Imagine a world where you could appear at the top of the SERP as soon as someone has an issue your product or service can solve. Historically PPC has been pitched to businesses as a lower funnel and solely a conversion-driving strategy. It still is. It’s great at doing that, but can PPC successfully drive awareness? The answer, in many cases, is that it can… What is … [Read more...] about How Top of Funnel Paid Search Advertising Can Be Effective
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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
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
Google Ads or Microsoft Ads?: Which Platform Wins for Your Advertising Goals?
When it comes to digital advertising, the opportunities are endless with Google Ads and Microsoft Ads. Both platforms offer exciting possibilities for reaching targeted audiences and driving conversions. Whether your goal is for broad exposure or niche targeting, each platform offers distinct advantages that can significantly boost your marketing efforts. Google Ads at a … [Read more...] about Google Ads or Microsoft Ads?: Which Platform Wins for Your Advertising Goals?
The Ultimate Guide to Retail Media Network Advertising
Retail media networks represent a dynamic and rapidly evolving segment of the advertising industry. At their core, these networks are advertising infrastructures that allow brands to place ads on a retailer’s digital properties, such as websites, mobile apps, and other online platforms. This form of advertising leverages the digital footprint and consumer data of retail giants … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Retail Media Network Advertising
Meta Ads in 2024: The Best Targeting is No Targeting
Many business owners have experienced running Meta ads without any tangible results, despite the platform sometimes suggesting it picked up transactions. Nevertheless, I am here to tell you to trust the algorithm! With the wrong signals, Meta can waste your hard-earned spend. However, there are plenty of opportunities for clients to get great results by following a simple … [Read more...] about Meta Ads in 2024: The Best Targeting is No Targeting
Avoid Campaign Drift to Keep Your Clients Happy
Everyone knows if you don’t give regular care and attention to something it can start to deteriorate. This could apply to your house, garden or even your health and fitness. This concept - called 'campaign drift' - can equally apply to your Google Ads or other digital advertising activity. If you allow campaigns to become static, your regular routines to falter or become stale, … [Read more...] about Avoid Campaign Drift to Keep Your Clients Happy
PMax is not just for sales it can be for leads too: How to succeed with Performance Max for Lead Generation
Following her talk at this year’s Brighton SEO, Freelance Consultant Cathryn Stormont. shares her top 5 tips on how to make a success of Performance Max for lead generation. There are many success stories telling how Performance Max campaigns have helped ecommerce businesses drive sales, especially from Google shopping. For lead generation it can be a completely different … [Read more...] about PMax is not just for sales it can be for leads too: How to succeed with Performance Max for Lead Generation
The death of third-party cookies: How to future-proof your strategy for a cookieless world
The landscape of digital advertising is about to undergo a massive shift. Google's Privacy Sandbox initiative is phasing out third-party cookies. Currently, about 1% of Chrome users (around 30 million people) are already testing the new tracking protection feature, which limits access to third-party cookies by default. Google expects to fully phase out third-party cookies by … [Read more...] about The death of third-party cookies: How to future-proof your strategy for a cookieless world
The Ultimate Guide to Cookies & Marketing Consent Management Platforms
Data privacy regulations are becoming increasingly stringent. Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) are playing an ever more pivotal role in facilitating compliance and fostering trust between businesses and their users. These platforms provide mechanisms for obtaining, managing, and documenting user consent for data processing activities, particularly in the context of cookies … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Cookies & Marketing Consent Management Platforms
Advanced Google Ads Techniques To Master In 2024
We’re nearly halfway through 2024, and already we PPC heroes have experienced a plethora of changes to get our heads around. How can we cut through the noise and focus on the specific tactics that will make an impact for the better? Today we’ll take a look at a few advanced Google Ads techniques tips and tricks to master in 2024 - everything from making account management … [Read more...] about Advanced Google Ads Techniques To Master In 2024
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