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Paid Search Marketing
Breaking: Major Changes to How Google Spends Your Budget
Google has announced a major change to the way daily budgets work and can now spend TWICE your daily budget on any given day. Learn more about how your ad spend will be impacted.
8 Advertising Tips for Electricians & Other Tradesmen
Digital advertising can be challenging for tradesmen and blue-collar professionals, but these eight tips will help you find more clients and get return on your online advertising spend.
What’s a Good Quality Score for Each Type of Keyword?
What's a good Quality Score in AdWords? As usual, it depends, but we can set different Quality Score benchmarks for different keyword types: brand, low-intent, high-intent and competitor keywords.
How to Compete with Big Spenders in Google Ads (Without Spending More $)
According to our data, businesses with big AdWords budgets are doing better by almost every PPC metric - ouch! But even on a smaller budget, you can win just by copying what big spenders do. Here's how.
Google Announces Major Changes to Ad Rotation Settings
Ad testing is important, and Google is simplifying the options you have when testing multiple ads within an ad group. Here's what you need to know about optimizing your AdWords settings moving forward.
These 4 Forgotten Google Ads Best Practices Still Matter – Here’s Proof
In the rush to implement Expanded Text Ads, many advertisers forgot to implement some of the industry’s oldest best practices. These forgotten PPC best practices still matter!
How to Do Keyword Research: The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide
Intimidated by the prospect of keyword research? Don't be! This guide tells you exactly how to do keyword research for SEO, PPC, content, and competitors! Plus we share our five favorite keyword research tools.
Positive vs. Negative Ads: Which Works Better?
Sentiment, whether positive, negative, or neutral, can have a major impact on the performance of your AdWords campaigns. Check out these tips and examples to help you test emotion in your text and display ads.
How to Get Your Piece of the Search Impression Share Pie
Learn all about search impression share in AdWords: why it's important, what it means for your account, and what to do when you're losing impression share to budget or rank.
All of Google’s Recent Changes to the Mobile SERP
Google has been mixing up the mobile SERP, introducing new features like sitelink carousels and lots of new mobile ad types to keep both users and advertisers happy. Learn more
The Feed Is Coming. Here’s How Google Could Monetize It
The feed is Google’s answer to Facebook’s News Feed. As of now, there are no public plans to use the feed as an advertising platform; here's how Google might go about monetizing it.
Best New Online Advertising Features of 2017 (So Far)
Highlighting 2017's best new online advertising features across search and social ad channels, including some potentially paradigm-shifting features to try in your digital marketing campaigns!
13 Power Tips for #Winning Mobile Ad Copy
Your customers are on mobile, and if you want MORE customers, you need to write ads that speak to the context and experience of the mobile user. Here's how!
The Highest CPC Keywords in Canada
The most expensive AdWords keywords in Canada include keywords related to immigration (super visa insurance) and small business operations (POS systems, calling software, merchant accounts). Learn more!
The Top 25 Costliest Keywords in South Africa
What keywords demand the highest bids and costs per click (CPC's) in the ZAR currency? Check out the top 25 most expensive AdWords keywords, South Africa Edition!
The Comprehensive Guide to Online Advertising Costs
How much do online ads cost? Learn everything you need to know about online advertising costs including average costs to advertise on Google and Facebook, plus how to lower your online ad costs.
The 25 Most Expensive Keywords in Australia
What are the most expensive keywords in Australia? These 25 keywords will cost you more Australian dollars per click than any other keywords in AdWords advertising...
The Most Expensive Keywords in the UK
What are the most expensive keywords in the United Kingdom? These 25 keywords will cost you more British pounds per click than any other keywords in AdWords advertising...
The 25 Most Expensive Keywords in Google Ads
We’ve completed a new, comprehensive analysis of keyword data for five different currencies in English-speaking countries. We determined the top 25 most expensive keywords (meaning these niche markets are super-competitive) along with their average CPC. Check out the results!
5 Insurance Marketing Tactics that Drive Quality Leads
Insurance marketing isn't easy. Bring your sky-high CPCs back down to earth with these five easy-to-implement AdWords tactics that will work in your own or your client's account.
7 Data-Backed Tips for AdWords Ads that Work Right Now
The way people search has evolved, so your ads need to evolve too! Here are seven tips, backed by data, to help you write super-effective ads that resonate with your audience now.
Knock-Off Thousands from Your Google Ads Costs with Close Variants
Are you using close variants as a keyword match type in your Google Ads campaigns? If not, it's time to start. Here's how to use them to save money.
4 Must-Try Google Mobile Ad Strategies (with Data!)
Struggling to rank and get clicks on the mobile SERP? Check out these four must-try mobile ad features including price extensions and Purchases on Google.
The 10 Most Popular Words in Google Ads (+8 Other Findings)
What makes great Google ad copy? We analyzed 512 of the best Google Ads to find out.
Case Study: How Google Ads Life Events Targeting Lifts Brand Interest 175%
Learn about AdWords' Consumer Patterns & Life Events targeting, a new weapon to target more relevant audience segments, and see what kind of results you can get.
4 Useful Features Hidden in the New Google Ads Interface
The new AdWords UI, referred to as the new AdWords Experience, boasts a whole new look and, along with it, new features! Let's take a look at four things buried in the new AdWords UI you should know.
Promotion Extension in Google Ads Drives Super-High CTR
The new AdWords promotion extensions will show a noticeable price tag icon beneath your ad and highlight a sale on your website, allowing you to save valuable characters in your text ads and raise CTR. Learn more!