Google, Google, Google. Talk to any SEO or PPC expert and the likelihood is that they will be immensely proud of knowing the ins and outs of ‘what Google wants’. This shouldn’t be suprising when you take into account the fact that a massive 66% of online searches are undertaken on the platform. Why wouldn’t SEO and PPC professionals want to focus on what is most likely to bring themselves and their customers the most value? However, smart...
Readers of this blog will be well aware that AdWords is a powerful tool that can bring a lot of quality traffic to your website. However, mindlessly throwing money at the platform is a sure-fire way to waste your marketing budget with little return on investment. Clever marketers are continuously trying to improve their ads, both to up their relevancy and lower the cost per click as well as to attract the right people to click...
Google AdWords ad extensions are a great way to add information to your paid ads without incurring massive extra costs. Using ad extensions allows you to increase the attractiveness of your ads, generally making them stand out more in search results, which ultimately leads to more clicks on your ads. However, knowing that ad extensions are beneficial to your business and deciding to use them is only the start. By understanding exactly what you can do to...
Running an AdWords campaign might seem, at first glance, like a pretty simple process. Choose keywords, add funding and off you go; full steam ahead! But in reality, if you want to run an effective campaign (and who doesn’t) things need to be watched a little more closely. If you’re new to AdWords and rush into your campaign without a clear management plan, you could end up spending an inordinate amount of time and money for very...
No doubt you’ll already have heard about the latest, and some would say biggest, scandal to hit social media company Facebook. In an exposé made by the Guardian newspaper it was revealed that the data of around 85 million of its users was acquired unethically by analytics company Cambridge Analytica. Worse than that, it would seem that the company then used this data to skew the opinions of voters in the run up to the US Presidential...
Employing Google AdWords to increase your sales is a tried and tested tool in everyone’s marketing arsenal. However, it doesn’t always go quite as planned. When you’ve invested heavily in advertising on AdWords but are failing to see the difference in your bottom line, it’s a highly frustrating situation. Even worse, when your ad impressions are good and the clicks are happening, but those clicks are not translating into sales, your campaign is costing you money for...
Who wants more profit? If you didn’t throw up your hand into the air or shout ‘me’ with enthusiasm then I am calling you out. What business doesn’t want to spend less and make more money? Isn’t that how businesses survive and thrive? We all want to make our businesses more profitable, which is why I am often shocked to see how much money marketers and business owners often ‘throw away’ by approaching their Google AdWords bidding strategy...
There is no denying that Google ads are a great way for businesses to tap into new and previously unexplored sources of traffic to their website, increase awareness of their brand and ultimately make more sales. But as competition for keywords increase and so too do the winning bid prices, smart businesses are always looking to get more for their money when it comes to their Google ads. Much of this can come down to the bid...
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...
If you are anything like me, you have imagined yourself living the spy life at some point. Dressed like James Bond in a sharp tuxedo and sipping Martinis whilst surrounded by super villains, the most beautiful women in the world and coolest gadgets you could possibly imagine. But alas, for most of us this has and never will become a reality, so we have to settle for the next best thing…being a PPC ninja. But what if...