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This year is shaping up to be the best year for the retail and consumer products segments since the recession. Moody’s recently upgraded its retail forecast to a 5.3% growth rate in 2016, almost double the growth rate in the last few years. We are looking forward to 2016 as we expand our capabilities to […]

  If you’re an e-commerce business that runs a lot of promotions in December to capture additional holiday traffic, this is a great time to take advantage of the high volume to test out ad copy variations and gain new insights into what users respond best to. Here are a few that I have tried […]

With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas right around the corner, it is once again, the most wonderful time of the year! Especially if you are passionate about bargain hunting and the holiday shopping festival that it is. But for some of us, this time of year can be most stressful, ahem…especially if you are one […]

The holiday season is quickly approaching. Is your PPC account optimized for the impending visibility and traffic increase? Here’s a nice checklist to help make sure you set yourself up for success this year. RLSA (Remarketing in Search) Bidding Increase your bids for visitors who have been to your site before. With the increase in […]

This week, IBM released the IBM Watson Trend app that uses the power of IBM Watson to help you buy the hottest gifts for everyone  on your list. Watson isn’t programmed. It learns. It has been used for clinical trials, oncology and more and has the ability to learn a subject and then answer questions […]

Looking for another way to get your Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals into your ad copy? Well, now you can add an additional line of text to communicate your offer. A new type of structured snippet can be used to communicate special store hours, free shipping deals and order discounts. These structured snippets are […]

  What are top business leaders looking for? Innovation. Innovation that will help give them an edge above their competitor and differentiate them from the rest of the pack. However, nothing is easy and it can be very difficult to find those hidden opportunities that can boost a company ahead of others. With the digital […]

  Prior to the digital age, manufacturers and suppliers produced thick, printed catalogs, employed armies of sales and account managers to build relationships and close deals, and staffed backshops and warehouses to deliver on their customers’ needs. Today’s B2B commerce transactions typically involve multiple organizations and cover a complex range of applications that enable organizations […]

With the holiday season upon us, it’s time to talk about how you’re going to optimize your PPC ad copy to draw holiday shoppers to your site. Promotions and sale messaging are widely utilized to compete with the rest of the paid ads listed on the same results page. However, if you’re going to offer […]

I’ve posted many articles about utilizing remarketing audiences to improve your Adwords account including How to Increase Adwords PPC Bids for Past Visitors to Your Site and my recent post on How to Improve Adwords Metrics with Audience Targeting. I have always lamented that Bing Ads doesn’t offer the same targeting abilities to reach past […]

In my last post, I discussed the different options for audience targeting in Adwords. As you begin setting up those targets, keep in mind these key tips to ensure you set yourself up for success! Have a strategy. Don’t just pick random audiences without a strategy as to what you want to do with them. […]

PPC ads are a great way to get in front of one of the most qualified audiences you can find – I mean, they’re literally searching for you! However by utilizing audience targeting, you can make your PPC strategy even more targeted and focused on the most relevant audience possible. For most e-commerce websites, adding audience […]