Make Your Branded Keywords Convert Even When There’s Stiff Competition While many PPC strategies have died out as platforms like AdWords have evolved, one PPC strategy that hasn’t faltered is bidding on branded keywords. By bidding on a competitor’s branded terms, brands not only hike up CPCs – but can steal traffic and sales. Here are Read More…

LinkedIn hopes new Lead Gen Forms will improve results for marketers Marketing on LinkedIn is relatively expensive compared to other social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Consider CPCs for example: Facebook’s minimum bid is often under a $1, Twitter’s minimum suggested bid ranges between $1 and $2.50, while LinkedIn’s suggested bid often starts at Read More…

AdWords advertisers will no longer be able to track converted clicks Among its many updates, Google announced that AdWords would be removing the converted clicks metric from reporting. Advertisers who use converted clicks to optimize campaigns would no longer be able to do so, as this metric has been replaced with “conversions” data. What’s the Read More…

Adopt new paid search strategies to monitor and analyze your competition While SEO professionals often refresh design, content and social strategies – SEM professionals must refresh competitive strategy to grow. If you’re still using the same tools and practices for monitoring your competitor’s paid efforts you’ve been using for years, you’re missing out on growth Read More…

Fake Information is Making its Way to the Top and It’s Affecting Everything Fake news plagued the most recent U.S. election, but fake news is just a part of a growing trend of fake information making its way across all media. The recent headlines have brought to light the truth, which is that fake information Read More…

The Effect of Voice Search and Hands-Free Assistants Smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa are making it easier to reorder products, which is seemingly a good thing. While making it easier to reorder products can increase sales, it also makes it challenging for brands to get consumers to try new products. Thus a new problem is created Read More…

Four Marketing Strategies of a Successful 2017 Marketing Campaign It’s no surprise the holidays are a popular time for marketing. Whether you’re a brand name or a small business owner, the holiday season is a great time to solidify business relationships and grow your consumer base. The final quarter of the year often makes or Read More…

For retailers, the holidays always come early. Retail companies begin preparing for Q4 months in advance. The same should be true for marketers in other industries. If you haven’t yet prepared your holiday affiliate marketing campaigns, no fear. There’s still time left to optimize for holiday traffic. Here are 5 inspiring holiday marketing tips to Read More…

Find Out How to Prepare for 2017 SEO Trends  For the SEO who’s battered and beaten from years of algorithm updates, 2017 won’t be any easier. Search Engine Optimization experts can expect more change in the year to come. We will see a lot of 2016 prominent trends continue to gain momentum in 2017. To Read More…

Prepare for Q4 with Winning Holiday Email Marketing Tips Tis the season for holiday email marketing campaigns. As a marketer, your inbox is congested this time of year, but you’re not alone. Your target market is also battling inbox overfill. Attempting to keep your inbox clean often means that some targeted emails fall by the Read More…