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Most marketers and business owners have a more is better approach to the keywords used in their Google Ad Words campaigns. Although you should experiment with multiple keywords, you should never jam them all into a single ad group. Not only will your Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) and Cost Per Click (CPC) rates hit the roof but you'll also drastically decrease your Quality Score (QS). Is there a magic formula when it comes to how many keywords you should include in your Google AdWords campaigns?...

In any business reaching out to potential customers is very crucial. A good campaigning strategy will help the firm take over in the market while a mediocre campaign will only result in financial losses. Therefore, most companies have come up with a better advertising strategy such as the use of digital platforms to reach out to customers worldwide and increase their product awareness. Digital marketing platforms such as Google ads, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter have...

AdWords is undeniably an awesome way to generate traffic and ultimately increase sales or other desired actions on your website. But as a business you want to get the most bang for your buck when it comes to your marketing spend. One way to do this is by increasing your Google AdWords Quality Score which in turn will decrease the amount you will have to spend in order to achieve your objectives. Not only is this a...

Sometimes Google AdWords improvements are rolled out so quietly that it can be easy to miss them. Had you, for instance, noticed the all new and improved sitelinks experience? In fairness, if you don't happen to pay close attention to AdWords listings when browsing using a mobile device, then these changes may have passed you by. The increase in mobile searches has been having quite an impact on various elements of Google's services. Their own data points...

Sometimes we ponder a lot, prior to writing a blog post. This is one of those posts where we thought a lot about whether we should even write it, before doing so. We’re going to provide a comprehensive guide to how you can actively optimise a Google AdWords account. Or, to put it another way, we’re about to reveal some of the best secrets of the trade. Gulp. Why are we happy to do so? Firstly, we...

For those looking to plan a Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising campaign, there are a number of online tools available. But there is only one free tool that allows limitless access to data direct from Google: this helps to explain why Google’s Keyword Planner remains the number one choice for PPC professionals. With direct integration with Google AdWords, the Keyword Planner also enables new campaigns to be created more quickly and efficiently than might otherwise be the...

The Google AdWords platform has changed considerably over the years, meaning that even the most experienced search engine marketing professionals can sometimes struggle to navigate to the right areas within an account. In this article, we highlight some key AdWords tip #1 Account structure The structure of an AdWords account is relatively simple, but can appear to be confusing for those who are not familiar with it. So here's the standard account structure explained: Campaigns: An account is...

Do you want your business to be the next Coca Cola or Google? We love it when clients think big, but we’re also endlessly encountering businesses that are finding success targeting sectors that appear to be small. Creating a leading search engine, or an incredibly popular soft drink that can be sold to the masses, certainly provides one route to success. But there’s a lot to be said for being a big fish in a small pond....

Increasing online visibility can have a dramatic impact upon your business, but how should you prioritise the budget that you have available? There are a number of channels that you can seek to use, but may small business owners wonder whether they should focus on paid search or search engine optimisation. We thought that we'd begin the week by taking a closer look at the pros and cons of these two approaches. What's the difference? Paid search refers...

Google have today announced the release of their guide to using Gmail ads. The Best Practice Guide covers a number of elements and we thought that we'd take a look at the key recommendations (so that you don't have to!) - here are our main takeaways: Audience targeting There's some sound advice here that is largely concentrated on: using domain, purchasing intent and keyword targeting; making use of email lists in order to re-engage customers; using similar audiences. This...