ClickZ Buyers Guide | Bid management platform review: Kenshoo

With more than $90 billion spent on paid search in 2017, bid management platforms play a vital role in deriving maximum value from a brand’s digital media budget. In this article, we take a look at Kenshoo, a leading bid management tool profiled in the new Buyers Guide from our sister site, ClickZ.

Event recap: State of Search with Brainlabs

On February 22nd, leading digital media agency Brainlabs hosted the latest in its series of PPC Chat Live events at its London HQ. With speakers from Google, Verve Search, and of course from Brainlabs too, there were plenty of talking points to consider and digest. In this article, we recap the highlights from an enlightening event.

Our Client Tried Yahoo Gemini And Saw Impressive Results

While Google and Bing might be your main breadwinners for paid search, don’t count out little-used platform Yahoo Gemini to gain some efficiency.

What is Yahoo Gemini?

Iterations of Yahoo Gemini have been around since February 2014. Starting as a way to leverage mobile and tablet traffic, Gemini’s main focus in those early days was on native ads.…

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How to deliver a data-driven search marketing strategy using customer intent trends

Where is the biggest opportunity in marketing at the moment? With 3.5 billion searches per day being carried out by Google, not to mention on vertical-specific websites like Amazon, YouTube and Pinterest, there is a huge sea of data available on customer intent which marketers should be taking advantage of.

Automation, AdWords and Amazon: Ashley Fletcher on the future of paid search

Going by the major announcements we’ve already seen in January, 2018 is going to be a big year for Google, and AdWords will be no exception to that. I caught up with Ashley Fletcher, VP of Marketing at Adthena and former Product Manager at Google, to talk about we can expect from paid search in the coming year.

A beginner’s guide to using negative keywords in PPC

In order to make the most of your PPC investment, you need to make use of both common sense and data to constantly tailor your ads. One of the ways to do this is to hone on specific buyer personas which rid your campaign of wasted clicks. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to use negative keywords to do just that.

[Report] Why should marketers care about transparency in paid media?

The budgets, metrics and processes that surround paid media campaigns are shrouded in obscurity, preventing the brands which buy advertising from knowing exactly where this spend is going, what they are buying, and how it is benefiting them. How can brands push for increased transparency in their dealings with agencies?

SEO’s Long Tail Keyword Problem

So often when we think about the long tail of search, we think of the prevalence of phrases with three, four, five or more words.

Today I’m asking you to think of long tail keywords differently.

That long tail is affecting another long tail that I have yet to hear a lot of people talking about, and to be honest I think it’s hard to talk about because the answers are complex.…

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Get 2018 started with an updated multi-channel digital marketing strategy

Reaching new customers has become significantly more complex. With new platforms and channels still emerging, consumers have more and more choices and are demanding greater attention from brands trying to reach them. Here’s how you can ramp up your multi-channel strategy in 2018 to meet that demand.

Search advertising vs. display advertising: Which delivers the best returns?

Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned vet, determining if you should use search advertising or display advertising for your marketing campaign is tough. Use the wrong channel, and you risk ruining the maximum success of your whole campaign. Thankfully, there are ways to decide which is the best for your business and which will generate the most conversions.