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8 Vibe Coding Best Practices for Marketers (+Ideas for Your First Project)

Vibe coding lets you build digital marketing assets like calculators, generators, and dashboards. These pro tips will help you get it right.

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10 Self-Editing Tips that Will Make You a Better Writer

Want to be a better writer? Then get better at self-editing! Here are seven bad writing habits to avoid and three ways to make any first draft of your writing better.

Elisa Gabbert
August 23, 2017
Copywriting

24 Instagram Marketing Tools for More Followers, Likes & Sales

Instagram isn’t an option for marketers, it’s a necessity. And there are plenty of tools, many of them free, to help you create better Instagram posts! Use these Instagram marketing tools for filtering, scheduling, analytics and get a more beautiful, likable Instagram feed.

Mary Lister
August 21, 2017
Instagram

The Indispensable Welcome Email and How to Get It Right

Welcome emails have on average 4x the open rate and 5x the click-through rate of a standard email marketing campaign. Here's how to build a welcome email that works!

9 Mind-Bending Ways to Use Psychographics in Your Marketing

Find out how the fascinating field of psychographics can unlock a whole new world of possibilities in your marketing campaigns with these nine tips.

Dan Shewan
August 16, 2017
Marketing Ideas

7 Things We Learned from 31 Days of A/B Headline Testing

Do headline analyzers actually work? We analyzed and tested all our headlines for one month to find out. Here are seven things we learned about writing super-clickable headlines.

Danny Goodwin
August 15, 2017
Copywriting

These 4 Forgotten Google Ads Best Practices Still Matter – Here’s Proof

In the rush to implement Expanded Text Ads, many advertisers forgot to implement some of the industry’s oldest best practices. These forgotten PPC best practices still matter!

Positive vs. Negative Ads: Which Works Better?

Sentiment, whether positive, negative, or neutral, can have a major impact on the performance of your AdWords campaigns. Check out these tips and examples to help you test emotion in your text and display ads.

6 Landing Page Test Ideas You Need to Try

Need more conversions? Then you need to be testing your landing pages! Here are six data-based A/B testing ideas that can get you more conversions from your landing pages.

Brad Smith
August 7, 2017
Landing Pages

Email Marketing vs. Social Media Ads for Sales & Promotions

Many companies rely on email marketing for promotions, while others swear by social media ads. But the truth is both of these tactics can help you reach your sales goals.

33 CRO & Landing Page Optimization Stats to Fuel Your Strategy

From navigation menus to form fields to CTA's, effective landing page formulas can be tough to crack. Learn how to maximize your conversion rates with these 33 landing page optimization stats.

5 Ways to Use Facebook Ads to Take Down Your Competitors

At least one of Facebook’s 5 million advertisers is your direct competitor. Let’s dig into five effective ways you can use Facebook ads for competitive advertising to take them down.

Allen Finn
August 1, 2017
Facebook Ads

The Ridiculously Awesome Guide to Facebook Live

Live video is huge for brands, but small businesses can take advantage too! Learn how and why to use Facebook Live for marketing, including tons of tips and best practices, in this guide.

10 Companies Using Machine Learning in Cool Ways

Machine learning is one of the most exciting technological developments in history. What are some examples of machine learning and how it works in action? Find out how these 10 companies plan to change the future with their machine learning applications.

All of Google’s Recent Changes to the Mobile SERP

Google has been mixing up the mobile SERP, introducing new features like sitelink carousels and lots of new mobile ad types to keep both users and advertisers happy. Learn more

How to Get Your Piece of the Search Impression Share Pie

Learn all about search impression share in AdWords: why it's important, what it means for your account, and what to do when you're losing impression share to budget or rank.

10 Ways to Get More Mileage from SlideShare

SlideShare is a powerful -- and underused -- marketing tool. Find out everything you need to know about leveraging SlideShare to drive traffic and engagement.

13 of Our Best Local Marketing Tips…Ever!

Marketing and advertising effectively as a local business can be hard. Check out WordStream's 13 best local marketing tips ever and get ready to rock the local SERP.

The Feed Is Coming. Here’s How Google Could Monetize It

The feed is Google’s answer to Facebook’s News Feed. As of now, there are no public plans to use the feed as an advertising platform; here's how Google might go about monetizing it.

11 Examples of Great Customer Testimonial Pages

These 11 companies show how powerful customer testimonials can be, and how to make the most of them.

Best New Online Advertising Features of 2017 (So Far)

Highlighting 2017's best new online advertising features across search and social ad channels, including some potentially paradigm-shifting features to try in your digital marketing campaigns!

Allen Finn
July 17, 2017
Facebook Ads

The Freelancer’s Totally Fun, Definitely Not Boring Guide to Taxes

Navigating the U.S. taxation system as a freelancer can be a nightmare. This guide will tell you how to pay quarterly estimates, what you can and can't deduct and more helpful info to make your life easier.

Hack Your Sales Funnel with Facebook Interest & Behavior Targeting

Learn how to build new Facebook audiences from scratch using manual targeting methods that help you find your best, most conversion-ready audience through interest and behavior targeting.

6 Free Resources for Industry-Specific Marketing Benchmarks

One of the hardest parts of marketing is reporting and proving your success to higher-ups. These free sources of marketing benchmarks will help you measure your success against other businesses in your industry.

13 Power Tips for #Winning Mobile Ad Copy

Your customers are on mobile, and if you want MORE customers, you need to write ads that speak to the context and experience of the mobile user. Here's how!

The Highest CPC Keywords in Canada

The most expensive AdWords keywords in Canada include keywords related to immigration (super visa insurance) and small business operations (POS systems, calling software, merchant accounts). Learn more!

The Top 25 Costliest Keywords in South Africa

What keywords demand the highest bids and costs per click (CPC's) in the ZAR currency? Check out the top 25 most expensive AdWords keywords, South Africa Edition!