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Voice of the Customer: The Secret Weapon For Great Landing Page Copy

What is the voice of the customer? VOC is all about using your customers' language to write more convincing, effective ad and landing page copy. Learn how to conduct voice of customer research that will help you write more conversion-friendly landing pages that resonate with your audience.

Brad McMillen
September 11, 2014 | Conversion Rates

Comedy in Content Marketing: To Be Memorable, Make ‘Em Laugh

Even B2B companies can find success with using comedy in their content marketing. Learn why funny content is more memorable and works in every industry.

Larry Kim
September 10, 2014 | Content Marketing

How to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile as a Recent College Grad

Recent college grads can see huge benefits from using LinkedIn. Learn how to improve your LinkedIn profile and use LinkedIn to help you get a job.

Brett McHale
September 9, 2014 | Social Media

New Google Ads Callout Extensions How-To: Highlight Offers in Your Ads

Google is rolling out a new ad extension called Callout Extensions. This new ad extension type enables you to add more text to your ad to spotlight free shipping, discount offers, and more. Learn how callout extensions work in AdWords and how to make the most of them.

Perfect Timing: The Very Best Time to Send Email Newsletters

When is the best time to send newsletter emails? We have some advice, and we’re eager to share!

Megan Marrs
September 4, 2014 | Email Marketing

Storytelling in Content Marketing: What It Is, What It Isn’t, & How to Do it Right

Do marketers need to tell stories in their content? What's the difference between content marketing and storytelling?

Dan Shewan
September 3, 2014 | Content Marketing

13 Ways to Beat the Facebook Algorithm

With organic reach for businesses on Facebook rapidly approaching zero, here are 12 tactics to beat the Facebook algorithm and get your fan engagement back.

Larry Kim
September 2, 2014 | Social Media

Google Gives AdWords MCC Users the Gift of Consolidated Billing

Google AdWords My Client Center (MCC) users (including agencies and large brand clients) will soon have access to Consolidated Billing and enhanced features.

WordStream Call Tracking vs. AdWords Call Extensions & Call Forwarding

Naturally we have been asked tons of questions about how WordStream call tracking compares to Google AdWords’ existing Call Extensions and Call Forwarding features...

How to Do a Webinar Your Audience Will Love

Webinars can be a great tool for lead generation, if you do them right! Learn how to do a webinar your audience will love with this best practices checklist.

Dan Shewan
August 26, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

Stop Wasting Time With Low CTR Strategies

Stop wasting time and money pursuing low CTR strategies in your paid search campaigns! Learn why low CTR strategies are a losing bet, and what you should do instead.

AdWords Now Lets You Measure Website Call Conversions: Learn More

Learn how Google's new website call conversions feature works in AdWords to help you track calls that are triggered by AdWords ad clicks.

26 Free Online Marketing Courses: Learn Digital Marketing!

Looking to learn digital marketing? Browse our favorite online marketing courses on SEO, PPC, social, and more!

Megan Marrs
August 19, 2014 | Marketing Ideas

5 Mobile Ad Strategies You Need To Be Using

Learn five key mobile ad strategies you need to be using to manage your Google AdWords mobile ads, including ad extensions and mobile bid adjustments.

RIP Exact Match and Phrase Match in AdWords!

Holy smokes! Google has today effectively killed off both the Exact Match and Phrase match keyword match types in AdWords.

Why It’s So Easy to Fail on Mobile [Data]

The latest Google Ads mobile data, including cost per click, click-through rate, and Quality Score on mobile devices, reveals why mobile advertising is harder than desktop.

Why SEO Rank Checking Tools Are Useless (And What to Use Instead)

Still searching for the best rank tracking tool? You might be wasting your time! Learn why SEO rank checking tools are useless for evaluating your keyword position in SERPs, and what tools to use instead to really drive more traffic from organic search.

Megan Marrs
August 11, 2014 | SEO

16 Easy Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills

Writing is intimidating to a lot of people. But it doesn't have to be agonizing, and almost anybody can improve. Here are 16 ways you can start improving your writing skills right now.

Dan Shewan
August 7, 2014 | Copywriting

3 Super-Actionable Keyword Research Tips to Try Right Now

These super-actionable keyword research tips will help you mine Google Suggest and Keyword Planner for keyword ideas, then prioritize using our secret formula.

27 Tips on How to Get More Email Newsletter Signups

Email newsletter subscribers are valuable soft leads that, with the right amount of gentle cajoling, could end up one day as full-fledged customers or clients. In this post, we bring you 27 genius strategies to boost email newsletter signups!

Megan Marrs
August 5, 2014 | Email Marketing

How to Develop Brand Voice Through Content Marketing

Brand voice: What is it? Why does it matter? Learn how to develop a strong brand voice in your marketing campaigns with this guide.

Google Ads Scheduling (Dayparting) in 5 Steps

Odds are, your AdWords campaigns don’t need to be running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which can eat through your budget. AdWords dayparting, also known as ad scheduling, is a great way to increase your ROI from paid search. Learn how to use ad scheduling in this guide.

Announcing PPC University: Learn PPC Marketing for Free

Introducing PPC University: Learn pay-per-click marketing and Google AdWords in three easy, free online training courses for beginner and intermediate PPC marketers.

32 Free (& Almost Free) Content Marketing Tools

Discover the latest and greatest free content marketing tools to help boost your content strategy, including tools for content creation, promotion and more.

New Dynamic Sitelinks: Google Gives Advertisers Free Sitelink Clicks

Google's new dynamic sitelinks will be automatically generated for ads in the top three spots. Clicks on dynamic sitelinks are free to AdWords advertisers. Learn more...

When to Say No to a New Client: 10 Red Flags for Agencies

Learn how to spot a lousy, short-term client from ten paces. These red flags are all strong signs that your AdWords agency should just say no to the new client.