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7 Huge Content Marketing Challenges in 2025 (+How to Overcome Them)

Content marketing is getting harder. Here are the top hurdles you need to know, plus what to do to clear them with ease.

James H | May 8, 2025 | Content Marketing
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The Art & Science of High-Converting Landing Page Images

Your landing page images play a crucial role in your conversion rates. Find out how to optimize your landing page images for conversions in this must-read post.

Brad Smith
September 30, 2016
Conversion Rates

Generational Marketing: How to Target Millennials, Gen X, & Boomers

We've done the research! In this post we examine the best online marketing strategies for targeting three key generational demographics.

Mary Lister
September 26, 2016
Marketing Ideas

7 Awesome Data Visualization Tools for Digital Marketers

Data visualization tools can help you turn data into something both powerful and beautiful. Here are the 7 best data viz tools for to transform your data marketing.

Dan Shewan
September 26, 2016
Marketing Ideas

4 International PPC Tips for Non-US English-Speaking Countries

PPC is not the same in every country, even if your primary language is English! Learn four tips for optimizing non-US international PPC campaigns.

5 Surprising Benefits of a Super-High CTR

I'm obsessed with click-through rate, for good reason: Incredibly high CTR's have surprising benefits in every marketing channel. Learn why in this article.

Larry Kim
September 21, 2016
Marketing Ideas

5 Big New Social Media Marketing Trends

Every week, social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram are releasing new features and improving old ones, and naturally, our habits as marketers need to adjust to stay ahead of our competitors.

Margot Whitney
September 20, 2016
Social Media

How to Do Thought Leadership Marketing: The Larry Kim Way

Learn how Larry Kim used five unique thought leadership marketing strategies to become one of the most renowned experts in search marketing - and how you can do the same.

Dan Shewan
September 19, 2016
Content Marketing

5 Insights from Analyzing Half a Billion Dollars in Ad Spend [New Data]

We analyzed 30,000 small business AdWords accounts to determine five insights into the state of the AdWords landscape right now. Here's what you need to know.

Larry Kim
September 16, 2016
Paid Search Marketing

1 Million Reports Later, Some Exciting Updates to the AdWords Grader

After delivering 1 million free reports, we're announcing big changes to the AdWords Performance Grader: new support for Expanded Text Ads and greatly enhanced mobile data and analysis.

The Complete, Digestible Guide to Google Ads Budgets

Confused about AdWords budgets? This complete, easy-to-read guide explains how to set your initial budget, how to allocate spend across keywords and campaign types and more!

7 Things I Still Hate About LinkedIn Ads

I hate LinkedIn Ads, do you hate LinkedIn Ads too? They could be so much better! Here are seven ways LinkedIn needs to step up its ad game.

Larry Kim
September 9, 2016
Social Media

The Ladder of Improvement: A Simple Technique that Can Dramatically Improve Your AdWords Campaigns

The Ladder of Improvement is a technique that gives you two benefits: It helps you prioritize where to spend your energy and money and helps you achieve small wins at each rung.

5 Unexpected Tools for Ad Campaign Optimization

You already know the obvious tools - check out these five unexpected tools to help you writer better ad copy and build more effective ad campaigns.

SEO Lensing: How to Climb the SERPs with Content Consolidation

In this must-read post, learn how a simple technique called SEO lensing, or content consolidation, can help you climb the SERPs and improve rankings without creating more content.

Guest Author
September 7, 2016
Content Marketing

5 Smart Reasons to Create Content Outside Your Niche

Worried about moving beyond your comfort zone with your content? Larry Kim explains why creating content outside your niche is a great idea for expanding your audience.

Larry Kim
September 6, 2016
Content Marketing

10 Dos and Don’ts for Sitelink Extensions

Sitelinks are an easy and highly effective way to increase your Google ad CTR. But there are some gotchas to be aware of and opportunities you don’t want to miss. Get the most out of your AdWords sitelink extensions with these ten dos and don'ts!

NEW in AdWords: Demographic Targeting for Search Campaigns

Great news for advertisers: Google has finally enabled demographic targeting for search campaigns. Learn why this targeting option has so much potential, plus tips and best practices for targeting and excluding by age, gender, and more in AdWords.

Hotel Advertising & Marketing Best Practices [Infographic]

If you're in the hotel industry, you need to see the latest data and trends on hotel marketing and advertising, including top hotel-related search terms and more....

Content Amplification: The Tools & Strategies You Need to Drive Growth

In today's savagely competitive content marketing landscape, content amplification is your secret weapon. Find out everything you need to know in this comprehensive guide.

6 Perfect Playlists For PPC Account Management

FACT: Music makes millennials more productive! Check out these six perfect Spotify playlists to listen to while doing various PPC account management tasks.

Review: Google’s New Account Health Score for Search (Beta)

See a sneak peek of AdWords latest beta feature, Account Health Score for Search, and how it compares to WordStream's AdWords Grader.

The 3 Crucial Features of a Great CTA

A great call-to-action, or CTA, includes three crucial elements: a unique value proposition, the right tone of voice, and perfect page placement. Learn how to create more effective CTA's in this guide.

Brad Smith
August 26, 2016
Conversion Rates

4 Emails to Include in Every PPC Lead Nurturing Campaign

Figuring out the email content in your lead nurturing campaigns can be a challenge. Start with these four easy lead nurturing emails to help your newly captured leads interact with your business.

How To Create Facebook Lead Ads That Convert

Facebook leads ads are no joke. They really can drive tons of high-quality leads! In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know to create effective Facebook lead ads that drive new leads and customers for your business.

Allen Finn
August 23, 2016
Facebook Ads

5 Killer Examples of Data-Driven Marketing

Don't dive into marketing without the right data! Using data to inform and analyze your marketing campaigns makes all the difference. Check out these five killer examples of data-driven marketing campaigns that got great results.

How to Use Facebook Ads to Recruit Top Talent

Is your company currently hiring? Do you struggle to attract great candidates for key open job roles? Well, did you know you can use Facebook for job recruiting? Facebook Ads and smart targeting make it easy and cheap to find top talent fast!

Larry Kim
August 19, 2016
Facebook Ads