Category Archives: Industry News

It’s never too late to be a presentation rockstar

Creating an effective presentation is critical for modern-day business. With the vast amount of information available at our fingertips it is getting harder and harder to keep a person engaged and dialed in, especially to a boring presentation. Here at Avalaunch we understand that presentations are a necessity for business and they can be effective […]

18 Pubcon Takeaways from the Experts

If you missed Pubcon earlier this month then I feel bad for you son. You got 99 problems but finding out what happened there isn’t one. That’s because 9 experts agreed to share their top two insights from Pubcon! That’s right, one epic post with all the best of Pubcon material. If you want more […]

Best Lead Generation Tips from 22 PPC Experts

Lead generation using PPC is complicated. From offers, to Adwords, to landing pages, to lead quality, there are myriad of ways to mis-step and miss the mark. So what makes lead-gen campaigns effective? What’s the biggest mistake that you could make? I asked 22 of the top Pay Per Click experts those two questions and compiled […]

Offline Social Media: How a Hair Salon gets More Likes and Customers on Facebook

I recently spotted a local beauty salon called Wild Style Salon that is doing a great job with their offline social media marketing. They are on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. Many small businesses get overwhelmed thinking of how to market their business on social sites and keep up with the demand to post regularly. Retail stores […]

PPC Lead Generation Landing Pages: Five Elements of a Great Page

Some people call landing pages “squeeze pages”. I don’t. I call them landing pages because when I think of “squeeze” I think of Darth Vader making orange juice…   But that is NOT the point of this post. The point of this post is to explain the FIVE elements of great Pay Per Click lead […]

Clarifying Cutts: What He REALLY Meant

It’s been almost two months since PubCon in Las Vegas, and I’m still simmering from the Cutts keynote. While many in the industry tend to idolize him, even the most white-hat and pure among us has reason to take what he says with a grain of salt. In the two months since his talk, of […]

Adwords Needs More Security, Much More!

*note, I’m completely joking* I have beef with Adwords. Not grass fed beef which is dang good. But beef that I could possibly give the wrong person access to my account! Right now, when I grant someone access to my account/MCC I have to get to do this: Navigate to the Account Access tab Click […]

Best of PubCon for PR Pros

This was my first year at PubCon (an internet marketing and social media conference), though several of our team are regular speakers. Matt Siltala is a bit of a PubCon celeb (he’s famous for his beard and seo/social street cred). Here’s the team in Vegas. I went to most of the PR-related sessions, most of […]

Optimizing Keywords on the Display Network: Pro Tips from the PPC Jedi

Keyword targeting on the Google Display Network (GDN) continues to change year over year. To run a successful GDN campaign you’ll need to fully understand how keywords function on the display network. This post will give you advice on best practices and functionality tips to get the best performance from your keyword targeted GDN campaigns. […]