Digital Marketing

Here’s the 80/20 of AdWords Initial Search Campaign Setup … . . . . Save Money, Prevent Unexpected Disasters: Make sure to keep Search and Display in separate campaigns and don’t mix them. (Google will try to get you to create a combined Search + Display campaign) When you setup your Search campaigns, do not use Search Partners […]

Hey everyone, I was just helping a non-profit organization with their PPC marketing and thought this tip would be valuable for you, too. If you are using, or ever plan to use, paid traffic in the future, . . . do yourself a favor and setup your remarketing list audiences NOW. Why now? Because the audiences can […]

When it comes to the ASK Method®, What’s the Difference between a DDS and a Segmentation Funnel? This isn’t really “Ask.” This is actually “Ask. Sell.” DDS = “Ask.” Segmentation funnel = “Sell.” First we have Questions to give, then we have Answers to give 🙂 DDS is where you Discover. It’s “Market Research”. You’ll […]

If you are running any kind of paid traffic and your site has ANY kind of loading issues, you are Burning Money. 90-Second Quick Checklist Here’s a quick list of what to check for: SSL errors Broken pages Page takes more than a few seconds to load Doesn’t load consistently Broken links Layout gets confusing […]

A conversion is a measurement of something you want the visitor who clicked on the ad to do, an action you want them to take online. In most cases you want them to buy. Buying is the conversion. The price they paid is the conversion value. This is easiest to understand in an ecommerce business. […]

What is the ASK Method? On the most fundamental level, the ASK Method can be seen as a quiz and a funnel put together. But there is so much more under the hood. So what is the ASK Method? An explanation of the ASK Method® would quite literally fill a book (and already has) but […]

  Micro conversions are upstream events that are not purely direct money generators … … but they are absolutely essential to get people to buy, such as watching a video, downloading a lead magnet, booking a call, setting up a consultation or opting into your email list. Essentially we are monitoring when someone takes an […]

A skilled colleague with a fairly advanced web configuration recently asked me: At this point I realized I want all conversion data in one GA view. Period. Is there is some major reason why I shouldn’t use this approach, that you can think of? I agree, having it all in one view is a good […]

I tend to picture all digital marketing as part of a sales funnel. During a recent email exchange with a friend I wound up explaining why I look at it this way. I’m sharing what I wrote with you, in the hope that it will increase your understanding of what it takes for your business […]

PPC Can Be Costly When Done Wrong … and Sometimes the Rising Tides does NOT Float all the Boats There’s a few people in this world who quietly accomplish amazing feats of business, turning entire companies around, helping entrepreneurs who are tens (or hundreds) of thousands in the red come sharply back into the black. […]