The integration of Paid Media and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) teams is becoming an essential strategy for both marketing and business success. The traditional approach of managing these teams separately has often resulted in missed opportunities and inefficiencies. Bringing them together creates a comprehensive holistic strategy that optimises short-term wins and … [Read more...] about How To Integrate Your Paid Media & SEO Teams
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How to safely use Broad Match keywords
For years, PPC marketers have avoided Broad Match keywords. They are notorious for matching irrelevant search terms alongside relevant ones. This imprecision stems from Close Variant matching, which includes matching a searcher's intent, synonyms, plurals, or misspellings. While Broad Match keywords can extend your reach well beyond that of Phrase or Exact Match keywords, the … [Read more...] about How to safely use Broad Match keywords
How Social Platforms Are Tackling Ad Fatigue
Ad fatigue is a modern-day phenomenon that social media marketers can’t afford to ignore. It occurs when users become disengaged or even irritated by seeing the same or too many ads, leading to lower engagement rates and diminishing returns on ad spend. As users are bombarded with marketing messages every day, ad fatigue has become an issue that social platforms must address … [Read more...] about How Social Platforms Are Tackling Ad Fatigue
The Ultimate Campaign Quality Assurance Checklist for 2024
Quality assurance is a large part of running PPC initiatives. When new campaigns are built for an account, it is of utmost importance to to conduct a thorough quality assurance (QA) process to ensure that everything is set up for success. Below is a comprehensive guide to all the boxes you need to tick before setting your campaigns live. Campaign Settings Quality … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Campaign Quality Assurance Checklist for 2024
Could Perplexity AI be about to up-end the AI search advertising game?
The advent of the AI era means the future of search is in flux. Not merely because the big names have rushed to market with substandard products, though they undeniably did. The Geminis of this world are merely the result of Google and foes behaving largely as you would expect, not wanting to get left behind. The sudden arrival of an "answer bar" above the search results … [Read more...] about Could Perplexity AI be about to up-end the AI search advertising game?
11 Tips for Effective Social Media Data Collection and Analysis
Social media is a core part of most brands' marketing strategies today. With billions of active users across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and more, social media offers endless opportunities to connect with customers. However, succeeding with social media requires much more than creating posts or buying ads. To truly maximize value, brands need to master social … [Read more...] about 11 Tips for Effective Social Media Data Collection and Analysis
A Handy Guide to Consent Management Platforms with Free Plans
While the Digital Markets Act's implementation in March 2024 brought some changes, its impact on cookie compliance for most businesses has (so far) been minimal. The adjustments primarily affect less common features, such as GA4 audience sharing, which is helpful but not critical to Google Ads. Not implementing consent mode V2 was somewhat of a nothing burger for most people, … [Read more...] about A Handy Guide to Consent Management Platforms with Free Plans
Everything I’ve learned conducting 912 FB & LinkedIn ad account audits in 8 years
When I joined Hootsuite & AdEspresso as a Facebook and LinkedIn ads expert back in 2016, I already had about 6 years of experience running Facebook ads. My journey started before Facebook even had a conversion pixel! Despite that, I learned fresh, invaluable insights from all the ad account audits I ever conducted. At the time of writing, I've conducted over 912 Facebook … [Read more...] about Everything I’ve learned conducting 912 FB & LinkedIn ad account audits in 8 years
How to Optimise Your PPC Landing Pages in 5 Steps
Your PPC landing pages could make or break your campaigns. That’s because even if you have the most perfectly created PPC campaign, if you are sending people to a badly designed landing page, which has terrible UX or poor quality content, they aren’t going to convert.With the post-click experience being just as important as your campaigns if you really want to see conversions … [Read more...] about How to Optimise Your PPC Landing Pages in 5 Steps
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Apple Search Ads: Past, Present, and Future
Every good search marketer is always looking for alternative channels to get better results for clients. Most of us tend to stick to the top two or three options — Google Ads or Meta, or perhaps we'll add LinkedIn or Microsoft into the mix. These channels are often already overly saturated, and it’s always useful to look at other options. Any alternative to the mainstream is … [Read more...] about Apple Search Ads: Past, Present, and Future
The YouTube Algorithm: How Does it Work and How Can You Use it to Your Advantage in Video Advertising
The older generations with their dial-up and floppy disks have shifted to digital natives, hopping from one social media platform to the next. Consumer choices are abundant, but trust and attention spans are lower than ever. Consumers just don’t consume information the way they once did. If you want to connect with them as a brand, it’s important to know how to capture their … [Read more...] about The YouTube Algorithm: How Does it Work and How Can You Use it to Your Advantage in Video Advertising
