Let’s face it, if you came across this blog post, your Google Ads probably aren't doing as well as you would like. If you set up your AdWords campaign incorrectly then you won't see a return, making it easy to just remove the platform from your marketing...read more
What is Conversion Rate Optimization?
What is Conversion Rate Optimization?
Let’s start here: CRO (conversion rate optimization) tools have an average ROI of 223%!* Yeah, that’s nothing to sneeze at but, for a lot of businesses, CRO isn’t a familiar part of their business-y vocabulary wordbank. Today’s post aims to...read more
Are Bing Ads Worth The Investment? (YES!)
Are Bing Ads Worth The Investment? (YES!)
Let’s go back to 2007, “Umbrella” by Rihanna was playing everywhere, Britney Spears shaved her head, and Microsoft announced their search engine Live Search. Just 2 years later, in 2009, they rebranded as Bing. This rebranding formed the Bing Ad...read more
Responsive Search is Here: What You Need to Know
Responsive Search is Here: What You Need to Know
Have you ever launched an ad and thought “Oh...wait..this is not performing the way I thought it would.” If you haven’t been there yet, you will be at some point. Sure, you can always pull an ad and make adjustments but will you have the time to...read more
What is a PPC Ad Quality Score?
What is a PPC Ad Quality Score?
Pay-per-click, PPC, traffic creates about 50% more lead conversion than organic traffic. The 3 paid ads at the top of the search engine results page (SERPS) get 46% of the clicks for the entire page. 65% of the clicks made on PPC ads are by customers...read more
3 PPC Strategies to Try Now
3 PPC Strategies to Try Now
PPC, or pay per click, can be scary to some people. Like, SEO, it’s one of those marketing disciplines that gets a bad rap for being too hard or, in a lot of cases I’ve come across, they’ve worked with a PPC “expert” who ended up blowing a budget...read more
Responsive Ads + You = Better Leads
Responsive Ads + You = Better Leads
Hot take: traditional Google text ads have become stale. Text-only ads are not only limited in their reach but also limited in their placement. If your bid is high enough to put you at the top of the SERPs than awesome! If not? The best place to bury...read more
PPC is not as scary as you think (probably)
PPC is not as scary as you think (probably)
Does the Google Ads dashboard make you break out in hives? Does the difference between Search and Display elude you? Do acronyms like PPC, CTR, CTA, and CPC fill you with math-test-level dread? You’re not alone. PPC (pay per click) is some people’s...read more
Lead Generation Tactics to Make it Rain in the CRM
Lead Generation Tactics to Make it Rain in the CRM
Lead generation is not just for some business, it's for ALL businesses: B2B, B2C, for-profit, non-profit, SMBs, Enterprise--you get the idea. But do you have any lead generation tactics in your current strategy? Are you always on red alert when it...read more