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4 new rules for PPC ad creative
Aside from audience targeting and bid optimization, here's how advertisers can leverage machine learning to enhance the creative process.
Facebook’s Advantage+ shopping campaigns: Are they worth the ecommerce hype?
Select ecommerce and retail advertisers can now run Advantage+ shopping campaigns. Here's the lowdown on Facebook's latest AI-powered tool.
Meta advertising: 5 best practices for 2023
As Meta continues to lead the social media pack, advertisers must stay competitive on Facebook and Instagram. Here are five ways to do so.
Google and Meta are losing their edge as TikTok, Amazon, Instacart ads grow
For the first time in a decade, ad giants Google and Meta are slowing down, making room for smaller, emerging platforms to take over.
PPC 2022 in review: Performance Max, Apple Search, chaos at Twitter, and more
If you thought it was going to be a dull year, you were wrong. Here’s a look at the most significant changes and most important PPC updates that happened in 2022.
Meta Q3 earnings: ad revenue declined 4%, but monthly users showing promise
Overall revenue for the company also decreased 4% YoY, but one area showing growth was new daily active users, up 2%.
Meta implements ad restrictions in US for social issues, elections, and politics
The restriction period was also implemented in 2020 for the week leading up to General Election Day.
Facebook Ad Policies have been renamed to Meta Ad Standards
No new policies will be added, nor will the enforcement of the current policies be changed.
5 new updates to Meta call ads
Brands and advertisers who use Meta for lead generation will have new ways to engage with the customers looking for their product or service.
Facebook introduces Collaborative Ads for local delivery
Brands can use Collaborative Ads to reach high-intent shoppers while driving traffic and sales to their retail partners site, app or store.
How to approach B2B advertising during a challenging Q4
Here are some recommendations for managing channel mix, budgeting and KPIs this Q4, given a strange and thorny landscape.
New Microsoft feature lets you run ads on Google, Facebook, Instagram
Managing multiple ad platforms can be overwhelming for advertisers, but Microsoft plans on changing that with its new Multi-platform feature.
Webinar: What ad channels work best for your brand?
Decide whether the newest trend is worth investing the time and effort to help you reach your target audience.
Using lookalike audiences to reverse the marketing funnel and generate quality leads
Lookalike audiences aren't dead yet. Even with iOS14 changes, the right seed list can help drive interest, engagement, and conversions.
4 Facebook app strategies to reduce costs
Use these proven Facebook app strategies to effectively reduce cost, grow business and reach your target audience.
Search marketers agree: automation the least favorite part of PPC
We asked and you answered. Automation and lack of transparency ring in at number one. Support and clients are a close second.
Meta rumored to develop ‘Basic Ads’ in response to recent privacy changes
The Basic ads may work for brand advertisers but not so well for any companies that need granular targeting and lead generation.
Spotify, Meta update political ad offerings for 2022 election cycle
New inventory and updated location targeting should help political advertisers during the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.
Marketers report Meta bug turning off Facebook ads
Make suer you check your accounts ASAP, since many said their best-performing ads were affected.
How paid search marketers can address brand measurement challenges and grow in their careers
Brands are facing huge data measurement challenges. At SMX Next, Pascal Skropke and Andreas Reiffen show how paid search marketers can address them — and meet career goals along the way.
Facebook ads ‘Interest Categories’ may be up to 33% inaccurate
But before pulling ad spends to different platforms, it is worthwhile to assess the current account performance and make adjustments from that data.
Meta rebrands automated ad products, shopping campaigns coming soon
Meta is consolidating its products into the Meta Advantage suite, which allows advertisers to automate part of a – or an entire – campaign.
Platforms that have suspended ads in Russia
In addition to political and economic sanctions, the conflict in Ukraine has prompted many crucial platforms to cut off advertiser access to Russian audiences.
Google and Bing halt all ad sales in Russia
The platforms already suspended ads from Russian state media; but, as the conflict in Ukraine intensifies, are now stopping all ads from serving to Russia-based users.
Facebook is still underreporting iOS web conversions, but not as much as before
The social media company estimates that it is now underreporting conversions by 8% — down from 15% in September 2021.
How to win with PPC in a dataless world
There's less data available for PPC marketers, but that doesn't mean it's less actionable. At SMX Next, Sam Tomlinson shows how marketers can make the most of the data they have.
How to produce actionable content throughout the marketing funnel
Too many brands neglect their marketing funnels and miss sales opportunities. At SMX Next, Andrea Cruz shows how marketers can improve their funnels with actionable content.
Marketers, Google agree that proposed ‘surveillance advertising’ ban goes too far
Legislation like this could be a game-changer for every digital marketer who advertises on Google, Facebook and other advertising platforms.
Meta will remove targeting options for sensitive topics on January 19
Campaigns can continue to deliver to impacted targeting options until March 17, 2022.
PPC 2021 in review: Privacy and automation force advertisers to adapt
From the deprecation of broad match modified keywords to FLoC to RSAs becoming the default, PPC professionals dealt with a lot of change in 2021.
Demographic audiences double the reach of narrow interest audiences, Facebook says
However, both strategies perform similarly when reach is comparable.
Why consumer privacy is Google’s ace in the hole
Google's ad business changes mean that advertisers should prepare and tap into their first-party data to stay ahead.
Facebook’s topic exclusion controls test rolls out to more advertisers
In its early tests, advertisers were able to avoid appearing next to exclusion categories 94-99% of the time.
Google allegedly creates ad monopoly with Facebook to favor its own exchange according to new, unredacted details from Project Jedi
There is potential that publishers and advertisers have been overpaying and missing out on placements due to Google’s alleged collusion with Facebook to essentially rig the ad market.
Facebook Ads announces new performance, reporting and measurement products in light of iOS privacy changes
These new improvements on the Facebook Ad side are an attempt to fill that reporting and measurement gap while still maintaining user privacy.
Google tackles pollution and competitors with Maps updates; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, the hallmarks of bad content marketing.
New automation in Facebook Ads?; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, how to drive the funnel through content marketing and link building
Three PPC targeting tactics that power every stage of the funnel
"You can make any channel work for you depending on who your prospects are and which channels they use and which targeting options are available across all channels."
A new way to approach your PPC personas: Learning from the sales process to limit waste and accelerate ROI
By splitting your personas into buyer types, you'll have more targeted messaging and higher conversions.
Instagram is disabling interest and activity-based targeting of underage users
Advertisers’ targeting options for users under 18 will be limited to age, gender and location.