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54 Fun & Creative Summer Instagram Captions for Any Business

Find the right summer Instagram caption for your industry with this full list of ideas, tips, and examples fit for the season!

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No Plan, No Workflow, No Results: How to Develop a PPC Plan that Aligns with Your Goals

Learn how to develop a PPC plan and workflow that aligns with your business goals, whether you want to drive traffic, increase sales and leads, or build your brand.

How to Use Schema Markup for SEO: Making Your Site Easier to Find for Stupid Machines

Although schema and other structured markup formats have been around for several years, relatively few people actually know what schema is or what it’s for. Today, we’re going to answer your questions about schema and why you should make it an integral part of your SEO strategy.

Dan Shewan
March 20, 2014
SEO

What’s a Good Conversion Rate? (It’s Higher Than You Think)

What is a good conversion rate? Learn a step-by-step, replicable process for boosting your conversion rates.

The 5 Best Explainer Videos (& How to Make Your Own)

Explainer videos are short online marketing videos used to explain your company’s product or service. They're fun to make, will jumpstart conversion rates, and are overall great to have for any startup business. Learn about all the ins and outs of explainer videos in this post.

How to Build the Perfect Mobile Landing Page

When it comes to mobile landing pages, every second counts. Don't miss out on potential conversions. Follow these tips to build the perfect mobile landing page.

Dan Shewan
March 10, 2014
Landing Pages

Bad Ads, Worse Ads, and Very, Very Bad Ads: The Worst of PPC

Want to see some bad ads? I mean really bad ads? These Google AdWords ads are among the worst we've seen.

Landing Page Examples: Learning from the Best & Worst Landing Pages on the Web

We're taking a look at the best and worst landing pages on the web - check out these landing page examples to learn how your landing pages can improve.

The Beginner’s Guide to Building a Negative Keyword List

Few businesses devote enough time and energy to building negative keyword lists, despite the crucial role that negative keywords play in maximizing the ROI of an AdWords campaign. In this guide, we run through the steps of building a negative keyword list.

A/B Testing Best Practices Can Save You Time, Money and Effort – Here’s How

A/B testing best practices can save you time, money and effort. Maximize your landing pages' conversions by following these simple tips.

Dan Shewan
February 26, 2014
Conversion Rates

The Future of PageRank: 13 Experts on the Dwindling Value of the Link

The PageRank algorithm is constantly changing. But will PageRank always depend on links? 12 SEO experts weigh in on the future of backlinks for Google search.

Why Tracking Conversions for Your PPC Efforts Is a No-Brainer!

If you're not tracking conversions in Google Ads, you're driving in the dark without headlights. Learn why conversion tracking is so important in PPC.

The Secrets Behind Ads with 3x the Average CTR

Average click-through rates are just that: average. Don't you want your CTR to be BETTER than average? Learn how to get AdWords click-through rates over three times higher than the average CTR in this tip-packed guide to better ad writing.

Google Ads Metrics: How to Make Sense of Your PPC Data

Which Google Ads metrics should you be focusing on? Learn where to start when it comes to analyzing the PPC metrics in your Google Ads account.

Search Network with Display Select: Should You Use AdWords’ New Campaign Type?

You may remember that in early November 2013 Google rolled out a new AdWords campaign type called “Search Network with Display Select.”

21 Facebook Advertising Tips to Try Right Now

Looking for the best ways to advertise on Facebook? Check out our 21 best Facebook advertising tips and start succeeding today!

Gordon Donnelly
January 30, 2014
Facebook Ads

Hacking Google Ads: Winning at Google Ads the Weird Way

Quality Score is the key to hacking AdWords. A deep dive into how Google calculates your Quality Score plus top tips on how to raise your Quality Scores.

Toward a Linkless SEO: The SEO Link Is Dying. Here’s What Might Replace It

The SEO link is dying. What will replace the link? We predict how a search engine might rank organic content based on other quality signals, without links...

Elisa Gabbert
January 24, 2014
SEO

All About AdChoices: What Is AdChoices? How Does it Affect Advertisers & Consumers?

What is AdChoices? How do you get rid of AdChocies? How does the AdChoices program affect advertisers? Learn all about the Ad Choices program and how it affects both users and advertisers in this guide.

3 Reasons Guest Blogging Isn’t as Dead as Matt Cutts Says It Is

In fact, I might argue that few SEO techniques get “more and more spammy” by proportion. In other words, they’re not going from 10% spammy to 50% spammy. You just see more spam because there’s more of everything – more good guest posts, but more crap and spam too.

How Your Google Ads Daily Budget Works With Ad Scheduling

Don't let Google spend more than your monthly budget! Let’s review how your Google Ads daily budget works, especially when you’re using ad scheduling.

How to Get New Clients: Top 6 Tips from Successful PPC Agencies

Get top tips from the experts at leading SEM, PPC, and digital agencies on how they get more clients and improve their client prospecting efforts.

YouTube Remarketing: Why & How to Try Remarketing with YouTube Videos

Using YouTube videos is the next step in the evolution of remarketing. Learn how in this guide to creating YouTube video remarketing ads for AdWords.

5 Social Media Marketing Strategies to Improve Your Efforts This Year

Having a presence on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is crucial for business. Learn five social media marketing strategies to help your business conquer the social landscape this year.

Margot Whitney
January 9, 2014
Social Media

Bid Optimization: Getting Started with Bid Optimization in Google Ads

Learn how to get started with PPC bid optimization in Google AdWords. Learn a bid optimization workflow, bid optimization strategies to try and more.

How to Use Google Ads for Real Estate Marketing

Learn how to market an apartment community through a Google AdWords PPC campaign with geotargeting in this complete guide to AdWords apartment marketing.

Gmail Advertising Showdown: Gmail Sponsored Promotions vs. Managed Placements

Learn how the new Gmail Sponsored Promotions beta compares to Managed Placements when it comes to Gmail advertising CTR, CPA and other results.