Maybe you manage SEO for your own business or you've been dabbling in providing SEO services. We've been doing SEO since 2002 and a lot has changed in 16 years. SEO strategy has shifted dramatically, and so have the tools available for managing SEO. In this article, I'm going to run down the state of the art SEO tools for small business. I'll list the best-paid SEO tools as well as free or low-cost alternatives where available. Tools will be [...]
A big part of assessing what agency or consultant to use includes their pricing model. In this post, I'll discuss the most common PPC pricing models and the pros and cons for each. While there are a lot of exotic hybrid or combination pricing models I'll stick to the basics. The four main PPC pricing options are a percentage of ad spend, fixed price, performance-based, and hourly. I'll run down how each one works in some detail. Percentage of Ad [...]
Unlike 2016, Google wasn't quite on such a rampage to release new AdWords features in 2017. Obviously, wrapping up and launching the new AdWords interface is a big undertaking. This job has diverted some attention away from other things. Still, Google did innovate this year, and if you didn't update with new features your campaigns were probably left in the dust. First, a quick note, many of the new features are only available in the new AdWords interface. Without further ado here [...]
If you've adopted an old Google AdWords account you may be wondering where to start. Mature AdWords accounts come with a unique set of opportunities and challenges. Even before you start your audit, there are some things we can do to make life easier. Cleaning House Mature AdWords accounts typically contain a lot of old out of date campaigns. The first step in your cleanup should be to mark all the campaigns you won't need moving forward. Select each inactive campaign [...]
We all want to know what our competitors are up to on Google Ads, right? There are 3rd party tools, Google's Ad Transparency Center and Auction Insights report to assist you with Google Ads competitive analysis. Today I'm going to show you several ways you can use these tools to gain a competitive advantage. In these examples, I'll use SEMRush, but you can accomplish the same thing with SpyFu, iSpionage and others. DISCLOSURE: Some of the products mentioned in this [...]