The profession of a paid advertising specialist is one of circular efforts; any declaration of success is met with a request for greater efficiency, expanded reach or fine-tuned creative. Around and around we go. When tasked with the “expansion” objective, instincts and common practice most often lead to a keyword …
Read More »[Reminder] Webinar — National Brands & Local Search: Use Insights to Drive Actions
With nearly one third of all mobile searches now related to location, the competition for visibility at the local level has heated up. Once a brand has submitted its data to data aggregators, then what? How can brands leverage performance metrics and data to measure their local search performance and …
Read More »SearchCap: Going global, PPC in higher ed & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: [Reminder] Webinar — National Brands Local Search: Use Insights to Drive ActionsApr 17, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot With nearly one third of all mobile searches …
Read More »See who attends MarTech… and why you should too!
One of the questions we get frequently is “who goes to MarTech?” Makes sense. You want to know if there will be others like you to meet, share ideas and make valuable professional connections when deciding to invest in attending. The overwhelming majority of attendees are managers with marketing-decision responsibilities. …
Read More »How to cut through cross-channel noise using intent-driven personalization
In the world of digital marketing, the ever-increasing number of consumer devices and competing messages is making it harder than ever to connect with your target audience. With consumer attention spans at an all-time low, how can you ensure that your campaigns, bids and budgets are reaching the right people …
Read More »What B2B marketing can teach you about PPC in higher education
Pick up any “introduction to marketing” textbook, and it will describe the difference between business-to-business (B2B) marketing and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing. It will note that, generally, the B2C sales process is simpler. Conversion paths are short. Fewer people are involved in the purchase decision. And once the sale process is …
Read More »Search in Pics: Google bird nest room, braille business card & real big easter eggs
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google easter eggs on logo: Source: Instagram Google bird nest room? …
Read More »Now you can log into multiple Google Merchant Center accounts with the same email
In a very nice update, users can now use the same email to access multiple Google Merchant Center (GMC) accounts. GMC users may have already noticed an update about the change in their accounts, and Google Advertisers Community Manager CassieH posted a notice about it on Tuesday. Per the Help …
Read More »Google image search adds ‘style ideas’ after ‘similar items’ goes live
Google has announced a new feature within Google image search to find “style ideas” based on image searches you do for various articles. The new feature is very similar to a feature they launched earlier this week, named “similar items,” that shows similar styles and items based on the image …
Read More »Making the case for mobile site optimizations: Who doesn’t want an extra $13K?
For years, the digital marketing world has asked itself, “Is now the year of mobile?” But at this point, we’ve clearly surpassed the Year of Mobile and are now in the “Age of Mobile Crisis.” Instead of considering if we should include a potential mobile audience, we are weighing the impact our lackluster …
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