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Times Citizen Communications

Overview
Times Citizen Communications is a privately-held media company headquartered in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Locally, it operates the Iowa Falls Times Citizen and Ackley World Journal newspapers, The Advertiser shopper, and KIFG Radio. Nationally, they operate a Media Marketing Department for a variety of agricultural publications, a digital advertising agency, and a commercial printing operation.
Before introducing digital, TCC was extremely print advertising centric, ROP, Classified, Inserts, and National Advertising, along with selling a variety of direct display ads, business listings, and auctions on their in-house websites.
Key Challenges
- One-dimensional sales approach which resulted in customer churn
- Declining ad revenue compounded by rising supply chain costs and staffing shortages
- Digital marketing adoption
- A highly competitive landscape dominated by larger dealers who can offer diversified product selection and service at scale

Strategic Goals
- Deploying integrated marketing campaigns which include Display, SEO, SEM, and Social tactics
- Precisely target and measure campaigns
Solutions
- Run Display Campaigns featuring Keyword Targeting and Geofencing
- Developing and defining measurable and attributable KPIs
- Enhancing knowledge and expertise of the latest digital marketing and advertising tactics
330%Increase in Impressions |
460%Increase in Clicks |
330%Increase in CTR |
130
Due to new business generation, TCC increased to 130 campaigns, tripling the number of 2020 campaigns.
51%
CPC reduced by more than 50% from $3.47 to $1.70.
12,000,000+
Impressions in 2021
19,000+
Clicks in 2021

Running Display Campaigns led to CTR’s ABOVE .15%.Wick Buildings held a .15%CTR in 6 states. Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska.
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