In the world of digital marketing (especially when you are working at an agency), a recurring challenge is how to convince clients of the value of branding campaigns when they are primarily focused on performance metrics. When operating on a limited budget, the majority of it will go towards performance campaigns. If you do get the chance to run branding campaigns, you … [Read more...] about How to run branding campaigns with a performance mindset
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What Is Reactive Marketing and How to Apply It to Your Brand
What’s reactive marketing and why so much buzz around it? Let's dive into why businesses apply reactive marketing strategies and why your company may be left behind by competitors without one. We’ll also arm you with clear-cut instructions and relevant examples on how to apply reactive marketing to your brand to maximize your business performance. Reactive Marketing: What … [Read more...] about What Is Reactive Marketing and How to Apply It to Your Brand
5 Crucial Considerations for YouTube Advertising in 2024
With users and daily views in the billions, YouTube is a video platform to rival any streaming service. This also makes it one of Google’s most lucrative sources of ad inventory. YouTube advertising recorded $8.66 billion in revenue in just the second quarter of 2024. Businesses look at numbers like that and see potential customers, but is the juice really worth the squeeze? … [Read more...] about 5 Crucial Considerations for YouTube Advertising in 2024
Why Advertisers Need to Take the Leap On YouTube’s 3-Pronged Approach
Imagine upgrading from a dial-up to fiber optic internet. It opens up an exponential surge of capability and reach. This is exactly what YouTube's advertising growth has looked like over the last 12-18 months. The results have been fascinating to analyze.No shift was more impactful than the addition of Shorts and In-Feed ads, cementing YouTube’s 3-pronged approach. … [Read more...] about Why Advertisers Need to Take the Leap On YouTube’s 3-Pronged Approach
How to set up and optimize end-to-end lead gen funnel tracking (with no CRM required)
Spend all your time working with Google Ads lead gen campaigns, it's easy to forget there’s another half of a sales process that takes place with every form submission and phone call. However, what makes the difference between hitting targets and missing quotas, is the ability to optimize for sales, not leads. Strategically, it’s an easy win - let’s track, report and … [Read more...] about How to set up and optimize end-to-end lead gen funnel tracking (with no CRM required)
9 Attributes to Deploy to Supercharge Your Google Shopping Feed
Your Google shopping feed is basically conversion data in 2024. Not filling out all the possible attributes in your shopping feed is leaving money on the table. Worse, it's making you less profitable than you could be. If you run paid advertising, it is a Google shopping feed world out there and we are all just living in it. Even the paid social platforms like Meta, … [Read more...] about 9 Attributes to Deploy to Supercharge Your Google Shopping Feed
Localized Digital Advertising: Killer Strategies to Maximize Your ROI
The marketplace is increasingly global. Businesses are continually looking to expand their reach beyond their nearest borders. While targeting an international audience can be tempting, the key to unlocking substantial growth and maximizing return on investment (ROI) often lies in localization. Localized digital advertising involves tailoring marketing efforts to specific … [Read more...] about Localized Digital Advertising: Killer Strategies to Maximize Your ROI
Google guilty of possessing an illegal monopoly on search
A Washington D.C. judge last week found Google guilty of violating U.S. antitrust law and possessing an illegal monopoly over the search market. Over the course of the almost year-long trial, covered extensively by Stewart Dunlop for PPC Hero, the Justice Department revealed the myriad underhand methods Google has employed to enable it to become and remain the world's … [Read more...] about Google guilty of possessing an illegal monopoly on search
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What I learned managing a $100M+ Paid Ads Budget at eBay
$150 million dollars can buy you a lot of things in this world. Maybe you fancy yourself a mansion in Bel Air. Maybe you prefer a private island in Thailand right next to the famous Phuket beach. Somebody, somewhere decided our team at eBay should spend that kind of money on Paid Search traffic, specifically on Product Listing Ads (PLA). While I might have preferred that … [Read more...] about What I learned managing a $100M+ Paid Ads Budget at eBay
