buyer's journey and moving up-funnel for many brands, it's just a matter of time until the paid channels of distribution do the same.
Native is the best-paid channel for top-funnel content. I predict much of its future growth will come from content marketers. According to a recent study by eMarketer, US native ad spend will make up nearly 53 percent of all digital display ad spending in the US this year. AdYouLike estimates that global native ad spending will surpass $59 billion in 2018.
To truly embrace these macroeconomic forces your KPIs must change. Media buying and creative must work more closely together to accomplish engagement and conversion goals. The wall between media buying and the content marketing team must come down for this to happen.
The good news is that we're still in the infancy of what native advertising will become. Change can be difficult at first, but this is the channel of the future for our top funnel content. Whether the players I've mentioned embrace the change or not, they must be prepared for it if they wish to succeed.
This, in part, requires understanding and demystifying the native advertising technology landscape.
Start now. Hope you enjoyed your drink.
By Chad Pollitt
VP of Audience and Partner, Native Advertising Institute
Indianapolis, USA
This article originally appeared on Businessgrow.com and has been reprinted here with permission.
Here is some great info from SEMPO regarding social paid ads. We've been using paid advertising on social platforms for quite some time and have seen great results. The "native" component of social ads allows them to more easily blend in vs. typical display (banner) ads.
Don't get me wrong, banners are great… when done correctly. Anyways, here is the article:
According to the latest State of Search report from SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization), search ads dominate when it comes to digital marketing efforts performed by both agency and client-side marketers, but social advertising is the fastest-growing segment.
Released on Tuesday, SEMPO's survey includes responses from nearly 500 search marketing professionals, including agency professionals, consultants, and client-side marketers. The survey includes a broad range of questions around the types of digital marketing efforts being formed, industry challenges and metrics.
When asked about the type of digital marketing activities carried out, 95 percent of agency professionals and consultants listed search ads, as did 92 percent of client-side marketers. For agencies, this was a slight increase from last year, while marketers saw a 2 percent decrease.
Seventy-six percent of agencies and consultants and 69 percent of client-side marketers listed social ads — both sides doing more social advertising activities in 2016 compared to 2015. Social ads were the fastest-growing segment for digital marketing activities carried out by agencies and client-side marketers.
When asked if they were investing more ad dollars on Google, Bing and Yahoo in 2016 compared to 2015, the number of agencies and consultants investing on Google was up in 2016.
Agencies and consultants and client-side marketers alike reported investing more on Bing in 2016 over 2015, but it was still far fewer than those who gave additional ad dollars to Google.
Among its other findings, SEMPO's report reveals that B2B marketers prefer LinkedIn and Twitter for paid social, while B2C marketers are more likely to turn to Instagram — with 53 percent of B2B marketers investing in LinkedIn ads compared to 13 percent of B2C marketers, and 54 percent of B2B marketers purchasing Promoted Tweets versus of 23 percent of B2C marketers.
Fifty-three percent of B2C marketers are buying ads on Instagram, compared to of 25 percent of B2B marketers.
The findings show agencies and consultants said "getting a budget" was their biggest social challenge, while client-side marketers said measuring their ROI was their biggest social challenge.
SEMPO says it will be presenting the full report at its 2017 Search Industry Forum May 4–5 at the Hyatt Regency in Miami and that SEMPO members will have free access to the full report. More information about the report can be found at 2016 State of Search.
In the previous post, I discussed creating an avatar of your "ideal" customer, as well as how to spy on your competitors to find out what is and isn't working in the marketplace.
Now it's time to create a custom ad campaign to target this customer persona. As logical as this may sound, I can't tell you how many companies mess this up. For this reason, you need to know who your ideal customer is before you do any advertising. Once you know this, you can then create the right type of ad for him/her.
The mistake so many companies make is they create one generic ad. They do this because they want to bring in many different types of customers from it.
But, this doesn't work.
Successful ads never resonate with everyone. You should create ads that will grab that ideal customer by the shirt, and not let go until they take the action you want them to. Think of your ad as bait. If you want to catch a particular type of fish, you need to use the right type of lure. If you want your ideal customer, you need the right ad… but that's not all.
Let's say you're on a fishing trip, and you're out to catch some bass. (Full disclosure – I'm not a fisherman… at all. So please excuse any fishing mistakes I may make from this analogy.)
The bait you've decided to use is known to have brought in a lot of fish… so you're feeling confident and excited to use it.
But, unbeknownst to you, that river you decided to cast your line into… isn't known for excellent bass. It's known for fantastic trout.
The point is, even if you have the right bait but the wrong pond, you're not going to have success.
This is why we emphasize the importance of going through the ideal customer exercise. If you don't do it, you're going to struggle because you'll be missing key data points: where he or she is online and what they'll be searching for.
With all the online audience information out there among the different ad platforms, it's easier than ever before to narrow in on the right audience and placements for targeting.
There are quite a few powerful things you can now do to find the exact audience you should be going after. For example, on Google, a lot of people are not familiar with all the changes that have occurred in audience targeting and the display network.
You can advertise directly to your audience through
All of this is incredibly powerful information available to you within seconds of typing it into the Google display planner tool.
Another useful platform that everyone is talking about it Facebook. We've generated quite a few leads on that platform, demonstrating the fact that EVERYONE is on there right now.
Facebook allows you to target very specific demographics and interests, which enable you to create relevant ads for branding and lead generation.
One great thing about Facebook is the ability to create "custom audiences." One way you can do this is by uploading an existing customer list with emails and Facebook will not only target this list with ads, but it will build a list of people who are similar to those customers!
The algorithm they've developed is very smart and makes our lives as advertisers, much easier.
So, bottom line, make sure you're creating ads that are specific for your ideal customer… not for all your potential customers. And use your competition to learn more about what is and isn't working in your market. Your results will far exceed any type of generic advertising.
You may think you already know your audience, which, you very well may. But, I've found that most businesses haven't identified their ideal customer. Let's use the example of a plastic surgeon. He or she may think, "my customer is anyone who is looking to improve their appearance." In the grand scheme of things, you're right. In most cases, your customers would be people looking for self-improvement.
Even so, when you dive deeper, there is a lot more to that customer. Consider these three things:
Now you can see you have to spend time identifying your ideal customer. Otherwise, you won't be able to have the kind of success that's possible.
So, imagine your best customer, the one you enjoyed working with the most and brought in a solid ROI. As you're thinking about him/her, here are some questions to answer. Remember, this is your ideal customer:
These 10 questions will help you identify that ideal customer, and where you should be "fishing." By fishing, I mean, which online advertising platforms will make the most sense for this audience.
The last essential part of this strategy is to identify who your strongest competitors are and what are they doing online.
The nice and convenient thing about digital marketing is it's much easier to find out what the competition is doing and saying since it's all online. But, you need to know where to look.
One thing that's resonated with me for a while is the phrase "don't re-invent the wheel." Someone once told me, "You can always tell who the pioneers are because they have arrows in their back and are lying face down in the dirt."
Your competition is out there spending and losing money, testing ad copy, landing pages, etc. to figure out how to generate an ROI from ad spend. They are the "pioneers." You, on the other hand, can become a fast follower and utilize their data to help minimize ad spend risk and avoid the arrows.
From working with clients, I've found most of them have never spent the time evaluating their competitor's online marketing strategies. Usually, it's because they don't know where to look or didn't even know there were tools available to give them this type of data. So, let me ask you this, wouldn't it be nice to know what your competition is doing online… like what kinds of ads they are running… and how much money they're actually spending?
Well, let me show you a free tool few people, outside of digital agencies, know about. This tool gives you incredible data and the best part about it; it won't cost you anything.
It's called SEMRush.com.
This tool gives you incredible competitive insight and ways to model your campaigns after what is and isn't working to avoid wasting money. You can see what your competition is spending on paid advertising, what keywords are bringing in the most customers, how much traffic their website is getting, where they're ranking in the search engines… it's fantastic info.
It's as Sun Tzu said in the Art Of War:
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."


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72Point worked on an integrated campaign with The Mental Health Foundation.
The client commissioned a survey of 2,000 UK adults to find out what we really mean when we say 'I'm Fine'. It found that the average adult will say 'I'm fine' 14 times a week, although only 19 per cent really mean it. Almost a third of those surveyed admitted that they often lie about how they are feeling to other people, while one in ten went as far as saying they always lie about their emotional state.
We accompanied the resulting news story with a video which our team distributed to relevant digital media.
The survey and video were part of the charity's 'I'm Fine' campaign which urges people to be more open and honest about mental health.
Methods and tools:
PR survey
News copy writing
Newswire and digital distribution
Video production
"It captured the essence of a problem that's rarely talked about and brought it to the surface of public awareness. It managed to hit a societal pressure point, and the high levels of media interest and public engagement reflected this. Through the awareness campaign supported by this video, over seven thousand people have texted to receive free mental health tips with many thousands more clicking through to the campaign page online" – Cal Strode, Senior Media Officer For The Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation's story was featured on major news sites in the UK, including the Huffington Post, MailOnline, Yahoo, Metro, The Sun and Express The story also made the national print press landing in the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sun and the Daily Star.