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April 19

Google AdWords Topic Targeting

If you have a history with AdWords display network, you know that it lacks at times. It's always nice to get the additional impressions, but depending on your industry, visitor quality can be extremely low. If you aren't choosing the networks your ads will be shown, Google is trying to guess where your site would be relevant. They may get some of the networks right...but they can also get some extremely wrong. Yes, you can exclude certain networks, but I am confident there are many small businesses out there that pay no attention to where the ads are running...or aren't even aware their ads are showing in the content network. I recommend you start paying attention. You can now help Google better understand where to show your ads with Topic Targeting

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April 12

Better Ads in Gmail

Some of you may despise ads in your email...some of you may have not noticed them. Myself, I welcome them. I don't necessarily click on them often and they may not be the most relevant ads I could be seeing, but Google is promising a roll-out of better, fewer ads for everyone in the near future.

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March 24

Time for Sponsored Advertising Spring Cleaning

Unfortunately it is not quite looking like spring around here yet...but that doesn't mean you can't start your spring cleaning. A good place to start since it will be indoors is your sponsored advertising accounts. If you are like many small businesses you probably let your campaigns get stale. Just because something worked once, doesn't mean it will continue to work. Just like your website content, we recommend keeping your PPC content fresh as well.

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Native Vs. HTML 5 Mobile Apps

So your small business has decided to invest in a mobile app of some sort. You know that it's important to be accessible to your potential customers and since they're all looking at their smartphones most of the time, even when they probably shouldn't be, it's about time you create a mobile experience that will be finger friendly and give them access to relevant information about your product or service quickly and easily.

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The 2011 Super Bowl Commercials Were Less Than Social

The hype before the Super Bowl claimed that this years group of ads would be pushing social. The new way for big brands to communicate with their audience with a new way to achieve a positive ROI...which can be tough given the cost of a 30 second spot. One benefit of a social promoting ad is that if you reach your audience and get them to follow you, will be be able to continually communicate with them months after the Super Bowl.

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December 30

Time to Review Your 2010 Web Marketing Strategies

The year has come to an end. I assume at some point throughout the year you tried some sort of web marketing strategy whether it was SEO, social media, Yellow Pages, PPC, etc. As a small business it's time that you make sure your marketing dollars are being used where they are most effective and adjust accordingly.

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December 22

Last Minute Holiday PPC Reminders

You probably have all of your holiday shopping done, you're getting ready to travel or have guests, and you already have a big holiday dinner dessert on your mind. But don't let your brain leave work yet...you can't forget about your PPC campaigns. There are probably a few things you should do before leaving the office for several days.

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November 23

Small Business Saturday 2010

By now most of you have already planned out your Black Friday shopping. You will likely stay up the night before and hit the stores at midnight or wake up extremely early to make sure the items you are looking for aren't sold out. One benefit nowadays that wasn't available in the past: if you can't get what you were looking for on Black Friday or can't make it to the store, there's always Cyber Monday!

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Google Instant Search - What You Need to Know

Unless you have been away from the computer, TV, or radio for the past few days, you have probably heard of Google's latest feature, Google Instant Search. Basically the search engine starts showing results as you start typing your query. There have been a lot of mixed reviews and suggestions. One of my personal favorites was from @GregBoser:

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