Online Marketing

I’ve spent some time reviewing the biggest problems that hold back Google Ads campaigns for E-Commerce Direct-To-Consumer businesses. In one case, the owner was barely breaking even on ad spend. There were loads of small issues that were collectively keeping the campaigns from being profitable. It takes a lot of hard work (And expertise!) to […]

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 […]

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. […]

Google just announced on a live call that the variety of GDN (Google Display Network) ad image sizes has grown to over 50 sizes. Until now that’s meant that a marketing agency had to produce 50 different images to fill all the available slots. To make it easier, they’re not going to let us upload […]