If you’re planning your 2020 marketing budget, there are a lot of trends you should be considering. As a paid media agency, we’re already planning our marketing budgets for 2020. We’re also starting those conversations with our clients. It’s a time-intensive process for all of us. The cycle of making projections, pitching, and deliberating can […]
Google is synonymous with search, but there are many different ad types available to Google advertisers that don’t require keyword targeting at all. In fact, Google Ads can be a particularly powerful tool for marketers who want to test different digital ad types without the complexity of managing multiple publishers. While Google isn’t quite a
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NOW UPDATED! This post was expanded and updated with new digital marketing trends as of July 2019. Enjoy! Marketing has changed more in the last five years than in the last 50, and the rapid progress doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. As summer 2019 approaches, the digital marketing landscape that encompasses SEO, social
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Video content impacts organic performance more than any other asset that can be displayed on a web page. In today’s online marketing world, videos have become an integral step in the user journey. Yet for the large enterprises, video optimization is still not an essential part of their website optimization plan. Video content is still
Microsoft Advertising What: Released ad customizers Details: Released ad customizers to improve ad effectiveness. Learn more during our PPC Newsflash >> Impact: Allows for increased scalability and more targeted messaging. Also connects with Google Import Tool. Google Ads What: Audience updates to App campaigns Details: App campaigns are geared to making it easier to
Hero Academy is Hanapin’s newest initiative featuring short and basic how-tos on paid advertising in a variety of platforms. Current topics include the basics of Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Facebook, Quora, Excel, + more. AND NOW, we’ve released 4 BRAND NEW videos! Along with videos that show you the basics of getting started in different
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The marketing industry has always suffered from “Shiny Object Syndrome.” There’s always a new channel or strategy for growth, and marketers want to be the first to test and successfully use the “Next Big thing.” And I’m guilty of this, too. There’s nothing wrong with trying out new tactics for social media (or any other
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If you look at people with 10K, 500K or even 1M followers on their blog or YouTube channel, you think they must be special, right? No normal person could get to that level. I’m here to tell you that’s not true. Anyone can build a massive audience. I’ve done it myself many times. It’s not
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When you think of social media advertising for your manufacturing, construction, or B2B company, you probably think of Facebook or LinkedIn. What about YouTube? Many neglect it because they think their ideal buyers aren’t there. Isn’t it all just a bunch of makeup tutorials? Wrong! YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet.
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97% of marketers are investing in social advertising, which is up 10% from last year’s numbers. I mean, is anyone really surprised by that? Social ads are pretty easy to get started in and less intimidating (in my humble opinion) than trying to start a Google ad campaign. However, with more adoption by more marketers,
