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The 11 Best SMART Goal Examples for Business

The SMART framework helps you set better goals, and these examples will make it easy to do.

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5 Reasons To NEVER Use Google Ads Automatic Bidding

Automatic bidding is a great way to make your life easier, right? WRONG! Using automatic bidding could have serious negative consequences on your PPC results. Here are five reasons why you should (almost) never use automatic bidding in your AdWords account.

Complete Guide to Content Remarketing: How to Win Friends, Influence People & Double Your Leads

How can marketers recapture audience attention and turn more readers into leads? With content remarketing! Learn what content remarketing is and how to do it right in this complete, strategic guide.

Larry Kim
November 5, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

5 Productivity Tips and Tools for Lazy Content Marketers

Are you a content marketer that needs help getting more done? These tips and tools will boost your productivity and help you focus on the task at hand.

Dan Shewan
November 4, 2014 | Content Marketing

How to Switch from Automatic Bidding to Manual Bidding in Google Ads

Want more control over your AdWords bids? Follow these best practices when switching from automatic bidding to manual bidding in Google AdWords.

31 of the Best Internet Marketing Articles of the Year (So Far)

Read the best internet marketing articles of the year so far and learn from these top notch resources.

Megan Marrs
October 29, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

7 Niche Marketing Ideas for Specialized Businesses

Working in a very small, specialized market? Check out these seven niche marketing ideas (with REAL examples) to get the most out of your niche marketing campaigns.

Dan Shewan
October 28, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

Analyze & Beat Your Google Ads Competitors With These 5 Powerful Tools

Are you competitive in Google Ads? I bet you want to be! Here are four of our favorite tools, including Auction Insights and SEM Rush, for analyzing your Google Ads competition and using competitive data to beat them out.

Can Ello Remain Ad-Free? Here Are 5 Ad-Free Social Networks that Failed

Hot on the heels of raising $5.5 million in venture capital funding, new social upstart Ello -- hoping to achieve the precarious balance between remaining a truly ad-free social network and financial feasibility -- has converted to a Public Benefit Corporation.

Dan Shewan
October 23, 2014 | Social Media

24 Best Social Media Promotion Tools

Need a little help growing your social media accounts? We've got the tools you need to succeed! Here are 24 of the best social media promotion tools to make sure your awesome posts and content get to the front of the feed!

Megan Marrs
October 21, 2014 | Social Media

11 Kick-Ass Call to Action Examples (And Why They Work)

To get your prospects to do what you want, it helps to include a compelling call to action on your website and in your marketing campaigns. In today’s post, we'll show you 11 creative and effective call to action examples, and explain why these call to action phrases work so well.

Dan Shewan
October 20, 2014 | Conversion Rates

5 Epic Content Marketing Tips from Joe Pulizzi

Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and self-described 'poster boy' for content marketing, recently shared five content marketing tips to creating epic content. In this post, I'll share them with you.

Mobile PPC Strategy: Are You Missing Out On Conversions?

Before ruling out mobile PPC ads, it is crucial to first dig a bit deeper into what the stats say because, believe it or not, there are some businesses that do surprisingly well via mobile.

7 Lead Generation Strategies that Work for Startups

Want to grow your business dramatically using innovative lead generation strategies? Here are 7 actionable techniques proven to work for rapidly growing startups.

Larry Kim
October 15, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

Myth Busting: The Truth About Long-Tail Keywords

We dispel some common myths about using long-tail keywords for PPC advertising and point you in the right direction for keyword research and discovery.

AdWords Quietly Launches New Demographics Targeting Tab

Google has quietly launched a new demographics tab in AdWords that allows businesses to more finely target their best demographic audience in their Google Display Network campaigns.

Are Kids Killing Your Display Campaigns? How to Exclude Mobile Apps in Google Ads

If you’re running Display campaigns in your AdWords account without the proper settings, mobile appcould be costing you a chunk of money! How, you ask? Read on to find out just how dangerous mobile apps can be, and what to do about them.

Caleb Hutchings
October 6, 2014 | Display Ads

3 AdWords Reports to Help You Make PPC Decisions Faster

Here are three simple reports you can run in Google AdWords that will help you weed through all the data and make quick decisions about your PPC account.

The Top 10 Best PPC Hacks … Ever!

Here are the top PPC marketing hacks you need to optimize your AdWords strategy today. These 10 tactics will have the most impact on your pay-per-click results.

Larry Kim
September 30, 2014 | Paid Search Marketing

Do I Have Too Many Keywords in My PPC Account? (Hint: Probably)

It doesn’t serve you to bloat your PPC account with too many keywords. Here are three reasons to avoid having too many AdWords keywords.

Social Media Advertising for Small Businesses

For small businesses, social media advertising can be intimidating. But no matter your size or budget, you can make social media ads work for you! Learn which social media platforms will work best for your small business in this complete guide to costs, formats, and more.

Dan Shewan
September 24, 2014 | Social Media

3 Lessons Learned from PPC Advertisers in the B2B Software Industry

With a long sales cycle, high competition, and niche audience, getting leads from AdWords is even harder for B2B software companies. Learn how to make the most of PPC in this guide.

30 Jaw-Dropping Guerrilla Marketing Examples

When the classic strategies aren’t delivering, you send in the guerrillas. They’re the the ones that turn the tide and defeat the enemy. Learn all about guerrilla marketing in this post.

Megan Marrs
September 22, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

Everyone Is Not a Demographic: A Guide to Target Markets for Small Businesses

A vague idea of one's target audience is not enough in today’s business world. In this post, we look at what target markets are, how to identify them, examples of target markets, and how to refine and develop target markets by segmentation.

Dan Shewan
September 18, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

Cheat Sheet: Ad Extensions for Shopping Campaigns

Not sure which ad extensions to use? Here’s a cheat sheet to help you decide which Shopping Campaign Ad Extensions are the right fit for your account!

Erin Sagin
September 17, 2014 | Ecommerce Strategy

Call Metrics: How to Measure the Quality of Your Call-In Leads

How do you know what makes a good call? I interviewed Chen Zhao, an expert on call tracking data, to get answers on call tracking metrics and measurement.

Elisa Gabbert
September 16, 2014 | Reporting & Analysis

9 Reasons Why LinkedIn Friendship Is the Mightiest of Magics

Learn how adding more LinkedIn connections can greatly improve your LinkedIn street cred, get you more profile views, increase your content's reach and more.

Larry Kim
September 15, 2014 | Social Media