Besides the “Awesome” yeti shirts and amazing buffets there was much to takeaway from this years Pubcon conference. I was fortunate to attend and represent Utah PPC. Many of the industry leaders in PPC attended. They shared their tips and tricks to help us master Adwords and take accounts to the next level. There were […]
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 […]
1) Setting Client Expectations: From day one it is critical to give the client a layout or plan of exactly what needs to happen to create a profitable and successful PPC account. Most of our clients are interested PPC lead gen so we make sure they are well informed of the steps needed to ensure […]
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. […]
Marketing impact is difficult to measure. No, it’s not, if you’re in digital marketing where nearly everything is tracked, measured, and optimized. However, that mantra is oft repeated to this day. Most recently an article (http://linkd.in/14Yrg5k) on LinkedIn was the latest to argue this. One line stood out: 3) Marketing Impact is often hard to […]
Facebook announced today that anyone can embed a Facebook post onto their website or blog. You can embed any post, even from other pages, but the post must be public for it to work. You’ll know it’s public if it has a small world icon at the top of the post. Why would you want to […]
All PPC account managers know that dreaded feeling that comes as their monthly reporting days approach. That is, of course, if they don’t have an automated reporting tool already in place. Reporting is an important part of PPC management. The client (or upper management) needs to know if we are hitting goals, or at least […]
If you’re a blogger or have prominence online, you’ve probably been the victim of a lot of outreach emails. These are emails from people who want you to link to them, write about them, interview them, review their book, or other requests. I say victim because most “outreach” emails just feel like someone wants to take something, like […]
I have helped a lot of people set up their web sites and their blogs throughout the years and I would say that a good 90% of the blogs I run into are still using their Categories and Tags ineffectively. I thought I’d put this post together to help people make better use of their […]
Advertisers are scrambling to understand Enhanced Campaigns and get their campaigns in order for the fundamental shift in how Adwords is managed. We’ve compiled a list of as many sites as we know of that are reporting on this change. We will be reading and re-reading anything we can get our hands on to understand […]
