Google Ads

  • CPC Quality Scores

    CPC Quality Scores

    Tami Dowers, who was the paid search person at a company where I served as the organic search person, once told me that Google Ads is like an auction where whether you get the chair depends not only on what you’re willing to pay but also on how the chair will look in your living…

  • My Google Ads Aren’t Working!

    My Google Ads Aren’t Working!

    You’ve taken the plunge with Google Ads and set up a campaign. But your ads aren’t getting clicks, or they’re getting clicks and they’re not leading to sales. What’s going on? Is it just that your Google ads aren’t working? It could be your ads The image at the top of this post is a…

  • An Introduction to Google Ads for Traditional Marketers

    An Introduction to Google Ads for Traditional Marketers

    97% of Americans use Google to find information about goods and services. Only 13% use phone books. Simple arithmetic tells us that most of these die-hard Yellow Pages devotees are also using Google. Google Ads are obviously an important marketing tool.  But as with many things that are no longer new but also not completely…

  • Distinguishing Among Digital Ads

    Distinguishing Among Digital Ads

    There are three kinds of digital ads. Google Ads Google Ads and other paid search ads let you talk to people who want what you have to offer. You’re selling wearable devices for monitoring anxiety? You get to talk directly to people who are looking for wearable devices to monitor their anxiety. While you can…

  • 7 Reasons Top Organic Results Still Need Google Ads

    7 Reasons Top Organic Results Still Need Google Ads

    I was presenting a report to a client recently, showing them their website’s awesome results and rankings. People around the table pulled out their phones and checked for themselves, Googling keywords for their organization and being happily surprised by how completely they owned the first page of results. I moved to the next slide, a…

  • Content is King

    Content is King

    “Content is King” is one of the most familiar and enduring statements about SEO. At its simplest, it means that content — text and images and multimedia content — is the most important way to make sure that your website is easy to find with a search engine. Check out Google’s guidelines for human Page…