Have You Lowered Your Bids?
Did you notice the drop in Google’s stock recently? If you are like me and hold a few shares it was painful to watch. The pandemic has changed advertiser’s strategies with some dropping out and changing the Google Ads marketplace. Year over year revenue dropped for the first time in Google’s history and that…
Google Ads: Machine Learning vs Human Expert
Advertisers are at a crossroads on this strategic question of automation vs human experts. If you think you know the answer, then you do not yet understand the issue. Google’s position is that Machine Learning is the better answer but their agenda is to serve Google’s best interests, not yours. Our goal today is to…
Google is Hiding Information Again
Did you catch the notice in your Google Ads account like the one to the left? Well, our friends over at Search Engine Land sure did and posted an article about vanishing Search Query Data. This created lively discussion in our Virtual Office. There is little doubt that Google is going to make this…
Top Search Campaign Strategies
Search is the foundation of Google Ads and we have written hundreds of articles on this since July 12, 2007, when we published our first blog article. There are as many ways to implement Google Search Ads as there are grains of sand on a beach. In this, we are going to explore our Top…
10 Reasons to Use the Google Display Network (GDN)
The Google Display Network is arguably the most powerful tool on your marketing tool-belt. These are ads that your prospective customers see as they browse the internet instead of the ones they asked for in search. This changes the user intent factor but both methods are successful for different reasons. With careful planning, display ads…
Google Display Network Ads Management
What if I told you that there is a strategy to scale your business beyond your most aggressive business sales plan? Would you want me to keep talking? If yes, then join us for a discovery of the Google Display Network. In this first article we will explore the how-to manage the Display Network and…
Google Search Ads Management
Google loves automation and they have been trying to automate every facet of Google Ads since October 23, 2000, the first day of AdWords operations.They would love to have all four million advertisers just set it and forget it. Do not fall for this myth, Google Ads is and remains self-service advertising. Failing to maintain…
How to be 1st on Google: An SEO Tactic
If you want to be first on Google organic results you have to EARN it. There are some that will tell you that Organic AKA Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is fast, free, and easy,all you have to do is pay them to learn the secret. Unfortunately, Search Engine Optimization is none of those things and…
Your Ego or Your Wallet – Pick One!
Google Ads Bidding Strategy In Pay Per Click advertising (PPC) systems like Google Ads there is a trade-off between your ego and wallet, and it amazes me how often the ego wins. Most people are naturally competitive, and Google Ads plays this like a fine instrument. In the early days of AdWords Google provided the…
Does Your Data Reveal or Conceal Business Intel?
Data is the center of our universe and we are always seeking actionable business intelligence from it. Data does not always reveal its mysteries and secrets easily, often concealing its intel, using its own sleight of hand. Nobody in business designs data to conceal business intelligence but it happens. Let’s look at a story that…
