Navah Hopkins

Machine learning and automation can seem pretty terrifying for PPC: These technological advances could lead to the end of human-run campaigns in favor of robots that will never have the adaptability to scale a campaign and will certainly never have that “human touch.”

A big part of these fears come from the inevitable lack of control delegating tasks to machines represents. Digital...

When Google makes a change, there tends to be a period of panic and anger—and the recent changes to match types were no exception. The internet threw up its arms in justified frustration—account structures and workflows honed over the years just got hosed down by “close variants.”

Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) have the potential for high volume and profit—but they also have the potential for budget cannibalization and waste. Harnessing their powers for good requires planning ahead, establishing clear goals and workflows, as well as knowing when to transition budget to more restrictive strategies.

I’m going to tell you everything you need to know about DSAs:

One of the hardest tasks in digital marketing is setting the budget for your campaign. Too high, and it leaves room for unspent budget and an elevated cost per acquisition (CPA). Too low, and your budget won’t allow for enough clicks in the day to generate enough leads for your campaign to be profitable.

Budget Cat wants all the budget, but should he get it...

Ad extensions are the perfect sidekick to ad copy: they can direct the user to a better landing page, they give context on pricing or offerings before the user clicks and costs you money, and they can facilitate conversation without ever making the user land on your landing page. Google knows the value that extensions bring to advertisers and will sometimes...

Just in case you (STILL) need convincing that having a mobile strategy isn’t optional, here are a few stats on mobile adoption to consider:

• Men and women aged 18-29 have a 92% adoption rate
• Men and women over 65 have a 42% adoption rate
• All income levels have at least 60% adoption – that rises to 93% when you look at consumers making over $75K a year

I’m a bargain addict. I shop at Goodwill instead of traditional department stores, live by Groupon and GoldStar rather than paying full price on a meal or a show, and hunt for treasures at flea markets, as opposed to paying a premium at malls.

Who wants to blow a month of rent on a bag?

You can imagine the unbridled joy I found in close variants...

If you’re one of the thousands of sites using Google Site Search (GSS), you may have heard that Google is retiring the product later this year, and you’re likely wondering what’s happening to your in-site search tool.

Short answer: it’s being replaced...

Big publicity events can do wonders for growing the lead funnel and enhancing your PPC efforts, but they can also cause major glitches in an otherwise immaculate account. While no brand should ever shy away from the limelight, not anticipating how this PR exposure will impact all facets of your business is not only dangerous, it’s an avoidable risk.

Here’s how to rock the limelight and...

Google shocked the world earlier this month when it announced that the company would be folded into an umbrella company called Alphabet.

Of course, Google will still be Google, and AdWords isn’t going anywhere, but the company’s new corporate structure lets them separate the various aspects of the business, such as its advertising products from its dystopian driverless car projects and...