Be a Smart Client, and Make Your PPC Agency Work Harder
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Be a Smart Client, and Make Your PPC Agency Work Harder

10y Motoko Hunt

Be a Smart Client, and Make Your PPC Agency Work H...

Don't just sit idly by while your PPC agency works. Here are five things you should ask your agency about your PPC campaigns. Read More...

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PPC Reboot: Planning for Fall and 2015
Paid Search

PPC Reboot: Planning for Fall and 2015

10y Lisa Raehsler

PPC Reboot: Planning for Fall and 2015

Now that we've passed the halfway mark of 2014, it's time to start prepping for the fall and the start of 2015 when it comes to your pay-per-click (PP...

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5 Common PPC Keyword Bidding Errors
Paid Search

5 Common PPC Keyword Bidding Errors

10y Andrew Goodman

5 Common PPC Keyword Bidding Errors

There is a lot more to bidding, keywords, queries, Quality Score, and overall prioritization of effort in a PPC account than initially meets the eye. ...

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Twitter Enables Advertisers to Target Website Visitors via Tags
Display Advertising

Twitter Enables Advertisers to Target Website Visitors via Tags

10y Lisa Lacy

Twitter Enables Advertisers to Target Website Visi...

Twitter’s website tags are simple to use and provide more choice, flexibility, and reach in remarketing, but experts note broad-reach display advertis...

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5 Summer Time-Savers for Managing PPC
Paid Search

5 Summer Time-Savers for Managing PPC

10y Lisa Raehsler

5 Summer Time-Savers for Managing PPC

There are several features in both Google AdWords and Bing Ads that can not only save time, but also improve efficiencies across the board. Read More...

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Father’s Day, Steakhouses, and Getting Your Timing Right
Paid Search

Father’s Day, Steakhouses, and Getting Your Timing Right

10y John Gagnon

Father’s Day, Steakhouses, and Getting Your Timing...

When is the best time to capture the audience that's ready to spend money for Father's Day, and what are they looking to buy? Read More...

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Content Promotion: PPC or Link Building?
Paid Search

Content Promotion: PPC or Link Building?

10y Elizabeth Marsten

Content Promotion: PPC or Link Building?

There are many services out there that promise to promote your content to a broad audience. Here's a rundown of some of the available options. Read Mo...

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5 Steps to a World Cup-Winning PPC Account Structure
Asia

5 Steps to a World Cup-Winning PPC Account Structure

10y Guest

5 Steps to a World Cup-Winning PPC Account Structu...

With the World Cup just around the corner, here are five tactics you could apply in your paid search account to create efficiency and scalability. Rea...

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Agencies Need to Liberate Search From Its "Tactical" Silo
Paid Search

Agencies Need to Liberate Search From Its "Tactical" Silo

10y Kevin Lee

Agencies Need to Liberate Search From Its "Tactica...

Search marketing is undeniably complicated. The good news is that there are some agencies that have not only mastered the details but are prepared to ...

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What Is a Good Click-Through Rate for PPC?
Paid Search

What Is a Good Click-Through Rate for PPC?

10y Lisa Raehsler

What Is a Good Click-Through Rate for PPC?

A look at why people care so much about click-through rates for pay-per-click advertising. Read More...

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5 Signs You Should Give Up on PPC Search
Paid Search

5 Signs You Should Give Up on PPC Search

10y Kevin Lee

5 Signs You Should Give Up on PPC Search

While pay-per-click (PPC) search can be effective for some, here are five factors you should consider when deciding to invest your time and budget els...

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Using the U.S. Census Data to Power Your Social PPC Efforts
Paid Search

Using the U.S. Census Data to Power Your Social PPC Efforts

10y Elizabeth Marsten

Using the U.S. Census Data to Power Your Social PP...

Exploring the U.S. Census data can allow you to better target your ads right out of the gate, especially if you are trying to reach people outside of ...

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Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?
Paid Search

Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?

10y Andrew Goodman

Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?

Our neighbors to the north have lots of work to do when it come to capitalizing on the many e-commerce opportunities available to them. Read More...

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Display Ad Revenue Modest in Yahoo Q1 2014 Earnings
Paid Search

Display Ad Revenue Modest in Yahoo Q1 2014 Earnings

10y Jennifer Slegg

Display Ad Revenue Modest in Yahoo Q1 2014 Earning...

Search revenue increased by 5 percent in the first quarter of 2014, while display ad revenue saw a modest uptick of 2 percent. Read More...

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Bumbled PPC News, Conspiracy Theories, and the Future of PPC
Search

Bumbled PPC News, Conspiracy Theories, and the Future of PPC

10y John A. Lee

Bumbled PPC News, Conspiracy Theories, and the Fut...

Although the strong to reaction to Google's announcement that it will limit search query data may have been premature, there's no denying that changes...

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How the Top 5 Brands Are Using Paid Search Ads
Paid Search

How the Top 5 Brands Are Using Paid Search Ads

10y Lisa Raehsler

How the Top 5 Brands Are Using Paid Search Ads

A look at how five of the world's most valuable brands are utilizing pay-per-click (PPC) search strategies, and what you can learn from their successe...

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The Importance of Risk Communication for Search Marketers
Search

The Importance of Risk Communication for Search Marketers

10y Team ClickZ

The Importance of Risk Communication for Search Ma...

When you rely on search to drive conversions, it's important to convey to your clients to expect the unexpected, both the good and the bad. Read More...

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#CZLNY: 5 Spying Strategies You Can Use Today to Dominate Your Competition
Competition

#CZLNY: 5 Spying Strategies You Can Use Today to Dominate Your Competition

10y Lisa Lacy

#CZLNY: 5 Spying Strategies You Can Use Today to D...

According to panelists at ClickZ Live New York this week, brands must start with keywords first before implementing competitive monitoring. Brands mus...

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#CZLNY: Smarter Ad Copy Testing: What Makes People Click?
Conference Coverage

#CZLNY: Smarter Ad Copy Testing: What Makes People Click?

10y John Gagnon

#CZLNY: Smarter Ad Copy Testing: What Makes People...

Building off the "Mastering the PPC Challenge" session at ClickZ Live New York, a look at what makes people click, big picture decisions that affect a...

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Display Media Bots? (5 Ways to Double Down on Search)
Paid Search

Display Media Bots? (5 Ways to Double Down on Search)

10y Kevin Lee

Display Media Bots? (5 Ways to Double Down on Sear...

Here are five great ways to deploy budgets to PPC search that are currently allocated to display advertising and may be victim to the bot impression a...

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Retail PPC: 3 Key Considerations When Choosing a Supplier for Automating Product PPC Adverts
Conference Coverage

Retail PPC: 3 Key Considerations When Choosing a Supplier for Automating Pr...

10y Team ClickZ

Retail PPC: 3 Key Considerations When Choosing a S...

In order to select the right pay-per-click (PPC) automation partner, there are some critical success factors to consider before making your choice. He...

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Crowded SERPs, Top-Heavy Ad Positions, and What It All Means for Your PPC Campaigns
Search

Crowded SERPs, Top-Heavy Ad Positions, and What It All Means for Your PPC C...

10y John A. Lee

Crowded SERPs, Top-Heavy Ad Positions, and What It...

As search engines innovate, the SERPs will continue to be crowded, thus limiting the potential for a large number of text ads to display. If we are al...

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Why I Hate Ad Extensions
Paid Search

Why I Hate Ad Extensions

10y Andrew Goodman

Why I Hate Ad Extensions

Although there are endless touted benefits to ad extensions, here is a look why they may not be all they're cracked up to be, with 11 detailed reasons...

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How to Make a Winning PPC Campaign With $1,000 and 3 Hours of Work
Paid Search

How to Make a Winning PPC Campaign With $1,000 and 3 Hours of Work

10y Lisa Raehsler

How to Make a Winning PPC Campaign With $1,000 and...

While I would generally not advocate creating a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign without strategy, research, and planning, sometimes a quick solution is i...

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Data Hiding in Plain Sight: Using Real-World Data for Marketing Success
Paid Search

Data Hiding in Plain Sight: Using Real-World Data for Marketing Success

10y John Gagnon

Data Hiding in Plain Sight: Using Real-World Data ...

What happens when you lift your head from the deep detail dive to find answers in the real world? New tools and creative uses of data help us to model...

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6 Reasons Why Search Clicks Are Undervalued
Paid Search

6 Reasons Why Search Clicks Are Undervalued

10y Kevin Lee

6 Reasons Why Search Clicks Are Undervalued

Although many think that paid and organic search clicks have been overvalued, the truth is that much of the value of search marketing - and search cli...

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5 Reasons the Unified Dashboard Will Fail
Paid Search

5 Reasons the Unified Dashboard Will Fail

10y Kevin Lee

5 Reasons the Unified Dashboard Will Fail

Many in the marketing ecosystem have pondered the value and inevitability of the unified marketing dashboard, but here are five obstacles that could b...

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