Breef Glossary

Welcome to the Breef Glossary — all the *lingo* you need to plan your roadmap. We know, in the marketing world, it feels like there's a new term being thrown around everyday. We've got you!
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Videography

At the heart of every social media channel or website is great video. Created in-house or retrieved from a stock site, videography is strategically used to helps ensure a brand or product is defined (and memorable).

Viewability

A metric focused on ads being physically seen by users.

Virtual Events

The new kids on the block. Events held in a virtual environment vs. a physical location. They can be live-streamed or recorded and are a great workaround to physical barriers such as distance, weather + health. 99.9% of the time, they are a lot of fun.

Weather-wise Marketing

The idea that real-time weather data can give marketers a deeper understanding of their audience and support contextual messaging — as weather can impact a person's routine, experiences and even mood.

White Label

A product / service created by a company or producer that is subsequently rebranded to appear as if it is made by another company.

Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Promotion driven by satisfied customers sharing recommendations with others.

X

The new Twitter? Looks like it! Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to “X”, removing the iconic blue bird logo. This news was met with dissatisfaction from many, and confusion from others — we’ll be keeping an eye on how this rebrand affects the platform.

YTD Spend

A measure of how much money you’ve spent this year, from the very first day of your calendar year through today’s date.

eComm

We could argue that the world is a better place because of eComm. The online equivalent of a brick-and-mortar store, eCommerce is the trading of goods + services over the internet.

eCommerce

eCommerce is buying and selling products and services on the internet, with exchange of payment and data to complete the transactions.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Tools and strategies for managing customer data.

Customer Retention

Efforts to keep customers and encourage repeat business.

Customer Segment

A group of customers who share similar characteristics and needs. Identifying and understanding segments can help specify marketing and product offerings, upping customer satisfaction and revenue. Everyone is part of one!

DSP

Short for 'demand side platform' — a software that allows advertisers to buy and sell ad impressions with the help of automation.

Data Analytics

Not sexy, but needed. The analysis of raw and diverse data to gain meaningful insights in the form of trends, patterns + relationships.

Daypart

The act of separating a day into segments for the purpose of scheduling commercials or ads at appropriate times throughout the day. Most often used in TV advertising.

Digital Agency

A digital agency focuses more on strategy and technical development than the creative aspects of marketing. A full-service digital agency will also likely provide web design, eCommerce, etc.

Digital Marketing

Marketing efforts using digital channels like email, websites, and social media.