Seismic Shifts
The Afterpay Effect Working across a number of industries, we uncover insights that shift strategy across all our…
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I love coffee. I love drinking coffee. I love talking about coffee.
A coffeeholic friend was telling me about a new cafe he’s been going to that have set a new standard in his mind – by rejecting him.
The (very experienced) Barista tried six times to pull a proper espresso with some new beans and just couldn’t get the shot right to his satisfaction. He ended up telling my friend “I’m sorry, I just can’t serve this”, then …
The FitBit Syndrome
The other day my mum, the queen of random, asked me “Do I need a Fitbit? Everyone’s got one…”
I began looking around and noticing that she was right, the tipping point of wearable tech has happened. Thousands upon thousands of people collecting data, daily, on how many steps (or swings of their arm) they are taking. We live in an age where there is a dizzying amount of data available to us – certainly as digital marketers, but now even as individuals.
We collect data because we can, and even because it’s cool.
The question now is – what do we do with this data?
First Adwords, then SEO
Often when a new client engages us for Adwords search advertising, they usually engage an SEO agency at the same time.
Simultaneously working on both paid and unpaid Search makes complete sense from a project management point of view, but from an SEO point of view, which keywords do you optimise your site for?
This apparently simple question was made even more difficult since Google removed organic keyword results from Analytics …
Adwords Line of Sight
We’ve all done it before – googled something, liked the first search result, clicked on it… only to land on a page that was completely off.
As a consumer, this process happens so quickly that we don’t even pay attention to what just happened – we just search again.
As an advertiser paying for Adwords ads, mistakes like the above cost dearly.
To understand the problem, lets …
$10k in free advertising from Google every month
For a company that makes its billions from advertising, the Google Grant is possibly the worst advertised marketing service available today.
In summary, the Google Grant:
* Gives Non-Profits $10,000 of free Google Search Ads every month
* Has a maximum Cost Per Click bid of $2.00 (previously $1.00)
* Can be upgraded to GrantsPro which provides …
Hands-On Adwords Workshop
I rarely do workshops as it takes me away from client work, but as a favour for close friends,…
Website Call Conversions now live in Australia
Barely 3 months ago I wrote about Adwords Call Forwarding becoming available in Australia. As useful as this…
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I rarely do speaking engagements but close friends, Bruce & Jacquie Macintosh of the IT Department, managed to…
[video] Adwords Innovations for 2014
Its official, I’m calling 2014 the year of the PPC Wars.
The history of the internet has seen Netscape vs Internet Explorer. Windows vs Mac. iOS vs Android.
Now its well and truly Adwords vs Facebook Ads.
Hot off the press: Google Call Forwarding now available in Australia
Not too long ago I wrote about the top 3 new PPC features I saw as the killer…
Top 3 Aussie PPC Opportunities for 2014
We’ve seen more changes in PPC Advertising in the last 12 months than we have in the last…
[Video] How to get 15% more Conversions for 35% less: SNDS
Last month, Google quietly rolled out a significant new feature to Adwords: SNDS.
It is Google’s answer to Search Advertisers who would like some of the extra benefits from display but can’t be bothered building out and performancing Display Campaigns.
It is also proof that Google continues to suffer from terrible naming syndrome.
[Video] How Tim Ferriss used Adwords to sell 1.35m copies of ‘The 4 Hour Work Week’
Tim Ferriss famously used Adwords to split test the name of the book that would eventually become ‘The 4 Hour Work Week’.
While writing the book he ran a $200 Adwords campaign rotating 6 different ads each containing potential book titles, including …
[Infographic] The impact of Ads on Mobile
As every Adwords account around Australia comes to terms with the Enhanced upgrade d-day on Monday 22, its…
[Infographic] How the Adwords auction works
Interesting Infographic from Wordstream on how the Adwords auction works. If you’re interested in learning more, watch this…
4 Man Intensive, Hong Kong with Perry Marshall
An Irishman, German and Scotsman who live in Thailand; an American who lives in Spain, a London born Malaysian-Chinese and a German who lives in Australia all walk into a boardroom in Hong Kong …
…for Perry Marshall’s famous 2 day, ‘4 Man Intensive’.
[Video] Google announces Adwords Enhanced Campaigns
Today, Google announces Enhanced Campaigns for Adwords.
In a nutshell Enhanced Campaigns allows the advertiser to show different ads to the same user – depending on the context (location, device, and time of day) of where/how the user is searching.
[Infographic from Google] Impact of Organic Ranking on Ad Clicks
Interesting Infographic from Google released today: Impact of Organic Ranking on Ad Clicks. “89% of the visits to the…
How Perry Marshall has influenced your adwords
Who is Perry Marshall and how has he influenced your adwords? If you’ve spent any time researching or…
[Video] Adwords Bidding Strategy
Assuming your Adwords account is structured correctly for both Search and Display networks, its time to optimise your spending. Bidding strategy can get very complicated – however the most difficult part isn’t the technical ability to set and adjust bids, its understanding the numbers in your business. Get that part right, and bidding strategy becomes easy.
[Video] How to maximise profit using Adwords
This is one of those videos that I love to hate…Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian, (very simply) discusses advanced bidding strategies for maximising your profit using Google Adwords.
[Infographic] The Top 20 Most Expensive keywords in Google Adwords advertising
This Infographic was released a few weeks ago but I’ve mentioned it enough times to people that I…
Australian Government uses Adwords to get 670,000 shopping cart completions
For those in Australia, you might have seen the recent news story where 670,000 Australians failed to hit…
How to beat your Adwords control using KISSinsights
Do you have a Control Ad that no matter how much you split test, you just can’t seem to beat?
I have adapted a technique from Marketing Psychologist Glenn Livingston, that involves using Adwords, a Landing Page and the KISSinsights survey tool to beat long-standing Controls.
New Gmail Preview Theme: 3 consequences for your Adwords Campaigns
Just like the rest of Google, Gmail will soon be rolling out a new look-and-feel that will soon…
Sniper Tactic: Single Line Gmail Ads
Here’s an example of an advanced Adwords sniper tactic: the Single Line Gmail Ad. Gmail ads have always…
Are your Adwords ready for Embedded Sitelinks?
Last week on July 7th 2011, Google announced a new Adwords format that continues the evolution of the…
10 Adwords features to use – before your competition does
Over the past 12 months I’ve seen more Adwords updates and notifications than in the previous 2-3 years…
How Google Adwords ranks your Ads
If you are advertising on Google Adwords and your Adwords Account Manager doesn’t fully understand this YouTube, then you are throwing money away. Guaranteed.
In all of my years in Search Engine Marketing, Online Advertising and Adwords Consulting, this is simply the best 9 minutes I’ve ever spent.
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