When it comes to onsite convertibility, few strategies do the job quite like an eye-catching landing page. Landing pages are unique from other pages on your site in the sense that they serve as a static, standalone web page. Unlike your homepage, for example, they are focused on getting users to perform one solitary function…
When you search for something on Google or other search engines, you usually have a certain goal in mind. You may want to learn about something specific or find the right product you can shop online for. You may even be trying to track down a site you’ve been to before but don’t remember…
Before you panic upon glancing at the title, you should know we’re referencing standalone Target CPA (tCPA) and Target ROAS (tROAS) bidding strategies in Google Ads. In April, Google plans to retire these automated bidding strategies, but they’ll still exist… in a sense. The update was originally announced rather nonchalantly in a routine API update…
“Okay, Google…” “Hey, Siri…” “Alexa…” All of these prompts are rising in popularity as precursors to search queries. Our mobile and smart home devices love the sound of our voice. For digital marketers, this means conforming PPC campaigns to accommodate this fact. In fact, a study by Kleiner Perkins shows that one in five…
All advertisers are ultimately working towards the same goal with their campaigns: increasing sales. And even with plenty of resources available to help educate advertisers and marketers on best practices, there is still a major underlying problem. When a business’ profits start to decline, advertising budget is often scaled back or cut off for a…
I can’t help but feel that almost every PPC advertiser manages their paid search based on instinct more than logic. This is problematic for two reasons: 1. Instinct can be highly derived from a “survival mode” or “stop the bleeding” mentality, and 2. A natural instinct of humans is to take the reasons from what…
Just like with any new business venture, it’s advised you get dirty with a business plan so that you can be super familiar with the costs associated running that business. You’d be surprised how many established businesses still don’t really have a grasp on cost and what their target CPAs for various products should be.…
We’re all dying to know the immediate effects of Google removing all the text ads from the sidebar. Since February, Google has rolled out a staggered removal of all sidebar texts ads, leaving only Google Shopping ads and the Knowledge Graph. And as of this past week, most of the rollout has completed so we…
Google has just released the biggest Adwords update since Enhanced Campaigns almost 2 years ago. We’ve covered this built up before but now we believe this change will have a bigger impact on advertisers than the Enhanced Campaign Update and bigger than when they removed the 2nd page ad listings. Similar to how Google removed…
Today at exactly 12pm Pacific, Google officially announced its plan to roll out major changes to the Adwords campaign functionality. Calling the “upgrade” Enhanced Campaigns, Google has said this is the “first step to help you more simply and smartly manage” Adwords campaigns as it pertains to the different devices, locations, day scheduling, and conversions…