Back in June, Google announced changes to its advertising personalization policies with the intent of preventing unlawful discrimination for housing, employment and credit products or services in both the US and Canada. Although Google claims to have been working with the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development on these changes for “some time”, AdAge [...]
It’s hard work getting a visitor to your website. Whether they come via organic search, in response to an email campaign or by a paid advertisement, it takes some real strategy and effort to get them there. But those are just the first steps. Most people need to be exposed to a product or service [...]
One of the key strategies of effective digital marketing has worked its way into American political discourse as we move into the election year of 2020. The tactic and the buzzword is “micro-targeting” and Google recently announced it would ban the use of this sort of audience segmentation for political advertising. The decision caused a [...]
Recently, I decided to run an outside of the box idea shopping feed test just to see if it would actually work. The customer has a product that is suitable for pets. It is their only SKU. I know... one product. It clearly is an infomercial play, they'd hit it out of the park. [...]
Automated advertising campaigns certainly aren’t new. Google launched Universal App Campaign in 2015 and then rolled out Smart Campaigns last year along with the rebranding from AdWords. Smart Campaigns automates audience targeting and also Ad creation (the advertiser supplies a few images). Smart campaigns are especially attractive to small businesses because they are easy to [...]
Since launching AdWords nearly two decades ago with just 350 advertisers, a lot has changed. In 2000, online searches were conducted exclusively on desktop, and now those searches are more likely to occur on a mobile device. In addition, today’s online users are more agile - jumping effortlessly from watching videos to making online transactions, [...]
PPC Ninja Wanna-bee says, "I've been running my PPC account for 4 years. I've pretty much perfected it. I have a low CPC, a good CTR, and I'm generating leads. It's been in set it and forget it mode for awhile now. It's perfect, what more can I do with this thing?" PPC Hacker responds, [...]
As of the beginning of the year, Google has implemented some policy changes to the Google Ad Grants program. There is one policy change that is affecting account performance in a major way. The Maximize Conversions bidding strategy has finally given Google Ad Grant managers the opportunity to be a little more competitive with non [...]
Should you bid on branded terms? As with all your digital marketing strategy, the answer is -- yup you guessed right -- 'it depends'. Recently we experienced a client insisting on not using PPC spend on branded traffic. "I need leads and would rather spend more money with a higher CPL/CPA than low cost brand [...]
periscopeUP makes your site more secure “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.” When credited with this famous quote nearly 100 years ago, John Wanamaker wasn't faced with the abundance of digital channels marketers contemplate today. I'm sympathetic toward modern marketing leadership. They are responsible [...]
