Pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns may be considered as interruptive marketing by many. And they may not think it fits under the inbound marketing umbrella. Although this is true to an extent, it all depends on how you use it. If you execute it correctly, a PPC campaign can work wonders to boost your inbound marketing efforts. […]
With multinational technological companies Google and Facebook conquering the field of online advertising revenue, many smaller companies and indie publishers are left wondering where they’ll end up in the digital world – if they’ll end up anywhere at all. According to data recently released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, digital advertising revenue in the U.S. increased by
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Pinterest has announced its long-awaited move into the self-serve paid search space, after a period of trial campaigns with select partners. With innovative visual search technology and an ambition to corner the ‘discovery’ phase of search, this could prove an enticing complement to AdWords for many brands. So, how does Pinterest PPC work, how does
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The eternal question for businesses both large and small: should you run your marketing in-house, or should you hire an expert? There are numerous factors to take into account including level of expertise, the complexity of the campaign, existing internal resources and the management fee of said expert. We’ll come clean. Most of these types
October 17, 2017 Bing Ads Content Network Change On June 30th, 2017, Bing Ads decided to sunset the content network and focus only on search to ‘improve your ROI’. This means, all the promise of display remarketing and other Bing display opportunities is now over. To solidify this even further, Bing Ads is
Google AdWords is a staple platform for the vast majority of digital marketing strategies. However, marketers need to get things right from the outset to avoid costly inefficiencies. This guide will provide everything you need to know to get an AdWords account up and running, and set for success. The digital marketing industry has grown
October 16, 2017 On occasions, clients ask if it is worth bidding on Brand when they show up in the #1 spot in Organic search. It is a great question, after all, it could potentially save money and allow for more budget to go to generic campaigns instead. My response, without hesitation, is yes. In fact,
AdWords is an excellent source of high-converting web traffic. I have had colleagues that have used AdWords to generate over 50% of their business for several years. But for marketers without a background in PPC, Adwords can be hard to crack. One of the biggest challenges new marketers face is developing a sound bidding strategy.
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Facebook now accounts for 65% of total social network ad spend and is expected to reach $36 billion in 2017, while Google saw a 17% increase in revenues from 2014 to 2015. These are now the go-to channels for marketers wishing to attract users and user attention, with businesses putting aside huge budgets to reach audiences on these platforms. Facebook and
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October 4, 2017 It is Friday morning. Secret Jake and I walk to a little coffee shop just a block away from our office. We order Guatemalan pour-overs (we are fancy like that). We find a table and sit down only to discover it is wobbly. But we don’t move. For some reason, I feel
