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Early-Stage B2B Growth: 4 Keys to Nail the Launch

I’m a performance marketer with over a decade of experience in paid search and social, and now I...

Guide: Creating Google Ads Audiences through GA4

GA4 is getting mixed reviews for its user friendliness, but there’s no turning back now. Google’s...

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...

You Can Now Use YouTube Shorts for Awareness. Should You?

YouTube Shorts, which launched last year, has gotten an upgrade; Google recently announced fresh...

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 Marketing Live 2023: AI, AI & more AI

If your job involves paid search, and you’re reluctant to embrace AI, Google is about to force your...

3 Tips for Conserving B2B Advertising Budget

B2B advertising can be an expensive proposition, but time and again we see brands come to us with...

Interest-Based Advertising: What a Positive Post-Cookie Test from Google Signifies

In April 2023, Google released the results of a test that compared the results of privacy-friendly...

Constructing a Great QBR: The Fundamentals

No matter how much growth you’ve driven for a client in recent months, and no matter how clever a...

Google Enhances Attribution for Web Conversions

Google may have made more headlines and riled up marketers in April by announcing the demise of...

What to Know About the New Pinterest-Amazon Partnership

Pinterest aesthetics and social proof with Amazon’s transactional clout? That potentially powerful...

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...

Meta & Generative AI - Good News for SMBs?

Earlier in April, Meta’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth, revealed the company’s plan to launch new generative...

4 Critical Considerations Before Scaling Google Ads Internationally

Scaling to new geos can provide your business with larger volume and lower-cost leads/sales. This...

UTM Tracking in HubSpot for Google, LinkedIn & Facebook

UTM tracking is one of the most important initiatives of marketing analytics, particularly when...

UTM Parameters: A Glossary of Terms

Ah, UTM parameters, the mighty URL code structure that provides the basis for performance marketing...

3 Common Options to Track Form Submissions in GTM

Let’s face it, Google Tag Manager can be a beast. But it’s also an empowering tool for advertisers,...