All articles regarding Google AdWords news, tools, campaign types, and strategies for optimization.
A good ole’ Google Display Network (GDN) remarketing campaign is one of the first things we recommend firing up for new clients. The reach and power of GDN remarketing is something that’s hard to rival, in my opinion. Recently, one of my veteran accounts saw a downturn in performance in its remarketing campaign, which had previously
If you’ve run an AdWords Display campaign you’ve likely seen the placement ‘anonymous.google’ in your Placements report. If you’re like me, you’ve also wondered what the heck that placement is, especially if performance is bad and not meeting your account goals. What is the anonymous.google Display Network placement? When I reached out to AdWords
AdWords recently announced new features during their Google Marketing Next event. One such announcement was the plan for in-market audiences for search. This option is currently only available for Display and YouTube campaigns. On the surface this is a really cool feature. The concept of in-market audiences is that they are people who are “actively
About a month ago, Google rolled out Smart Display campaigns, which are essentially fully automated Display campaigns. As with anything that gives me less campaign control, I was skeptical about the results this campaign type would yield. However, knowing that I could set the geo targeting, budget and Target CPA myself helped push me toward
Dynamic Search Ads are nothing new in the Google interface, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t always new things you can do to take your DSA strategy to the next level. In my presentation at SMX West, I talked about a number of ways you can spruce up your DSA to be more impactful and,
There are so many tools and features available in Google AdWords that it’s hard to keep track of all of them. You are probably familiar with creating ad extensions for your campaigns, but did you know there are 8 different ad extensions that Google AdWords can automatically add? Did you know that accounts are automatically
For any number of reasons, there are advertisers out there not currently using their customer lists in their PPC campaigns. Maybe this has to do with getting an accurate list. Maybe it’s due to legal restrictions. Maybe it’s because they feel like the list better replicates the messy group of anonymous Lego persons like the
For those of you who haven’t heard, Google announced a pilot program called Ads Added by AdWords. This program is named very descriptively in that AdWords will be writing and loading (ACTIVE!!!) ads for your account. The claim is that ad groups where these ads are added may see performance improved by 5%-15%. If you’re
Over recent years, the rise of social advertising has gotten advertising pros much more focused on audience targeting rather than just keyword research, and for good reason. We’re able to go beyond the search box and target users based on their personal attributes that make them a prime candidate for what we’re selling. Even more
As I start a New Year, I like to take some time to think about channel features I can test out that didn’t get implemented the previous year. I’m also finding more and more that it’s imperative for me to work efficiently so I can accomplish all I need to each day. One AdWords feature that
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