Understanding Meta Ad Placements

When building a campaign in Facebook Ads Manager, one of the key steps is deciding where your ads will show up, and therefore, where they’ll be seen. This is called ad placement, which refers to where your ads appear across Meta technologies. In Ads Manager, Meta gives you two options: Advantage+ Placements and Manual Placements. […]

YouTube and Display Ads Upgraded to Include Data-Driven Models

Google Ads Updates

Google makes adjustments to its algorithms at least once, if not several times a day. But how often do they make adjustments or upgrades to their most important source of cash, Google Ads? The frequency might surprise you, but Google is always looking to make sure that the ads delivered to users of its search […]

Creating Compelling Content for Your Ads

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Just like unconventional PR and search engine marketing, social and display ads are one of the 19 traction channels recognized by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares in their book Traction. Basically, these are any advertisements you see on social media or around your computer screen as you surf the internet. Chances are, you have already […]

Google Ads: Everything You Need to Know About Call Tracking

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Whether your customers primarily purchase by phone or you’re simply trying to strengthen your business’s online profile, adding a phone number (i.e., a call extension) to your Google Ads campaigns may be an effective way to drive leads and conversions. How do extensions drive leads and conversions? First, let’s review what’s going on behind the […]

Programmatic Advertising? Maybe Not For You.

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This article explores the business model of display and programmatic companies. As our team executes digital campaigns, it became clear there was a growing and lucrative vertical that we wanted to learn more about. And so did potential clients. A question we get quite often is, what is programmatic advertising and does it make sense […]