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How to Get Reviews on Facebook & Manage Them Like a Pro

Facebook reviews can help you win over new customers on this super popular social platform. Find out how to get more--and manage them.

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5 Luxury Marketing Strategies that Drive High-End Sales

When you're selling high-end, luxury products or services, your marketing and advertising strategies need to change to appeal to more affluent customers. Here's how you can reach the right clientele.

4 Super-Effective Content Syndication Strategies for Bloggers

Content syndication sometimes gets a bad rap, but sites like the New York Times and Forbes do it -- you should too! Here's your complete guide to syndicating content to grow your audience.

Larry Kim
February 15, 2017
Content Marketing

How to Tell If Your PPC Service Provider Is a Huge Rip-off

In the sea of partners you could work with to help manage your PPC, there are a few questionable business practices that I want you to be on the look-out for. You should avoid these types of partners at all cost!

How to Use Answer The Public to Earn Featured Snippets

Let me set the stage for you. It’s September 2016, Rob Bucci of STAT Search Analytics has just taken the stage at MozCon. As unsuspecting attendees, we didn’t quite know what we were in for.

Guest Author
February 7, 2017
SEO

7 Power Words & Phrases to Test in Your Facebook Ads

When you're competing for attention on Facebook, your ads need to grab people's attention FAST. That's where these seven powerful words and phrases come in.

Brad Smith
February 7, 2017
Copywriting

How to Use Brand Affinity to Dramatically Increase CTR

It's time to re-examine our assumptions about branded vs. non-branded keywords in both paid and organic search marketing. Start building brand affinity to dramatically increase performance!

NEW: Tailor Ads by Device or Audience with Google Ads IF Functions

The new AdWords IF functions are like ad customizers on steroids. They let you tailor your ad copy based on either device or audience, ensuring a hyper-relevant message is served to your prospects. Learn how to use IF functions today!

5 Tips to Personalize Your Marketing (Without Looking Like a Creep)

Personalized marketing is one of the biggest trends of 2017. But how do you capitalize on the trend without taking marketing personalization too far and scaring your customer off? Here's how.

Lisa Smith
February 6, 2017
Marketing Ideas

6 Ways to Lower Your CPC with Landing Page Optimization

The relevancy and quality of your landing pages affect your Quality Score, which directly affects your cost per click (CPC). Because of that, optimizing your landing pages can help you save money while improving your conversion rates.

Guest Author
February 2, 2017
Landing Pages

8 Facebook Ad Tools to Help You Increase Leads and Sales

Which of the dozens of Facebook ad tools out there should you consider using? Read on to learn about our eight favorite Facebook ad tools right now.

Dan Shewan
February 1, 2017
Facebook Ads

7 Ways to Make Your Social Media Resume Look Awesome

When you find yourself needing to polish your social media resume, you should include these skills and keep it creative—read up so you can land your dream social media job!

Mary Lister
January 30, 2017
Social Media

6 Ways to Target Early-Stage Buyers in PPC

Don't just focus on SQL's -- targeting early stage buyers with PPC can be an extraordinarily effective technique. Find out six ways to make sure you're targeting every stage in the funnel in this post.

Does Dwell Time Really Matter for SEO? [Data]

Google's machine learning algorithms are set up to reward content with super high engagement metrics. Here's the proof that dwell time, long clicks, and time on site really do affect your SEO!

Larry Kim
January 25, 2017
Marketing Ideas

The Secrets of Google Ads CTR in 5 Charts

Click-through rate (CTR) matters. It’s a key component in determining Quality Score and indicative of copy that entices prospects to visit your landing pages. Learn more about CTR and how it's impacted by Expanded Text Ads!

Beginner’s Guide to Keyword Search Volume for Marketers

Whether you're doing SEO or PPC, keyword search volume, or the number of people searching for a keyword in a given time period, is one of the most crucial metrics to understand so you can maximize traffic. Find out everything you need to know about keyword search volume.

5 Subject Line Mistakes That Tank Your Open Rates

Email marketing is still one of the most effective customer acquisition channels. But if you're making these common subject line mistakes, and you probably are, your emails won't get opened at all.

Brad Smith
January 19, 2017
Marketing Ideas

Why You NEED to Switch to Expanded Text Ads In 5 Graphs

If you’ve been putting off switching to Expanded Text Ads, or ETA’s, stop and look at the data! I’ll prove how important it is for you to adopt ETA’s ASAP in five persuasive graphs.

5 Reasons Your CTA Button is Scaring People Away

You pay for traffic. Create compelling headlines to lure people in. But leads and sales elude you. Here are five reasons that your call-to-action button text isn’t working, and five ways to fix it.

Brad Smith
January 11, 2017
Conversion Rates

How to Use Social Proof in Your Ads & Landing Pages

Social proof has the power to make a buyer purchase. Whether it be a B2B software solution or a consumer product, social proof can shift our perceptions and push us down the funnel to convert.

Margot Whitney
January 10, 2017
Landing Pages

4 Simple but Powerful Tactics for Writing Compelling Ad Copy

Every business needs traffic, and great ad copy can drive tons of traffic. Here are four simple and actionable tips that will make your advertising copy more compelling and effective.

9 Crazy Predictions for SEO in 2017

What does the always changing world of SEO have in store for us this year? A lot of the SEO predictions for the year have been totally safe and boring, but today Larry Kim is sharing 9 crazy SEO predictions that will blow your mind. Check them out, place your bets!

Larry Kim
January 9, 2017
SEO

Google Is Changing How Call Extensions Show in 2 Weeks – Here’s What You Need to Know

Google has announced changes to how location extensions will display for local businesses. Learn how you'll be affected and what you can do to minimize problems in your AdWords campaigns.

40 Essential Social Media Marketing Statistics in One Cool Infographic

As we start a new year, here is a look back at the world of social media. Social media marketing is one of the single most important things you can do to generate leads and increase brand awareness, so keep these statistics in mind as you create your social media plan for 2018!

Mary Lister
January 5, 2017
Social Media

3 Woefully Underused, Crazy-Effective PPC Landing Page Tips

Without fine-tuned PPC landing pages, a great account structure and compelling ad copy aren't going to lead to more conversions. Learn three super effective, underused landing page tips from our AdWords experts!

Allen Finn
January 4, 2017
Landing Pages

The 21 Best PPC Marketing Articles of the Year

Here's WordStream founder Larry Kim's look back at the best of the best content from 2016 on paid search, remarketing, conversion rate optimization, and paid social.

The 13 Best SEO Posts of the Year

Check out Larry Kim's picks for the absolute best, most helpful and innovative SEO articles and blog posts of the year, from WordStream and around the web.

Larry Kim
December 20, 2016
SEO