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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Campaign Manager 360

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AReplacing DoubleClick, Google Campaign Manager 360 is a web-based ad management system for advertisers and agencies, used to manage digital campaigns across websites and mobile. This includes features for ad serving, targeting, verification, and reporting.N/A

    Social Mention

    Score1 out of 10
    N/ASocial Mention is a free tool which is a kind of Google search for the social web. It provides basic search and alerts across a very broad variety of social channels.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Campaign Manager 360Social Mention
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Campaign Manager 360Social Mention
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google Campaign Manager 360Social Mention
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Social Mention
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.0
    29 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Social Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Social Mention
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    8.8
    33 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Social Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising10.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting7.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Social Mention
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.2
    33 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Social Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360Social Mention
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (45 ratings)
    1.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Campaign Manager 360Social Mention
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I feel pretty neutral about Google Marketing Platform. For the longest time, my company wasn't using it because each of the features (Data Studio, Analytics, etc.) could be accessed separately. In fact, most of the time, I don't even go into Google Marketing Platform because it's easier to directly navigate to the individual platforms. There are very few features about GMP that can only be accessed from the GMP UI. The Integrations Center is probably the main feature I utilize from the GMP UI, which allows me to see a summary of the integrations I have in place across all my client properties and accounts.
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    Social Mention
    Social Mention is a great tool for monitoring social media. This Tool can also be used to search specifically taking the keywords in the blogs, comments, news etc. It offers a third party API for users. It can be used to send email to clients of their brand performance data. This tool can indicate if your mentions are angry, happy or neutral but the data can't be reliable.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Bringing together data from multiple channels and engines and allows you to visualize the data in an easy to use platform. This saves time from using multiple logins for the different platforms.
    • Auto bidding tools save time from manual bidding, as it allows you to set the specific terms around what levels you want to cap your CPCs at. You then let DoubleClick adjust your bids to gain the most conversions from the cheapest CPCs. This frees up time to do other in-depth analysis and strategy.
    • DoubleClick also has the ability to track conversions and clicks on any page using their floodlight tags. This is good for tracking certain actions on yours or a client's site and is especially good if they do not use any other tools, such as Google Analytics or Adobe, to track conversions and user actions on site. You can also use these in conjunction with the auto bidding tools.
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    Social Mention
    • Can predict future response from today's number.
    • Let's you judge which types of campaigns to run.
    • Has a very well managed dashboard of results.
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    Cons
    Google
    • The process for on-boarding new users can be difficult if they do not already have a Gmail or Gmail-linked account.
    • Difficult to troubleshoot technical issues (with the platform, with tags, etc.) because of the lack of customer support. Unclear if the agency has a dedicated team or individual to assist, and often have to deal with out-sourced support teams.
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    Social Mention
    • Under the "Free" dashboard you are limited to only receiving weekly results.
    • Can't negate those tags which contain my tags.
    • Lots of tweets missing, no noise filtering. Sometimes we get very old contents which are not needed.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    Due to its adapting behavior with industry ad formats and seamless integration with publishers and DSP's, I don't see myself moving away from DCM. As we see the display advertising is getting more programatic and automated due to the rise of DSP and concept of RTB, Double Click has evolved with new advanced best practices
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    Social Mention
    I love that Social Mention is so easy to use. It does not take a long time to learn how to navigate the site when you need information quickly. I don't use it as much in my new job, but I recommend it for basic monitoring and when you need social media information right away
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    Usability
    Google
    The Doubleclick interface is easy and simple to get a hang of. The options are slightly limited compared to other DSPs. But, for a simple campaign, this is a great DSP to move forward with. They have a ton of data and can plug into a lot of different partners
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    Social Mention
    While it's easy to use and pay for it's totally useless.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    They do not have strong support team. It is tough to get answer when I need it. They always refer you to an online guide and not an actual person. If so, the person is based out of an offshore team in India and does not know the specific client goals .
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    Social Mention
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Google
    I would highly recommend asking clients to provide 3PAS tags or use an internal 3PAS
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    Social Mention
    It doesn't work as well since we changed our name. We used to have a very unique twitter handle etc. so it was easier for social mention to find us. For folks who have unique names it's excellent if you don't it may not be that helpful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Marin takes a lot more time for everything, mainly for the campaigns setup. This also leads to many mistakes, which impact the performance. I've used Marin on a couple of previous clients and we've had many problems with it, mainly with correct conversion tracking and account optimizations. Besides, Marin is behind all the new features available on AdWords, which makes the tracking also not very flexible.
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    Social Mention
    Social Mention streamed everything together, calculated my sentiment for me, allows me to filter what results I am personally looking for, extract my RSS feed and navigate to one of the channels of buzz.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • DS3 has improved ROI considerably due to its ability to make the work of a team of digital marketers to go further and improving internal efficiency.
    • There is a notable improvement in account performance for those integrated with DoubleClick as opposed to not, with better tracking, new bid strategy options, and a more responsive interface.
    • The additional fee on top of media spend is a considerable expense for a large advertiser, but the necessity of a product/solution such as this means that there is always likely to be some comparative cost.
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    Social Mention
    • The paid-version actually had a negative ROI for us as it would sometimes feed us topically inappropriate articles and didn't allow us to filter by source so as to eliminate inappropriate blogs and inappropriate news sources (like highly politically partisan ones).
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