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Paid Search Marketing
6 Easy Steps to Get Your Google Ads Ready for 2020
The new year is the perfect time to refresh your Google Ads account. In this guide, we share six easy steps to get your Google Ads account ready, including revisiting your list of KPIs, trying manual bidding, and more!
Google Ads Is Killing Message Extensions-What You Need to Do NOW
Google is putting message extensions out to pasture. Here's what you need to do NOW to be prepared.
The Top 10 Online Advertising Stories of 2019
The end of 2019 is near, folks, and we're taking a look at the past year in online advertising news. Here are the 10 top online advertising stories, including Facebook's data breach, Google's BERT update, and more!
The 11 Biggest Google Ads Updates of 2019
Google made a lot of changes in 2019—but for advertisers, some of the updates and innovations were more important than others. Here, we're rounding up the 11 biggest Google Ads updates of the year, including new search audiences, retirement of average position, and so much more!
Who Uses Bing, Anyway? 10 Surprising Ways You Probably Do
Who uses Bing, anyway? Let's face it, when it comes to search engine domination, only one company's name has become a verb that means to search for something online. But even if we're not all talking about "binging it," here are 10 ways most of us are still using Bing, including voice search, Windows devices, and more!
The 8 Best Remarketing Ads the Internet Has Ever Seen
Here, we've rounded up some of the best remarketing ads the internet has ever seen and shared how you can make similar, effective ads by incorporating multiple channels, creating a variety of ads, using dynamic remarketing, and more!
95+ Ideas for Google Ads Remarketing Lists
Google Ads remarketings lists help you re-target users who have already interacted with your brand. Here, we're sharing 95+ possible remarketing lists that you can use based on page views, site engagement, social engagement, customer uploads, and time constraints!
How to Use Google Lead Form Extensions to Drive More Leads
Here, we're sharing what a lead form extension is, what you need to know about the new extension, and how you can create some to start boosting your mobile conversion rate!
Google’s Newest Ad Policy Restricts Debt Services Ads & Bans Credit Repair Ads
Google recently announced that ads for credit repair and debt management services will need to be certified. We're sharing what this means, when it will happen, how to get certified, and more!
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Google Call-Only Ads with No Headlines Cut CPA by 28% [Case Study]
Google call-only ads are great when your prospective customer need your help right this second. We dug into a hunch that Google call-only ads helped your prospective customers get your help faster when they don't have headlines.
Is Your Company Rebranding? Follow These 11 Tips to Update Your Google Ads
Rebranding a company isn't easy, especially when it involves a name change. Here are 11 steps for updating your Google Ads account for your company rebrand, from updating or creating new campaigns to monitoring progress after launch and everything in between!
10 Ways to Spend Less Time in Google Ads
Let's face it: Google Ads can be intimidating to use and time-intensive to manage. Here are 10 ways that you can start spending less time in Google Ads, including automated reports, saved filters, and more!
4 Google Ads Audience Exclusions You Need to Try Next
Sometimes a successful paid media campaign requires the “less is more” approach, and that's where audience exclusions come in. Here are four underused Google Ads audience exclusions that can help you sift out unfit audiences to save you money, including app audiences, site searches, and more!
So Long, SKAGs; Hello, Single Theme Ad Groups
With Google's recent match type changes, using singe keyword ad groups, or SKAGs, is no longer a reliable strategy. Instead, we recommend using single theme ad groups—or as we like to call them, STAGs. Here, we explain why you need to change your SKAGs and how STAGs will help.
The 11 Best Competitive Ads We’ve Ever Seen on Google
Running competitive ads in the Google search results is a super effective way to win new customers. Check out this guide to learn everything you need to know about how great competitive advertisements work.
Goodbye, Average Position: Everything You Need to Know
Earlier this year, Google announced its plan to retire average position. Now, the metric will be officially gone in September. Here's what you need to know, including how to prepare your account and how to to use Google's new metrics.
Big Changes Coming to Phrase Match & Broad Match Modifier
Your phrase match and broad match modifier keywords will now match to same-meaning close variant queries. How will this affect your Google Ads campaigns? We've got everything you need to know!
7 Cost-Effective Ad Types for Small Businesses
Learn the seven most effective ad types for a shoestring budget, with success stories for inspiration!
11 Reasons Your Google Ads Aren’t Showing (& How to Fix!)
If your Google ads aren't showing, don't panic: There's a perfectly reasonable (and fixable) explanation. Check out this complete guide to learn more!
Everything You Should Know About Google’s NEW Campaign-Level Conversions
At Google Marketing Live 2019, Google announced a new bidding control: campaign-level conversion setting. Here, we tell you everything you need to know about the new control, including how to set it up, how it can help, and why you should be excited about it!
6 Mobile Marketing Strategies You Probably Haven’t Considered
Mobile marketing is extremely powerful, but it’s easy to get stuck in a rut with techniques that don’t deliver the results you were hoping for. So to help you out we’ve come up with this list of six super-effective but easily missed mobile marketing strategies that you can try today!
When (& When Not) to Use Google Dynamic Search Ads
Dynamic Search Ads can be great ways to drive high volume and increase your profit—but this ad type can also cannibalize your budget and waste your funds. Whether you're just starting out or already using DSAs, here's everything you need to know to set your campaign up for success.
4 Tips for PPC Specialists in the Automation Age
Automation is changing the workforce across industries all over the world, and digital marketing is no exception. But that doesn't mean that automation will replace PPC specialists. Here are 4 tips for PPC specialists to compete and excel in the age of automation!
5 Strategies to Target Your B2B Audience Online
Finding your target B2B audience for PPC can be a challenge, but your audience is all over the web, just like B2C audience. Here are five B2B audience targeting strategies to help find your target users!
5 Things You Need to Know About Discovery Ads
Discovery ads allow advertisers to target prospects in the moments in which they’re most open to finding something new. Here are five vital things you need to know about them.
Google’s NEW Gallery Ads: Everything You Need to Know
Google's new gallery ads, which combine the intent of search with the creative of display, are beyond promising. Get everything you need to know here!
9 Massive Changes Coming to Google Ads #GoogleMarketingLive 2019
Google Marketing Live 2019 was jam-packed with massive announcements. Check out our wrap-up blog post to learn everything you need to know about new ad types, campaign settings and other changes on the way!