At this point, paying for advertising on search engines is a must. Just about everyone is doing it. When setting up campaigns, you’ll want to do extensive keyword research to see what keywords fit your company and industry. It's important to pinpoint your target audience and choose what keywords to bid on that would make the most sense for your company. You want to show ads for your products, services, etc. in your specific targeted locations. Be sure to check out some best practices for deciding on how you structure your Google Ads account and campaigns. After you have a campaign outline in place, you’ll want to make sure you don’t forget to bid on one of the most important keywords – your own brand.
The management of your AdWords account is very important. Whether your company is taking the task on in-house or hiring an agency – AdWords management is not created equal. Strategy along with optimizations differ among industries, within media budgets, locations, and importantly – within your business’ goals. So here are some helpful tips and tricks for the management of your AdWords account:
The days are getting longer, the temperatures are rising, flowers are blooming, spring is here! In the spirit of rebirth and renewal that comes with spring, let’s not only spring clean our homes, but also clean up our digital marketing. Here at AdVision, we recommend regular assessments of your marketing channels, to ensure you are maximizing your efforts, and keeping each current. What better way to do this than with audits? Here are five audits we conduct to keep our marketing efforts sparkling and fresh:
I would say it’s that time of the year again, but here we are mid-December, finishing up No-Snow November and it's still warm in Denver. But that’s beside the point, come 2018 Google will be pumping full steam ahead, launching some new paid search products. Some are excited for the new products, but others might be skeptical. So I’m going to leave it up to you to decide.
Growing up, my dad was a big fan of old sayings, from “It’s like half of one and six dozen of another” to “It’s better than a poke in the eye with a stick” to “A luxury once attained becomes a necessity.” But the one which I find myself applying to my daily life the most is “You get out of it what you put into it.” Whether it’s giving it all during a sporting event, or going all in volunteering for an organization, I continuously see that the more time and energy I invest in an endeavor, the more rewards I reap. This is also true in working with your digital marketing agency. Here at AdVision, we refer to our clients as partners, because we truly believe our relationship is a partnership and requires dedication from both sides to succeed.
The front line of Google and any other search engine results page (SERP) begins with paid search. I’m sure by now you have seen some sort of advertisement from a competitor online and thought, “I need to give this a try. Google’s tutorials make it seem easy to start and I can run my own campaigns.”
Before I go any further, I’d like to preface that this is an opinion piece. This opinion has been formed by years of collective research, industry experience, and hands-on campaign management, but is an opinion nonetheless. The opinion of this author is that in 2017, Google is dangerously close to diluting the value of one of it’s most powerful tools for small and medium sized businesses: AdWords. The key takeaway here is that Google is reducing the power of AdWords for businesses while increasing the power and revenue that AdWords provides to Google.