It seems these days everyone has a podcast, and with more than half of the US population taking up listening to podcasts it’s a great way to share information and keep users engaged with your content. According to a study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, in 2017 the US market for podcast ad spend was $314 million and is expected to grow more than 110% by 2020. With this … [Read more...] about 4 Paid Media Lessons In Podcast Advertising
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How To Write Excellent RSAs
When Google released Responsive Search Ads, my first reaction was, “great! I finally have enough characters to write decent copy!”. That reaction was short-lived once I found myself staring at 15 blank headline columns in Excel. How many ways can I say “Buy These Jeans”? I began to begrudge RSAs, thinking them excessive and annoying. I knew this was the way of the future but … [Read more...] about How To Write Excellent RSAs
Analyzing the Impact of Multi-Brand Shared Keywords
In recent years, account and client complexity have increased. As we sign big companies that advertise in multiple accounts for multiple brands, it’s important to keep a pulse on how these accounts are interacting with each other. The Situation Let’s pretend we have a Company X, which owns brands 1,2, and 3. Each of these brands advertises in their own accounts, on similar … [Read more...] about Analyzing the Impact of Multi-Brand Shared Keywords
Why You Need A Process For Integrated Marketing
What is Integrated Marketing? Besides being a buzzword, like "synergy", "freemium", or "snackable". Integrated marketing is basically sending the same message via all of your marketing communications. It's about consistently portraying your brand's truth. All the time. In every communication. Integrated Marketing isn't a new concept, but it's discussed more and more due to … [Read more...] about Why You Need A Process For Integrated Marketing
Display Topic Targeting: 3 Reasons Why You Should Do It
Between social media and some of the new tools Google has been rolling out, we’ve been able to get greater insight into who our customers are rather than simply what they’re searching for. Topics are something that often seem to escape the hype of things like in-market audiences, custom audiences, and whatever the next big thing Google rolls out. While they do have their … [Read more...] about Display Topic Targeting: 3 Reasons Why You Should Do It
SaaSy Chatbots: How To Talk Back To Your B2B Customers
In May of last year, one of my B2B SaaS clients kicked their landing page forms to the curb and implemented chat-bot only conversions. At the time, there seemed to be a dearth of information about chatbot marketing. This ended up being a boon as I was able to get creative with tactics to lure prospects in and get them to hand over their precious data. Being on the vanguard of a … [Read more...] about SaaSy Chatbots: How To Talk Back To Your B2B Customers
How to Use RSAs with Limited Data
RSAs, or Responsive Search Ads, are the newest ad type by Google (still in beta) to help improve relevancy and ad performance. There is hesitancy for implementation due to some lack of reporting and ability to understand what variation and how they improve performance. So, today, I’d like to share some specific ways to start testing RSAs when there is limited visibility into … [Read more...] about How to Use RSAs with Limited Data
Who Owns Your PPC Ads Account?
As an agency, we run into situations all the times where we have to rebuild the client's account because the previous agency is unable or unwilling to release their account. It is possible that the previous agency built it in their agency MCC shell, but there are still ways to release that account. Regardless of the circumstances, it means you have to start over and build a … [Read more...] about Who Owns Your PPC Ads Account?
5 Examples of Ads & Landing Pages That Have Perfected Post-Click Optimization
More than 96% of ad clicks don’t convert, and that’s largely in part because too many digital marketers don’t focus enough on post-click optimization. They focus primarily on pre-click strategies instead, which results in non-converting clicks. Dedicating more time to optimize the post-click experience can drastically change the outcome of your campaigns by turning ad clicks … [Read more...] about 5 Examples of Ads & Landing Pages That Have Perfected Post-Click Optimization
New from LinkedIn: 2018 Year In Review
LinkedIn Ads is a great way for advertisers to reach professionals with robust targeting specific to career and business audiences. B2B advertisers especially love LinkedIn because it enables them to adequately target decision-makers in ways that aren't available on other social platforms. In an effort to keep up with the emerging ways in which users interact with content, … [Read more...] about New from LinkedIn: 2018 Year In Review
PPC Conversion Tracking
Did you know that nearly 70% of all PPC traffic isn’t properly tracked? Shocking, right? Actually, I made that up. But could you imagine if that was true? It’s thoughts like that which keep me up at night. Now that I may or may not have your undivided attention, I would like to take a moment to talk about the always important, yet often frustrating, conversion tracking. To be … [Read more...] about PPC Conversion Tracking
The #1 Way to Take Your PPC Strategy from Average to Expert
While doing a Google search for lists of common characteristics in highly effective PPC specialists, I noticed there is one trait in particular that often gets overlooked, which should be considered foundational. This is curiosity for human behavior. While your campaigns should be proactive, decisive, and organized, remember that data comes from real interactions and being … [Read more...] about The #1 Way to Take Your PPC Strategy from Average to Expert
