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It’s no secret—advertising on mobile can be hard! Screens are small, connections are slow, and your customers’ attentions are short. All of these factors come together to form an inconvenient truth: Mobile conversion rates are lower than on desktop.

There are many ways to improve your...

If you’re reading this, you don’t need to be convinced that video content gets stellar engagement. As streaming services keep pumping out original content almost constantly, consumers keep cutting the cord—and YouTube has become more popular than any broadcast TV network. 

Whoa...

Advertising for financial services is tough. The industry has some of the most expensive keywords on Google Ads (hitting nearly $50 per click). Even more, it has higher CPCs and CPAs than almost any other industry on...

With rapid expansion of targeting options, improvements to machine learning optimizations, and the overall efficiency and focus on advertiser needs, Facebook has never been a stronger advertising platform.

However, with rapid innovation comes rapid change. Staying on top of all of the updates becomes increasingly challenging as new ad types and creative options become available. Image...

Summer’s officially over. In the northeast, the leaves are changing colors, the nights are brisk, and the scent of pumpkin spice is in the air. While it may be tempting to relax in your Uggs and enjoy the fall, there’s no rest for PPC advertisers—just as back to school season is ending, the holiday...

Believe it or not, my work experience prior to blogging for WordStream didn’t include running a publicly traded company that holds a number of subsidiary brands across the globe. (There was a time when Johnson & Johnson wanted me to take the reins, but I was more interested in caffeinating the good people of Hadley, Ma., with halfway-decent cappuccinos.)

As such, I don’t have first-...

WordStream has some impressive employees in our ranks: from industry influencers to marathon runners, from analysts to authors. The Employee Spotlight series aims to highlight the talented individuals who work here. Each month, we’ll be featuring an interview here on the blog and on our social accounts.

For this month’s Employee Spotlight, we’re featuring Eric Su, a software engineer...

If you’re a Google advertiser, you probably received an email from the search giant in your inbox yesterday afternoon. The message? Responsive display ads are replacing legacy display ads in your Google Display Network (GDN) campaigns. 

What does this change mean for display...

There are two types of people in this world. Those with "inbox zero," and then people like me.

This is a real-life screenshot of my current inbox. I know, I know it is bad! But here’s the thing: most of these are promotional emails that go right into my “Promotions” tab. Yes, I do open some of them, but only if they are super appealing to me.

This might seem discouraging for all...

In May 2018, Google rolled out Lighthouse 3.0, an updated version of their open source tool for auditing the quality and speed of web pages. Lighthouse 3.0 brings new output options for reports, but also a number of changes to the way that it measures site speed and performance, such as the introduction...