Author: Rob

What is a Brand Ad in Google Search & Why Might You Need One?
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What is a Brand Ad in Google Search & Why Might You Need One?

A Brand campaign is when you set up an ad to run in Google Search for when people search for your company name. If you’re lucky, your website might already show up first in Google Search when somebody searches your business name. In this case, there’s no particular need to run a Brand Campaign. However,…

How To Spy On Your Competitors’ Search Ads
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How To Spy On Your Competitors’ Search Ads

Curious to know if your competitors are running Search Ads and, if so, what they are saying in their ads? In 2023, Google launched their Ads Transparency Center at https://adstransparency.google.com To see your competitors’ ads, just go to the Transparency Center and paste anyone’s website URL or business name into the All Topics search field…

What is Google Advertiser Identity Verification?
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What is Google Advertiser Identity Verification?

In 2020 Google Launched their Advertiser Identity Verification program. In short, they wanted to crack down on folks using false identities for their ads and make sure that all the ads running were legitimate and trustworthy. Currently, you’re able to set up a Google Ads account without verification, but there are several ads features that…

Your Checklist for Optimizing Your Service Pages for Search
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Your Checklist for Optimizing Your Service Pages for Search

Once you’ve created a great service page, it’s critical that people (and Search Engines) can actually find the page. This is where Search Engine Optimization (SEO) comes in. SEO can be extremely complex, but in this case it’s pretty simple. We just want to make sure that your page is organized in a way that…

How to Build a Great Service Page
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How to Build a Great Service Page

In our Service Pages post we’ve already discussed why it’s critical that you create individual service pages for your most important services. Before we even look at what should be on your individual services pages, let’s discuss your services summary page. It’s quite possible that you offer a lot of different services and that many…

SEM, PPC, SEO, GBP, WTH? Search Marketing Defined
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SEM, PPC, SEO, GBP, WTH? Search Marketing Defined

Confused by the vast array of confusing abbreviations around Search Marketing? Don’t feel bad – even people within the industry get confused! Let’s look at the 3 main areas of Search Marketing and clear them up! SEM – Search Engine Marketing Although sometimes used to describe PPC (below), Search Engine Marketing is the overall practice…

Why The Heck Do I Need to Pay for Google Ads Management?
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Why The Heck Do I Need to Pay for Google Ads Management?

The fact that you can create a Google Ads account and have ads running in about a half hour makes this a very valid question, why you should consider paying for an Ads Management company to manage your ads? The answer is simple: A skilled and responsible company will add more value to your ads…

Advertising in 2023 – How To Succeed And What To Avoid
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Advertising in 2023 – How To Succeed And What To Avoid

Are you wanting to grow your business through advertising? Are you wondering if that’s even possible? Join veteran advertiser (and Google Premier Partner) Robert Cooper as he shares how companies can advertise effectively and how to avoid the many advertising pitfalls. We had a focus on online advertising but we also dug into traditional advertising,…