Amazon has quietly added negative keywords to Sponsored Brand ads for both Seller Central advertisers and Amazon Advertising advertisers. For those who may need a reminder, Sponsored Brand ads show most regularly at the top of search results in the headline position. Here is some additional info on sponsored product ads, if you are interested. The negative keywords are a … [Read more...] about Amazon Introduces Negative Keywords to Sponsored Brand Ads
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Case Study: The Effect Of RSA Inclusion On Campaign Click Volume
Over the past few years, a major theme of Google’s updates to its ad platform has been to encourage more automated management. The release of Responsive Search Ads (RSAs) fits well within this trend, as the ad type dynamically combines ad assets to more closely match a user’s search term. But what effect do they have in practice? Do they actually improve click-through-rates (as … [Read more...] about Case Study: The Effect Of RSA Inclusion On Campaign Click Volume
Facebook Audience Network Inventory Filter: Are You Ready For The Coming Changes?
If you haven't been notified by Facebook in ads manager lately or read the latest Facebook news, some big changes are coming to the audience network placement. Historically advertisers have been able to use what are known as exclusion categories for controlling where their ads show. Those are gradually going away and the new option, inventory filter, will be taking its place. … [Read more...] about Facebook Audience Network Inventory Filter: Are You Ready For The Coming Changes?
Google Ads Phasing Out Game Content Category
Exclusions, they are a changin. Last week, Google Ads announced an important change for exclusion categories: "Games" content exclusion will be deprecated. This change is in line with Google Ads claim of streamlining content exclusion options they rolled out in 2018. "Streamlining" covers all manner of sins. According to the Google Ads announcement, a consequence of the … [Read more...] about Google Ads Phasing Out Game Content Category
Measuring YouTube Success with Brand Lift Study 2.0
Are you able to measure the success of your search and display campaigns, but have a hard time quantifying the impact in-stream YouTube ads have on your overall marketing strategy? If you are running YouTube ads to generate awareness, do you know if your ads are actually improving brand awareness, consideration and/or purchase intent? Do you know if your target audience thinks … [Read more...] about Measuring YouTube Success with Brand Lift Study 2.0
Expand Your Advertising Efforts with Native
Are you looking to expand your advertising efforts, and aren’t sure where to turn? Native, in combination with your PPC efforts, may be the way to boost your funnel and supercharge your ROI. Native advertising is an excellent indicator of brand awareness because it cuts through the noise and plays a strong role of planting the seed with your audience. A wonderful segway into … [Read more...] about Expand Your Advertising Efforts with Native
Visual Search – Could It Be The Next Big Thing?
Images are the way of the future - will it be the future of search? We think so. Paid search is always on the move. Advertising platforms are constantly looking for the next big thing, the best way to target consumers, the newest way to make a profit - usually with Google leading the charge. With these constant changes, updates, and shifts in the industry, how are marketers … [Read more...] about Visual Search – Could It Be The Next Big Thing?
CRO: Great UX Isn’t Random or Coincidental
Think about your favorite websites. (Or if you don’t have favorites, just think about some of the better ones you’ve seen.) Pause. Now, think about why you chose them or what made some pop into your head over others. Was it the content? Layouts? Imagery? Colors? It could be a plethora of things of course, but I want to emphasize (1) that they were all probably created with … [Read more...] about CRO: Great UX Isn’t Random or Coincidental
4 Ways to Harness Detailed Demographic Data
Introduced in February 2018, we’ve had access to the detailed demographic lists for about a year (as of this writing). That should mean more than enough data has been collected if you’ve layered them across your search accounts and we can really start digging into some detailed strategy moves to leverage that data. If you’re unfamiliar with the detailed demographic lists, I … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Harness Detailed Demographic Data
We Want Brand New & Seasoned Speakers! Submit to Speak at Hero Conf
There's less than a week left to submit your speaking pitch for a chance to lead the most dynamic and innovative training event in the industry. Hero Conf London Speaking Pitches Close May 1st We're searching for speakers on paid media topics, including a variety of topics like attribution, AI and machine learning, shopping ads, programmatic and more. We're looking for topics … [Read more...] about We Want Brand New & Seasoned Speakers! Submit to Speak at Hero Conf
The Top 3 Updates From Bing in 2019
Is it just me, or has every platform been rolling out some serious changes (improvements!) the first quarter of this year? While we couldn’t possibly review every single change that has been released just these first few months of 2019, and the impact it could have on performance, we can review some key updates from Bing. Bing Integrates with Yahoo & AOL Search In case you … [Read more...] about The Top 3 Updates From Bing in 2019
Utilizing Google’s Test My Site Tool to Improve Mobile Performance
Those of us managing paid media accounts might be neglecting strong insights which are available to improve our mobile sites. This is especially true when using Smart Bidding since device bidding is relatively hands-off compared to Manual CPC bidding. Google Ads updated their Test My Site tool earlier this year to include more custom recommendations for mobile site … [Read more...] about Utilizing Google’s Test My Site Tool to Improve Mobile Performance