
SEM account management: Part 3 — How to get more responsibility
In part 1 of this series, we showed how SEM account managers can avoid getting fired; part 2 detailed how they can improve account...

SMX West: What Google’s exact match changes mean for AdWords advertisers [Podcast]
SMX West was buzzing this week, and much of the conversation was about Google’s recent change to how exact match keywords will work in...

Beware these 7 sneaky PPC attribution tricks
PPC account managers are held to exacting performance standards. Their efforts are judged by KPIs like Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) and CPA...

Seriously, Google, can you just make exact match exact?
In case you haven’t heard, Google has decided to ignore function words and word order for exact match keywords. If you just want to know...

SEM account management: Part 2 — How to improve account performance
Welcome to the second installment in my series on SEM account management. If you’re an SEM account manager and you’ve kept yourself from...

What happens when Google pushes into branding and messaging?
If you’re in the business of marketing, you know how important branding is to your clients. And this is true whether it’s a print...

Google announces new brand safety controls for display & video advertisers
A day after Matt Britton, Google’s EMEA head of operations, apologized for advertisers’ ads appearing adjacent to extremist content —...

A proven method for building a strong PPC account team
As director of services at an agency, one of my main responsibilities is creating account teams for new clients and making sure existing...

Three foolproof steps to excellent AdWords ads
Communicating in the digital age has never been easier. Yet for every single message we send — no matter how simple — we’re required to...

Google is making a big change to exact match keyword targeting in AdWords
On Friday afternoon, Google announced another change to the way exact match keyword targeting works for search ads. Matching for close...

10 AdWords ad copy testing ideas you can use right now
One of the most important attributes of a successful PPC manager is the ability to incorporate new technologies in existing management...

SEM account management: Part 1 — How to avoid getting fired
This is the first of a three-part series about SEM account management. SEM is a fun and constantly changing online marketing channel....

Should PPC agencies be scared of automation?
I’m sure many of us working in PPC (or across the wider digital spectrum) have been asked at least a handful of times in recent months,...

3 free AdWords testing tools to adopt today
As advertisers, we can’t afford to ignore data in our decision-making. Since you probably just sighed a little bit or rolled your eyes at...

Google’s location tracking is better now than ever before
In April 2015, I wrote about Google’s progress in steadily tracking more and more user locations to ZIP codes. As ZIP codes are the most...

Should you bother rewriting your ads?
When it comes to paid search, there is a lot to optimize. Amidst all of the keywords, bidding and landing page refinements you have to do...

The Future is Now: Ramp up your Google Shopping ROI
What worked in the past doesn’t work anymore. Join us in a forward-looking discussion of new Google Shopping strategies and tactics that...

The value of search across the modern consumer decision journey
As disruptive technologies reshape the digital marketing landscape, advertisers are scrambling to stay relevant and top of mind with...

Sharing is caring: Click share and post-holiday shopping success
Click share is a key way to gauge the success of your Shopping campaigns. The metric shows you the percentage of total possible clicks...
























