Whether you're a small business looking for inexpensive options to add to your marketing mix, or a big brand trying to determine which platforms will give you the best return on your dollar, it's important to be aware of the benefits and downsides to each of the major social media channels available today. While return on ad spend is generally high for social, your business … [Read more...] about Pros and Cons of Top Social Media Advertising Platforms
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The New AdWords Report That Will Change Your PPC Plans
AdWords Search once openly offered a report that showed the volume of users you interacted with as well as how many interactions you conducted prior to a click or conversion. Much to my chagrin, this feature was rescinded back in 2015 and hasn’t been its old self since. Following these changes, many of us have adapted to what we can’t see, to the fact that frequency caps are … [Read more...] about The New AdWords Report That Will Change Your PPC Plans
Bing Ads Content Data To Be Deleted
Bing Ads Content Network Change On June 30th, 2017, Bing Ads decided to sunset the content network and focus only on search to ‘improve your ROI’. This means, all the promise of display remarketing and other Bing display opportunities is now over. To solidify this even further, Bing Ads is now sending out emails to any account that is running or had run any content … [Read more...] about Bing Ads Content Data To Be Deleted
Why Brand Ad Campaigns Are Important
On occasions, clients ask if it is worth bidding on Brand when they show up in the #1 spot in Organic search. It is a great question, after all, it could potentially save money and allow for more budget to go to generic campaigns instead. My response, without hesitation, is yes. In fact, you should be bidding on your brand name in all engines for several reasons. We will … [Read more...] about Why Brand Ad Campaigns Are Important
Smart RLSA Tips for the Holiday Season
In AdWords, I have found that conservative bid adjustment work best for most settings within the account. For device, location, and ad schedule I will usually use minor positive bid adjustments +5-10% and usually stronger negative adjustments -15-50%. There is one area of the account where I have found that higher bid adjustments are really effective. Over the years, I have … [Read more...] about Smart RLSA Tips for the Holiday Season
Programmatic is Good for Your PPC Strategy. Here’s Why!
Programmatic advertising is still a topic that confuses a lot of marketers today. People are afraid to invest in a new channel at the top of funnel that may not drive performance, most don’t know where to start, and let's be honest, it's confusing as hell… I have written quite a bit over the past year about the benefits of programmatic, the fancy stuff it can do, how to … [Read more...] about Programmatic is Good for Your PPC Strategy. Here’s Why!
Why Manual Bidding Will Slowly Ride Into The Sunset
Throughout the evolution of AdWords, we have seen so many rollouts and changes to how we manage our campaigns and strategy. Removal of close variant controls, the removal and then re-introduction of device bidding, ETA’s, the dread of changing to the new UI. Despite all of this, one thing has always remained a constant: Control of our bids and the choice to use automation if … [Read more...] about Why Manual Bidding Will Slowly Ride Into The Sunset
Bring Some Organization to Your PPC Account Audits
So, you got an account to audit. Where do you begin? There are a lot of details to research and discover in an Adwords account alone that you need to dive into to help the client reach their goals. But how do we get to the point where we have our laundry list of suggestions? Step 1: Ask the current manager of the account the right questions Current Manager of Account: Can … [Read more...] about Bring Some Organization to Your PPC Account Audits
Google For Jobs: How Does This Affect Me?
Google for Jobs is a new initiative launched by Google allowing users to receive job search results directly on the Google Search page. A separate box appears after PPC results and before organic results solely containing job search results pertaining to the search query the user typed in. The results are jobs pulled in from third party job posting sites and company job … [Read more...] about Google For Jobs: How Does This Affect Me?
A New Perspective For YouTube Advertising
Back in August 2015, Jeff Baum made the case for YouTube advertising by highlighting the opportunity for brand lift, remarketing, storytelling, and full-funnel measurement. Since that time, the capacities for YouTube advertising have only expanded, and there has been healthy coverage of this platform growth: Jeff Baum shared how to Set Your YouTube Stage with TrueView Ads … [Read more...] about A New Perspective For YouTube Advertising
A Guide To Bing Ads Shopping Campaigns
With product ads continuing to see growth year-over-year, it’s vital that advertisers utilize Shopping campaigns now more than ever. Not only do they drive additional revenue but they boost a brand’s presence on the search results page. Last week, I had the privilege to speak on a webinar about Bing Shopping with Rachel Rogowin from Microsoft that can be found here. Today, I … [Read more...] about A Guide To Bing Ads Shopping Campaigns
