Top skills for PPC, Paid Search, and SEM Specialists in 2019

A new SEMrush study analyzed more than 4,500 PPC job listings around the world. Here were the top skills for PPC, paid search, and SEM for 2019.

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Google Ads conversion rates by industry: How do you compare?

See how your Google Ads conversion rates stack up against industry averages. Data based on 14,197 US accounts, representing over $200 million in spend.

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What You Need to Know About Google’s New Search Ad Position Metrics

Google continues to provide advertisers with new and helpful ways to analyze search data. While they didn’t roll out a whole new UI this time, their update to search ad position metrics is still pretty useful.

Gone are the days of relying only on Average Position to get a sense of where your ad is showing up on the SERP.

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Amazon emerges as search advertising powerhouse

Amazon’s search advertising business is on track to generate more than $10 billion in advertising revenues over the next year, according to their Q3 earnings report. What does that mean for Facebook and Google, and what does Amazon need to get right in order to succeed best?

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How to Report on the True Impact of Paid Search Campaigns

As paid search practitioners, we want to make sure that we’re able to measure the full impact of our campaigns. Without robust and reliable analytics and CRM setups, this can be difficult. The good news is that Google Ads, Bing, and Google Analytics offer several options that can give you a full-funnel view of performance without needing an elaborate set of tools!

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Help! My Client Wants to Run Paid Social Where Do I Start?

We’ve all been there — You have a client who wants to run on a channel you’re unfamiliar with. You do what we all do and start to dig in to learn the ins and outs the best you can. There’s A LOT to take in with all the various Paid Social engines, creative platforms, and reporting tools, so here’s a quick rundown of where you can start.…

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What You Need to Know About the New Google Expanded Text Ad Format

Google’s UI isn’t the only thing that’s changing – Google is now expanding their text ads to include 3 headlines AND an extra description line, and we’re not mad about it.

Tell me more…

Currently, Google allows 2 headlines at 30 characters each, with 1 description line at 80 characters for an expanded text ad.…

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