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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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?
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
Party Hats for Cats: More exciting AI creative tools coming
If 2023 was the year many of us developed a degree of AI-induced neurosis at the fear the machines would at best steal our jobs, at worst bring about the apocalypse, then 2024 has so been the year of toned down expectations. Instead of depriving us of our livelihoods artificial intelligence is, if anything, giving us more work to do. In advertising at least. Could they not find … [Read more...] about Party Hats for Cats: More exciting AI creative tools coming
6 Retargeting Strategies to Boost Your Campaigns
Retargeting capitalizes on the principle that not every visitor who encounters your brand or product will convert on their first visit. By re-engaging users who have previously interacted with your site or ads, retargeting helps bridge the gap between initial interest and final conversion. This retargeting strategy is not just about keeping your brand top-of-mind but about … [Read more...] about 6 Retargeting Strategies to Boost Your Campaigns
Leveraging Customer Match for Enhanced Paid Search Campaigns: A Guide for Experienced Advertisers
As the digital advertising landscape shifts towards a cookieless future, harnessing the power of first-party data becomes increasingly crucial. Google's Customer Match provides a robust solution for paid search advertisers to scale reach and engagement with both new and existing customers. Here’s how you can optimize your campaigns using Customer Match to stay ahead in this … [Read more...] about Leveraging Customer Match for Enhanced Paid Search Campaigns: A Guide for Experienced Advertisers
How to enhance your paid search with audience targeting
To most marketers, paid search is all about capturing interest at the bottom of the marketing funnel. Given most verticals have several to hundreds of valuable keywords that convert at a profitable rate, this is a fair assessment. Many marketers don’t consider that they can use paid search a bit further up in the funnel by going after broader keywords with lower intent. … [Read more...] about How to enhance your paid search with audience targeting
Why YouTube Advertising is Essential to Your Marketing Mix
Whether it’s your favorite TV ad from when you were younger or a song that transports you back to something you saw in the ad breaks, there’s no denying the lasting impact that video advertising has had over the last 80 years. But why YouTube advertising? Is video advertising a must-have for advertisers in 2024? How can we, as PPC heroes, make sure we’re getting it right … [Read more...] about Why YouTube Advertising is Essential to Your Marketing Mix
From Keywords to Conversations: Unveiling the Shift in Advertising
Marketing professionals, especially those specialising in PPC, are navigating an evolving landscape. As we move through 2024, several challenges shape our strategies and tactics: declining search keyword performance, rising media costs, and fewer branded searches, to name a few. Historically, we've managed paid campaigns in ways that matched the capabilities of the … [Read more...] about From Keywords to Conversations: Unveiling the Shift in Advertising
Running Performance Max Against Brand is a Waste
If you’re like the majority of Google Ads advertisers, you’re running Performance Max campaigns. You’re also likely wasting a ton of money on it. Google makes it challenging to exclude branded keywords from Performance Max, while claiming the brand terms that do show up in these campaigns are incremental. At our PPC agency, Taikun, where we manage tens of millions in Google … [Read more...] about Running Performance Max Against Brand is a Waste
10 Ways to Achieve True Cross-Channel Synergy
PPC and SEO are each important elements of any digital marketing campaign. Very often, rather than working cross-channel, we see them operating in silos, causing inefficiencies and resulting in missed opportunities. Cross-channel synergy is often talked about, seldom achieved, but genuinely possible. When PPC & SEO teams collaborate it enables your business to work … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Achieve True Cross-Channel Synergy
Navigating the Paradigm Shift from Keywords to Conversations in Paid Media
Traditional approaches to paid media, centered around extensive keyword lists and granular optimizations, are undergoing a significant transformation. The rise of AI-driven technologies and changing consumer behaviors are driving a paradigm shift from keywords to conversations. In a recent discussion I had with Kyle Johnson several key insights emerged regarding this shift … [Read more...] about Navigating the Paradigm Shift from Keywords to Conversations in Paid Media
