8 Must-Have Elements for an Impressive Startup Landing Page

Making a compelling and high-converting landing page might sound simple, but every marketer knows far too well how challenging this can be. WordStream found that 80% of traffic goes to just the top 10% of landing pages. So now you introduce the element that your company is a startup, and now you have even more odds working against you—I mean, we all probably know that 90% of startups fail. But take a deep breath now!…

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3 Tricks to Solve Your Most Common Facebook Ads Issues

Facebook has one of the most advanced ads managers we have access to in the self-serve PPC space. There are lots of campaign objectives, each with their own set of best practices to follow. This allows for an incredible level of specificity. But to a new marketer, or even for those who don’t visit Facebook’s Business Manager regularly, this platform can get overwhelming pretty quickly. Just selecting your industry can be overwhelming! To help alleviate…

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How to Learn from 2019 and Get an A+ in PPC Next Year

For the first time since I was four years old, September doesn’t mean back-to-school season for yours truly. Gone (for now) are my days of pens, pencils, notebooks, and fluffernutters. (Well, I guess there’s nothing really stopping me from continuing to eat fluffernutters for lunch—concerns about my “outward appearance” and “life expectancy” notwithstanding.) But just because WordStream Customer Success Specialist Lauren Gentile and I are no longer students, doesn’t mean we don’t like to get…

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4 Google Ads Audience Exclusions You Need to Try Next

Sometimes a successful paid media campaign requires the “less is more” approach. Negative audiences can help guide just the right users down the funnel. Negative audiences can also help keep the completely unwanted traffic from seeing your ads. The perfect combination of targeting plus exclusions may give you both the cost per acquisition and the customer lifetime value you are looking to hit. Now, I know what you are probably thinking: “We already know about…

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