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AI Advertising Releases You Missed Because of Google

Between Google Marketing Live, AI Overviews (no, we’re not eating a rock a day over here), and the...

GML 2024 Releases: Our Paid Media Leaders React

Google Marketing Live 2024 will be remembered as the day AI Overviews changed the organic search...

Performance Max Campaign Structure: Best Practices for eCommerce

Experienced PPC marketers might pine for the days of more control and levers to pull in Google Ads...

Google's "People Also Consider" Brand Ads: What to Know

Oh, Google…always dropping little surprises into the SERP. The latest (example below) on the paid...

Microsoft’s Move to eCPC in Native Campaigns: What It Means

Microsoft recently announced that starting May 17, 2024, manual CPC bidding will no longer be...

Major Takeaways from Years of Performance Marketing Account Audits

We’ve been doing performance marketing account audits for prospective new JDM clients since our...

Cookie Deprecation and Server-Side Tracking: What to Know

One of the biggest changes in the history of digital marketing is looming, and people are not...

Google Ads Editor Updates: A Preview

A few weeks ago, Google released some updates to Ads Editor, then quickly un-published the article....

Google TV Ads Are Here – Are They a Big Deal?

YouTube TV hit 8 million subscribers in February 2024, which gives Google a nice incremental...

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...

Google Allows Advertisers to Opt Out of the Search Partner Network Entirely

Google has made plenty of headlines lately for revelations that give advertisers reason to be...

YouTube Shorts: Specific Placements Are on the Way

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

SGE Ads Are Inevitable. What Do We Need to Know?

Search generative experience (SGE) is coming to Google – it’s currently in beta and evolving on a...

2024 Paid Media Predictions

The end of a change-packed year is a great time to take a breath and check our crystal balls for...

AI Creative in Performance Max: What to Know for B2B

Google recently announced that it will be rolling out new AI features for all advertisers in the US...

New Search Themes on Performance Max: Worth a Shot for B2B?

Google recently launched a beta with Performance Max campaigns that lets you use “search themes” as...

What Marketers Should Know about CP4M, Meta's New AI-Powered Conversation Platform

Meta advertising is crushing it these days (check out their Q3 earnings call). A couple of weeks...

Reels Ad Updates, Fall 2023: A Closer Look from a B2B Lens

Last month, Meta added new Reels ads features to help improve performance of ad creatives by making...

LinkedIn Reintroduces Sponsored Message Ads

Sponsored messaging returns