Pay-per-click advertising can be a critical — and highly successful — component of your industrial marketing strategy. However, many manufacturers remain mystified by the discipline, confused by the terminology, and unsure how to measure their efforts. To help clear things up, and to give you a foundation for success, we’ve gathered some...
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We’ve all been there – you’re looking to book a hotel in a prime vacation spot and see some great deals. A few days later, you come back, credit card in hand only to find out that the price of the hotel has tripled. The reason? You’re vacationing at...
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This was an extraordinary year for PPC professionals that ushered in many changes. And you could argue that not all of these changes in 2017 were completely positive across the board. For example, Google continued to nudge digital advertisers toward top-funnel channels (e.g., Google Display Network and YouTube) by strongly promoting...
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Back-to-school shopping season is a busy and exciting time for retailers. It is the second largest retail spending holiday for online and in-store and contributes to 17 percent of the total year sales. In 2016, consumer spending on back-to-school products was a whopping $75.8 billion. The opportunities for retail sales...
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Are your competitors bidding on your branded terms and driving up your CPCs? If so, what can you do? In part 1 of her multi-part series on brand protection, columnist Lori Weiman provides some advice on how to make your brand terms work for you, even when the competition...
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For those in the higher education vertical, columnist Pauline Jakober provides tips for making the most of your paid search campaigns. If you’re a marketing manager of a post-secondary education institution (or a PPC agency working on its behalf), then you already know that universities, colleges and similar organizations...
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Hey you guys! All these articles about the dangers of creepy remarketing make me want to barf. I think advertisers who are scared of remarketing are either using remarketing all wrong, or have a poor understanding of the awesome power of remarketing. I’ve been using remarketing at WordStream since...
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