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3 Creative Testing Best Practices for 2025

As digital advertising moves more and more toward algo-based bidding and targeting, creative testing remains one of the most effective ways to improve campaign performance. With rising competition and shifting platform algorithms, continuous creative experimentation is a smart play for brands to more effectively engage their audiences, test different messages to find what works with their ICP, and maximize conversions. ...

What's Trending with B2B Creative in 2025

The landscape of B2B advertising is evolving rapidly, and 2025 is shaping up to be the year where...

Google's New Demand Gen Campaign Updates: Learn to Leverage Added Controls

Google has announced several updates to Demand Gen campaigns, and for once, these updates actually...

6 Common PPC Oversights to Correct Now to Optimize Q4 Impact

Every year, I see new brands making old mistakes regarding Q4 marketing strategy. Learn from...

Meta's New Campaign Optimizations: Are They B2B Advertising Game-Changers?

Meta has long been a powerhouse in the B2C and eCommerce advertising space, but when it comes to...

Pinterest Performance+ and More: A Look at Pinterest’s New AI Advertising Features

In June 2024, Pinterest fully hopped aboard the AI train with a big product launch – including...

Is It Time to Reconsider Snapchat Ads?

Whether or not TikTok gets shut down in the U.S., there’s a new (old) alternative that should be...

Meta’s New Engaged Customers Targeting: A Breakdown

Meta recently released new audience insights and targeting options in their Advantage+ Shopping...

Google’s 2024 RSA Updates: A Breakdown

Google announced 3 updates to RSAs to make them even more ‘responsive’ to make ads more relevant...

Competitive Data Now Available in Performance Max Auction Insights

It’s not a game-changer, but it’s a step in the right direction for the black box that is Google’s...

YouTube Shorts: Specific Placements Are on the Way

YouTube is reportedly (finally) testing a pilot program for a select group allowing advertisers to...

TikTok, Google Search Partnership? What to Know

TikTok is continuing to push towards positioning itself as a social media platform and a search...

Reddit Announces Targeting, Measurement Updates

Good news for tech brands with audiences that skew male: Reddit has launched a couple of promising...

New Google Ads Brand Settings: Maximizing Performance & Control

In a recent bid to offer advertisers greater control over their brand campaigns, Google launched ...

What Meta’s Vision for an AI-Driven Future Means for Advertisers

Meta has long invested in AI behind the scenes, and now they’re going all in. As detailed by their...

5 Best Practices for Facebook Advantage+ Campaigns

If you’re a devoted reader of the JDM blog, you’re familiar with the basics of Facebook’s...

Facebook Advantage+ Campaigns: Pros & Cons

If you’re not up to speed on Facebook’s AI-powered Advantage+ advertising functions, take a few...

Intro to Facebook Advantage+ Campaigns

Early in 2022, Facebook introduced Advantage+ campaigns, a fully automated, AI-fueled campaign type...

Google’s Standard Shopping Structures: 3 Campaign Structuring Strategies

As we’ve previously discussed, Standard Shopping campaigns are the manual-control,...

2023 Google Shopping Ads: Performance Max vs. Standard Shopping

Advocates of Google’s old Smart Shopping and Local Shopping campaigns are dealing with a...