
Disclosure and transparency: The agency/client relationship twins
There is an old joke about what to do if you’re ever stranded on a desert island with only a pack of cards: The answer is to start...

Breaking down silos in e-commerce retail
In general, e-commerce retail can be thought of in three main parts: customer acquisition, conversion and retention/measurement. Customer...

2017 growth hacks: Use affiliates to improve PPC reach
Owning more paid search spots on search results can increase your clicks by 30–50 percent for each additional spot that you occupy. To...

Apple Search Ads: Still tapping after 6 months of testing
It’s been five months since Apple expanded their Apple Search Ads program to advertisers in three additional countries (UK, New Zealand...

Google updating site category exclusion options for Google Display Network campaigns
Google is refining the options it gives advertisers for excluding categories of sites from their display network campaigns on the Google...

How to effectively segment accounts with multiple locations
One of the more challenging yet often overlooked aspects of PPC management is how to run accounts with multiple locations. For example,...

Adblock vs. Cost-Per-Action marketing: cooperation works better than conflict
Today, Adblock and other ad blockers are commonplace and indispensable components of the digital advertising industry. Blockers were...

How to test (and perfect) nearly everything in PPC
PPC (pay per click) is a key component of many online marketing campaigns. And while it can drive significant revenue, it’s also one of...

Got amazing content but no leads? 5 ways to rethink your paid strategy
In the digital marketing world, there is an overabundance of content about content marketing. If you’re marketing a business, the promise...

How to bring your potential customers back with retargeting
Retargeting is a pretty big deal these days. In fact, AdRoll reports that over 80 percent of marketers ran retargeting ads last year. And...

Amazon Prime Day’s surprising effects on Google AdWords performance
Prime Day is now Amazon’s largest sales day of the year, growing more than 60 percent YoY and surpassing last year’s Black Friday and...

Here’s what performance advertisers are saying about Quora’s new ad platform
When question-and-answer network Quora announced earlier this year that its ad platform was coming out of beta, some 300 advertisers were...

Eight insider tips for exceptional price extensions
Extensions are important — super important, in fact. I’ve written about them before, and I’m sure I’ll write about them again. They make...

7 reasons to enter the 2017 Landy Awards
The final deadline is July 31, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. PT, so don’t delay — start or complete your awards submission now. Still not sure if...

How marketers’ influence can expand beyond lead gen: Utilizing remarketing for nurturing leads
When it comes to lead generation, quality is the name of the game. A paid media campaign may generate a record number of leads, but if...

Attack of the clones: Here’s a script to fight duplicated ads
Sometimes you make a mistake with AdWords Editor, but instead of changing the existing ad, you create a new one. Or you’re overzealous in...

5 common mistakes made by B2B paid search novices
Here’s a common scenario in the B2B marketing space: You’re a member of your B2B company’s marketing team. As part of that team, you’ve...

A winning process yields winning results: Conversion optimization tips from SMX Advanced
Earlier this month, keeping with the traditions of a welcoming summer, Seattle opened its doors to data junkies, optimization nerds and...

Surviving and thriving at an SEO conference
I was recently asked about an issue many of us in the SEO industry face: “When you’re attending a conference where you’ll be meeting...
























