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7 Great Alternatives to Amazon for Ecommerce Businesses

Selling on Amazon may not be right for your ecommerce business. That's why we found the seven best Amazon alternatives for you to try. Check them out!

8 Audience Targeting Strategies from Digital Marketing Experts

Audience targeting enables you to reach consumers interested in your business. Here are eight proven audience targeting strategies for Google, Facebook, and more!

8 Email List Building Tips to Help Grow Your Small Business

Email list building is one of the most successful methods for growing your small business. Here are eight email list building tips, employing social media, pop-ups, and more, to help you grow and succeed this year!

3 Data-Backed Insights from Our Latest Google Ads Benchmarks

Check out our top three data-backed insights this year’s Google Ads Benchmarks!

How to Elevate Your Brand & Content with a House Style Guide

Mistakes in grammar or formatting are bad for your content. A style guide can help avoid mistakes and improve the impact of your content. Here's how to create your own house style guide in just six simple steps.

4 Lessons We’ve Learned from Top Ecommerce Brands

Top ecommerce brands use Instagram to boost sales. Here are four lessons we've learned from top ecommerce brands that leverage Instagram!

5 Strategies to Improve PPC Lead Quality

To improve your lead generation campaigns, you need to focus on lead quality, not lead quantity. Here are five ways to improve the quality of your leads, including targeting long-tail keywords, using back-end data to optimize and more!

7 Ways to Upgrade Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Social media is always changing, so your social media marketing strategy should be, too. Here are seven ways to boost your strategy this year, including working with micro-influencers, exploring dark social, and more!

45 Ecommerce Statistics You Need to Know

Your ecommerce business doesn’t exist in a vacuum—you need to know the broader context in order to make the best decisions for your business. That's why we've gathered 45 ecommerce statistics you need to know, including cart abandonment rates, ecommerce return policies, Instagram ecommerce statistics, and more!

Automotive Marketing: 9 Strategies to Drive More Sales

Here are nine automotive marketing strategies to drive more sales.

Facebook Removes Targeting Options, LinkedIn Launches Lookalikes, & More Recent News

Can't keep up with the online advertising news? We got it covered. Check out our latest round-up of news from Facebook, LinkedIn, and more, including targeting changes and lookalike audiences.

Google Shopping Ads Benchmarks: Average CPC, CTR, Monthly Budget, & More

Online shopping is highly competitive. Check out our benchmark data to see how you stack up!

7 Lead Generation Ideas for Deck & Patio Contractors

When you work as a deck and patio contractor, your potential customers have a lot of choices, so your first step to getting more business is getting more leads. Here are seven ways to generate more leads for your business.

The Beginner’s Guide to Facebook Ads for Entrepreneurs

For the sake of overhead, a lot of entrepreneurs look to explore the cost-effective world of Facebook ads on their own terms. In this blog, we teach you how to do just that. This is your beginner’s guide to Facebook ads for entrepreneurs.

7 Prospecting Strategies for PPC Agencies

Digital marketing agencies often realize that finding prospects isn't difficult; finding the right prospects is. We're sharing seven tried-and-true methods to prospect for high-quality PPC agency clients.

The Online Advertising Landscape in 30 Definitive Charts [Data]

We polled hundreds of WordStream customers about their strategies, the makeup of their businesses and marketing teams, and the unique challenges they face on a day-to-day basis. This is your Online Advertising Landscape in 2019!

8 Surprisingly Effective Ways to Use Stock Photos in Ads

For Facebook and Google Display Ads, you need a visual that appeals to your target audience. But not everyone has the time and budget to take photos for each ad campaign. This makes stock photography a very helpful and important tool for modern day marketers—here are seven best practices for using stock photos, including using human emotion, double checking usage rights, and more!

Local Business Advertising: 3 Ways to Grow in Your Market

Local business advertising presents a lot of unique challenges. Check out our blog post to learn new ways to advertise and grow your local business!

How to Share Deals & Drive Sales with Facebook Offer Ads

Facebook Offer Ads are customizable, mobile-only ads that are excellent tools for brick-and-mortar locations and ecommerce brands. In this guide, we tell you everything you need to know to create your Facebook Offer Ads, use promo codes to boost sales, and more!

The Easy Guide to Social Media for Small Business

Social media a powerful platform to build brand awareness and generate leads. Here's everything you need to get started on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, including what to post, when to post it, and more!

State of the Internet Marketing Agency in 2019

It's here! Check out the 2019 edition of WordStream's annual State of the Agency report—an inside look at how digital marketing agencies run their businesses.

4 Google Display Network Targeting Facts You Need to Know

Whether you're setting up a new campaign or trying to squeeze more worth out of your current ads, there are many nuances to the Display Network that can make or break an ad group’s performance. Here are the top four facts that you need to know to make the most of your Display ads.

Joe Martinez
March 14, 2019
Display Ads

The 5 Best Ad Campaigns the Internet Has Ever Seen

We took it upon ourselves to identify five online advertising campaigns (two on Google, three on Facebook) that struck marketing gold. Check out the 5 best ad campaigns the internet has ever seen.

RIP Relevance Score: Facebook Introduces 3 New Metrics

Facebook says they'll sunset Relevance Score and replace it with three new metrics this spring. Find out why Facebook is doing this and why it's good news!

Top 7 Video Advertising Trends of 2019

With more than 80% of marketers using video content in their campaigns, your business can't afford to skip this medium. Here are the top seven video advertising trends that your team can try this year.

The Definitive Guide to Ecommerce PPC on Google, Amazon, & Bing

Ecommerce PPC is essential for any business that sells products online. Check out our definitive guide to advertising and selling on Google, Amazon, and Bing!