The truth is, display advertising, especially on a CPM basis, is really tricky. This is often a branding tactic that works best in well-defined niches and for large businesses, but hardly ever for the small business with a limited marketing budget because 50,000 impressions can be nice, but it won't have much impact compared to 500,000 or 5 million impressions combined with other marketing tactics....
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