A Necessary Switch as Google Disables 3rd Party Cookies Google’s commitment to disable 3rd party cookies in its Chrome browser by the end of 2024 (about 3 years later than other browsers) will mark the final death knell for audience targeting in pay-per-click advertising that use the data gathered by those cookies. In this blog … Read More

Organisations that invest in pay-per-click (‘PPC’) advertising will be aware that the PPC platforms have become much more complex in recent months and years and are constantly changing. A complex auction The display of ads to online searchers or social media users is the result of a real-time, high-speed auction.  There are many competing factors … Read More

A pragmatic and robust approach to building a strategic marketing plan for 2023 from a digital marketing leader who helps dozens of clients every year with their marketing planning and execution. Hopefully you have already started thinking about how you will be spending your marketing budget, time and resources, in 2023. If you haven’t nailed … Read More

Pinterest – what is it, and how does it work? Are you a planning a major life event? Or seeking some inspiration to redo your home?  If so, then you’re probably using Pinterest. Pinterest users (aka ‘pinners’) generally create their own boards dedicated to a theme, and then pin images to that board.  Mostly their … Read More

For decades, marketers have found video to be a powerful form of storytelling. Marketers are increasingly leaning towards YouTube advertising to ensure that their ads are both seen and heard, providing greater opportunity to impact brand perceptions, build purchase intent and ultimately drive action.  With over 2 billion logged-in visitors per month, YouTube has the … Read More

Businesses – both small and large scale – have been using digital marketing channels to target and reach potential customers for a long time now, often at a much lower cost compared to traditional mediums such as TV commercials or radio advertising. However, like most technology, digital marketing channels are evolving at a rapid pace … Read More

With the spread of COVID-19, the digital advertising landscape has changed; the first thing we noticed was people trying to exploit fear to attract more customers. But that’s not all we noticed. We look after many of our client’s pay-per-click (‘PPC’) advertising campaigns which use one or more of the following platforms to promote their … Read More

Launched by Google around mid-2019, and now available once you have upgraded to Google’s new Adwords Dashboard, the Custom Intent Audiences feature makes it possible for you to show your Google display ad to people who have indicated that they are interested in your product/service (rather than displaying to the whole world). Paid Google Search … Read More

When it comes to online interactions, reducing customer friction – making it easier for people to buy from you, or do business with you – will make for a quicker sale and less frustration, improving your relationship from the outset, and most important, lowering visitor drop-off and abandoned carts. PayPal recently announced deeper integration provided … Read More

It’s been nearly a year since we blogged about pay-per-click advertising in the search engines (‘PPC’ e.g. Google Ads / Bing Ads). A lot has changed over that short time including a new name and a completely new user interface for Google Ads; this blog is intended as an update for business owners and marketing … Read More