Category Archives: PPC

PPC stands for pay-per-click, or online advertising type when you only pay when a user clicks on your ad.

Search Engine Advertising

This kind of ads can be seen on search engines like Google, Bing and Yandex. The ads are the top 4-5 results on the search engine and they are clearly marked as ads. The advertisers’ platform to create, manage and optimised ads is called Google AdWords. Search engine ads appear based on keywords related to the users’ search queries. Advertisers compete to show their ads in an online auction, by bidding on different keywords.

Display Advertising

PPC advertising lives also on many other platforms which can be summarised as display advertising. If you use Google AdWords you can advertise on YouTube, Gmail, Google Play and the Google Display Network. The Google Display Network is a large network of websites which have partnered with Google to display ads between their content. These ads are known as banners, or image ads. In this section you will find articles about both, Advertising on Search Engines and the Google Display Network.

Remarketing Lists for Search in Google AdWords

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Remarketing lists for search is a way to show your ads to people who already visited your website and adjust your channel to prioritise their searches. Google AdWords has this feature for web visitors and customer email lists. Google recommends this option for marketers, as it refines targeting like nothing else.   What exactly is Remarketing Lists […]

Google Allows Users to Turn off Targeting in Ad Settings

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Find out what Google thinks you are interested in   Google has been doing series of efforts to improve the users’ experience with display ads on the Google Display Network over the last year. Expanding “turn off” ad option on more of its properties and partners’ platforms was a step in this direction. Now you […]

Get People to Call Your Business with Google AdWords Call Extensions and Call-Only Ads

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It doesn’t matter if you are a plumber or you are responsible for a large sales organisation, you want people to call you and do business with you. Google AdWords Call Extensions and Call-Only ads a re a great way to get people calling your business. Even in the advancement of chatbot services, people are […]

Social Media Managers and How to Get 50 New Followers With No Internet

I have spent the last week and a half travelling and with hardly any internet connection. It has always been the case when abroad my social media starts dying out, but not this time. Just before leaving I implemented my first social media automation and the results were surprisingly good.   There are many options […]

Google Trends and the Keyword Planner Explained

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Keywords are the backbone of your account. When you first start, you must do some research. Google AdWords has one of the best search trends tool available no matter if you do paid advertising or not. The Keyword Tool can show numbers of searches per month for different words or phrases. In this way you […]

What are the latest updates from the F8 Facebook Developer Conference 2018

The annual F8 Facebook conference for Developers in San Jose, California opened yesterday with a not from the company’s founder Marc Zuckerberg. Lately the company has been in the focus of attention because of the privacy data scandal. It was no surprise that this conference would be one of the most watched and popular events […]

Google’s Smart Display Campaigns – Machine Learning Power at its best

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Smart display campaigns are the latest brainchild of Google when it comes to programmatic advertising. They were launched over a year ago now, but still many marketers are reluctant on using them. However, Google has been consistently working on improving their algorithms to provide better solution for marketers.   Smart display campaigns are basically a […]

The Audience Insights Report in Google AdWords – find out who your customer is

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The Audience Insights Report in Google AdWords is one of the best thing about this platform. It looks even better in the new interface. What I love about this report is that it can give you such rich and interesting information about web visitors. Using the Audience Insights Report has been a big eye-opener for […]

Common Mistakes on Google AdWords – Why the Recommended is not Recommended?

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There are a lot of common mistakes on Google AdWords which might be hidden under outdated recommendations, automatic messages and old-school tips. I hear a lot of complains of small business owners who followed some of the recommendations of Google AdWords and got in trouble. It is time for an honest marketer’s review of Google […]

Blue Ocean Strategy for Online Marketers

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You might have heard of a book called Blue Ocean Strategy. If you haven’t, find it as soon as you can and read it immediately. This is one of the best business reads you could get and it will change the way you see your company or job. What the book means by Blue Ocean […]