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How to Do a PPC Keyword Gap Analysis to Find New Opportunities

Want to expand your PPC keyword list while stealing market share from your competitors? Find out how a keyword gap analysis can help.

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How to Apply Game Theory in PPC Marketing

Ever seen A Beautiful Mind? In this post, Larry Kim explores two ways that game theory can be applied to PPC marketing in AdWords.

8 Cool Marketing Analysis Tools for Data Junkies

There are dozens of marketing analysis tools, but these are our eight favorite tools for digging in and analyzing marketing data to get results.

Dan Shewan
August 12, 2016
Marketing Ideas

PPC Cum Laude: 3 Smart Strategies for Higher Education Marketing

Higher education keywords are expensive and tricky to master. Here are three smart ways you can increase lead volume in your higher ed PPC accounts.

Google Retiring Converted Clicks – How Will You Measure Conversions Now?

Heads up! Google will be retiring the converted clicks metric in September. Here's what AdWords users need to do to measure conversions in their account after the change.

The Ultimate List of Time Management Tips for Digital Marketers

Never seem to be enough hours in the day? Check out our ultimate list of time management tips for digital marketers and learn to be more productive and efficient!

EMDs vs. Branded Domains: What’s the Best Solution?

Not sure if an exact match domain (EMD) or a branded domain is right for your site? Check out this guide to the pros and cons of EMDs versus branded domains.

Guest Author
August 9, 2016
SEO

Healthcare Marketing Insights for PPC Advertisers [Infographic]

To succeed in the highly competitive field of healthcare marketing, you need the right tools and data. Check out healthcare marketing and advertising trends for 2016.

10 Question-Based Keywords that Drive Tons of High-Quality Traffic

Answering questions with your content is a fantastic way to drive tons of high-quality organic traffic. Check out 10 types of questions that work, plus SEO tips for ranking on question keywords.

How to Create Expanded Text Ads [Guide + FREE Template]

Expanded Text Ads are no longer the exception in Google AdWords, they’re the rule! Learn how to create super-clickable Expanded Text Ads line-by-line and build them out in your AdWords account. This guide includes a FREE Excel template download to help you out.

Remarketing for Dynamic Search Ads (RDSA): Your Google Ads Campaign on Steroids

Have you ever thought about why the heck an athlete would do steroids? You might say it is cheating because they’re essentially putting in the same amount of work or less and are performing at a level that is unheard of or is just way above the competition.

Automotive Advertising Benchmarks & Data for 2016 [Infographic]

If you're doing advertising and marketing for the car or automotive services industry, check out this new data on trends in the car and auto marketing industry from WordStream and Google.

Video Marketing Ideas: 9 Ways to Promote Video Content

So you've produced a beautiful marketing video. Now how do you promote it? Check out 9 video marketing ideas for getting your videos out there.

6 Landing Page Copywriting Principles for More Conversions

Learn the six principles of great landing page copywriting that will ensure your landing pages drive conversions, leads and sales.

New Responsive Display Ads: What You Need to Know

The new Responsive GDN ads should be considered an attractive alternative to text ads for the display network with the ability to reformat to fit different ad sizes and placements. Want to learn how to best utilize responsive display ads to your advantage? Read to find out!

Mark Irvine
July 26, 2016
Display Ads

Google Brings Back Device-Level Bid Adjustments for Tablet & Desktop Devices

Google just released device-level bid adjustments! You can set different bids for mobile, tablet and desktop devices. Learn how to use this new feature here.

3 Reasons to Drop Everything & Build Expanded Text Ads NOW

Should you bite the bullet or ignore the ETA update? Erin Sagin argues that the best time to build your new ETAs is NOW!

3 Underused Google Ads Features That’ll Blow Your Mind & Boost Your Bottom Line

These hidden, underused Google Ads features can have awesome effects on your campaigns! Check out these cool targeting and reporting features you may have missed.

7 Expanded Text Ad Best Practices for Better Performance

They were announced at the 2016 Google Summit, and now expanded text ads are the default ad type in Google AdWords. We now have a lot more space to explain our products, services, and value proposition in every ad. Hurray! Check out our expanded text ads best practices.

7 Social Media Management Tips to Save Time & Improve Results

Social media management is hard, but we're sharing our seven best social media management tips that we use at WordStream to save time and grow and engage an audience.

What Is Content Advertising, and Should You Be Doing It?

What is content advertising, and should you be doing it? What's the difference between content marketing and content advertising? Find out everything you need to know here.

Hacking the Facebook Newsfeed Algorithm: 5 Ways to Recover Organic Reach

Yes, organic reach on Facebook is abysmal -- but you can fight back! Looking for a way to get exposure without having to spend a ton on Facebook ads? These five tactics will greatly increase your engagement and reach in Facebook's newsfeed algorithm.

Larry Kim
July 18, 2016
Social Media

7 Medium Optimization Tips To Get Your Articles To Go Hot

Blogging platform Medium has revolutionized web-based publishing, but how can you help your posts go viral? Check out Larry's top Medium optimization tips!

From Spam to BAM! Leveraging User Intent in Email Optimization

Understanding and leveraging user intent is crucial in email optimization. Learn everything you need to know about user intent and email marketing in this must-read post.

Why Every Small Business Needs YouTube Director for Business [VIDEO]

Video advertising is one of the fastest growing forms of online advertising. In fact, according to eMarketer, total video ad spend is expected to increase by 28.5% within the year.

Ultimate Facebook Ad Types Cheat Sheet

If you’re just starting out with Facebook Ads, it can even be challenging to understand the verbiage—what’s a carousel vs. a canvas ad? How can my ads be dynamic? Stay calm. We got you. In this post, we outline detailed Facebook ad specs along with example ads for every Facebook ad type.

Mary Lister
July 12, 2016
Facebook Ads

One Weird Trick to Get More Facebook Likes for Free

If you manage a Facebook business page, check it out: I've stumbled across a weird hack that allows you to invite real people who have engaged with your content to Like your page – and it's free!

Larry Kim
July 11, 2016
Social Media