When Google released Responsive Search Ads, my first reaction was, “great! I finally have enough characters to write decent copy!”. That reaction was short-lived once I found myself staring at 15 blank headline columns in Excel. How many ways can I say “Buy These Jeans”? I began to begrudge RSAs, thinking them excessive and annoying. I knew this was the way of the future but … [Read more...] about How To Write Excellent RSAs
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3 Essential Excel Practices for Formatting
Sometimes I need to do a really simple task about 1,000 times. Although I’d love to say I have the bandwidth to pour over my accounts line-by-line, I simply don’t. Fortunately, I’ve crowdsourced some useful functions that help me maintain sanity and get things done quickly. I’ll share these processes with you and expand on where they’ve served me best. If/Then for Logical … [Read more...] about 3 Essential Excel Practices for Formatting
Display Topic Targeting: 3 Reasons Why You Should Do It
Between social media and some of the new tools Google has been rolling out, we’ve been able to get greater insight into who our customers are rather than simply what they’re searching for. Topics are something that often seem to escape the hype of things like in-market audiences, custom audiences, and whatever the next big thing Google rolls out. While they do have their … [Read more...] about Display Topic Targeting: 3 Reasons Why You Should Do It
5 Must Watch PPC Reporting Metrics For Small Businesses
What’s the end goal of any small business PPC campaign? Results. Results that show you that all the effort you’ve put into building, optimizing, curating, and monitoring your Pay per Click (PPC) ads matters and is paying off. Using valuable data in the form of performance metrics and reporting within Bing Ads and Google Ads helps you realize your ideal results, but the sheer … [Read more...] about 5 Must Watch PPC Reporting Metrics For Small Businesses
Starting Your Digital Journey As A Small Business
Lately, I've had the opportunity to speak with a number of small business owners about their digital marketing needs. What I'm learning is that there's a HUGE discrepancy in the value many small business owners place on digital presence/marketing compared to the known value digital provides. We know that 63% of Americans search on Google, 68% of Americans use Facebook, and 35% … [Read more...] about Starting Your Digital Journey As A Small Business
What Your Marketing Team Can Get Out of Hero Conf [+Program Guides]
Hero Conf is a mecca for paid search. That means that the topics covered are exclusive to paid advertising, whether it be Google ads, Facebook ads, Youtube, programmatic, display, mobile, app marketing, remarketing, etc. But the thing is, even if only a small part of your job (for anyone on your team) includes managing your brand's paid advertising, you will get a ton of value … [Read more...] about What Your Marketing Team Can Get Out of Hero Conf [+Program Guides]
Gmail Campaigns Case Study: Audience Type Performance
Digital marketers considering or utilizing Gmail campaigns in Google Ads have a good number of audience types to choose from. In an ideal world, one would create multiple audiences and test each audience against each other. However, as many advertisers are well-too-aware, there are frequently instances where ideal circumstances do not exist for true experimentation. Whether … [Read more...] about Gmail Campaigns Case Study: Audience Type Performance
How To Build An Ad Copy Proposal Template In Excel
One of the most useful documents in the “Useful Stuff” folder I keep on my desktop is an Ad Copy Proposal Template. It’s not the sexiest Xcel file you’ve ever seen, but it is simple, efficient, and I make copies of it nearly daily (I write a lot of ad copy). I’m going to walk through why I love this doc and how to build your own. You’ll find that putting the time into building … [Read more...] about How To Build An Ad Copy Proposal Template In Excel
Curate Your Audience to Get Better Results from Your Digital Campaigns
Knowing your audience is an important part of your marketing strategy. You need to know and understand who you need to target to reach your goals and objectives. Effectively targeting your potential users can lead to decreased costs through personalized content and messaging, user segmentation, and better-qualified leads. Of course, the first step is to find who to target and … [Read more...] about Curate Your Audience to Get Better Results from Your Digital Campaigns
PPC Investigative Report: What Are APIs?
Today’s investigative report takes a look into the million-dollar question: What is an API? For those unsure what an investigative report is (other than a fantastic song from GZA’s Liquid Swords album), an investigative report can clarify your thinking and even uncover additional questions that provide new insights into a case. I chose to define this because this blog post … [Read more...] about PPC Investigative Report: What Are APIs?
New Year, New You(Tube): Creating a Robust YouTube Ad Strategy for 2019
Looking for a new PPC strategy? This blog, plus the momentum of the New Year, can help you launch your first YouTube video ad campaign. If you are already a YouTube marketing pro and clicked on this article to enhance your current strategy, I recommend reading through the Campaign Specifics and Audience Targeting sections. This post is not meant to be your typical “how-to … [Read more...] about New Year, New You(Tube): Creating a Robust YouTube Ad Strategy for 2019
3 Strategies To Consider When Thinking About Bidding
We all have to start somewhere. Whether we’re launching a new campaign, launching our first campaign, or taking a look at one that has been running for a while, we need to put into focus one of the key portions of the Google auction place, the bid. I’ll outline 3 different strategies and when to best utilize them. There are millions of different situations and caveats so … [Read more...] about 3 Strategies To Consider When Thinking About Bidding