The Impact Of Google Display Network Magazine Ads
In May, Google officially launched a new format for text ads on the Google Display Network (GDN) called magazine ads. Have you taken the chance yet to analyse what has happened to your text ads traffic since? Here’s what they look like: I’ve looked into a few accounts to spot what key…
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Remarketing Tips Born Of Years Of Experience
Retargeting is an awesome way to reengage traffic that hasn’t converted. Over the years, it’s evolved, and the tools have become more robust. With this development, we’ve uncovered some effective remarketing strategies. In this article, I’ll cover some ideas related to…
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How A PPC Fraud Ring Impersonated 300+ Advertisers In May 2014
Did you know that your paid search ads are susceptible to the same type of fraud that affects other forms of digital advertising? And we’re not just talking about click fraud here. The fraudulent tactic affecting PPC the most dramatically these days is a fairly insidious one that can be hard…
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Bing Ads Tweaks Its Tune: Desktop/Tablet Traffic To Be Combined, Adding Tablet Bid Modifier
You may recall last spring, Bing Ads issued a manifesto of sorts in response to Google’s announcement of Enhanced Campaigns titled Advertisers Deserve Control: “We do not believe bundling mobile, desktop and tablet advertising together in an opaque manner is in the best interests of our…
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5 Reasons to Try Facebook Advertising for the First Time
Not tried Facebook Advertising Yet? Here are handy 5 tips to get you started…
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5 Reasons to Try Facebook Advertising for the First Time
How To Run Single-Device Only Enhanced Campaigns. It Can Be Done!
When I speak about Enhanced Campaigns, I invariably get an audience question like this: “How can I create single-device campaigns? I know it’s possible somehow, tell me how!” I recently figured out the answer. Why The Need For Single-Device Campaigns? I am not usually a proponent…
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Top PPC Tips from PPC Masters
Thomas Hertkorn covered the first PPC event which took place in Hamburg, Germany. Read his key tips and takeaways from one of the largest PPC dedicated conferences.
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Top PPC Tips from PPC Masters
Improving Promoted Tweet Results
Are you looking to improve your Twitter advertising? I wanted to share a few tips on what I’ve seen work well for promoted tweets for my SEER clients. 1 – Try Promoted Accounts in Timeline I know, this isn’t a promoted Tweet but it is. I don’t care what it’s called, hear me out. […]
SEO and PPC Lessons Learnt at SMX London 2014
Day one of SMX London has concluded and the State of Digital team have been there in full force capturing all the top lessons, tips and tactics from both the SEO and PPC tracks throughout the day. Rather than the normal session write ups in blog post format, this time at SMX we are trying […]
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SEO and PPC Lessons Learnt at SMX London 2014
Dealing with PPC “not provided”
“Not provided” has come to PPC. Find out what this means for your campaigns and how to mitigate any loss of data.
Post from Arianne Donoghue on State of Digital
Dealing with PPC “not provided”
How To Gain Additional Reach In AdWords With Similar Audiences
The “similar audiences” feature has been around for some time now, but this type of audience list is still heavily underused. So, what are similar audiences? Google uses your existing remarketing lists to characterise the types of users within them and then makes its own audience lists…
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Breaking AdWords Announcements – A Renewed Focus on Users
The team at AdWords had been teasing about a huge update on 4/22 for better part of a month. Unlike Enhanced Campaigns, minimal information was provided ahead of time to agencies. 4/22 at 9AM PST has come and gone. The dust has settled. The twittersphere has snarked. So what happened? TL:DR: Keep old toys (for […]
Tested: Google +Post Ads – Turning your Google+ Posts Into Interactive Display Ads
Google rolled out a new display ad variation for eligible advertisers (requirements can be found here) called +Post Ads. This new ad variation allows you to take a post from your Google+ page and turn it into an engagement ad to show throughout the Google Display Network. We were lucky enough to get one of […]
Prepare Your PPC Plans For The Search Engines’ Inevitable Pivots
Last week, Google announced some panic-inducing security enhancements, essentially removing search queries in referring URLs for PPC clicks. Plenty has already been written about this topic and, without getting into it too much, I think it’s a bit of a storm in a teacup. Larry Kim summed it…
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6 Steps To Boost The Profitability Of Your SEM Acquisition Program
Imagine that your job is to stand outside a barber shop and bring in new customers. If a businessman with shaggy hair comes walking by, you give him a big wave and a hello. If a bald man walks by, not so much. This analogy is used by Google AdWords to describe its Enhanced cost-per-click […]
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Top 3 Scripts for Adwords Account Automation
Adwords Scripts can save you time, money and effort so why not try these 3 simple free scripts on your own campaign?
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Top 3 Scripts for Adwords Account Automation
Top 5 Must Haves on a Small PPC Campaign Budget – Part 2
Managing AdWords campaigns well is time consuming. Polly shares a list of things to do using Google AdWords Editor to help improve campaign performance.
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Top 5 Must Haves on a Small PPC Campaign Budget – Part 2
Still Newsjacking For Links? Forget That, Make The News Instead!
We all know that Google frowns upon trying — in any way, shape or form — to get links (they’re serious, guys). Yet, links still play a very large role in determining SERP rankings. If you can’t ask for or chase down high-quality, authoritative links, what’s a marketer…
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Assembling a Custom PPC Management Solution – Hilton Worldwide & Acquisio #RIMC14
A full summary of Hilton presentation by James Harrower (Hilton Worldwide) & Laurent Boninfante (Acquisio EMEA) at Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference.
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Assembling a Custom PPC Management Solution – Hilton Worldwide & Acquisio #RIMC14
PPC Work Hacks: Quickly Analyze AdWords GDN Placements
First thing first, HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY! Now let’s grab a green pint and dive into some placement reports. Cheers! Placement Analysis Performing regularly scheduled Placement Analyses is essential to maintaining a successful content campaign. It is through these analyses that one can determine how individual websites are performing on the display network. We can […]