In 2008, a small ‘micro-blogging’ platform, Twitter, was slowly starting to gain momentum. Limited to only 140 characters. Fast forward to 2016 and whether you love it or hate it, you’re probably on Twitter too. It’s found a firm seat in the top three most popular social networks in the UK, with a global audience...
‘The Agony Of Trying To Unsubscribe’ – James Veitch
Here at Give The Dog A Bone we’d hate to bombard you with unwanted emails! We thought you’d appreciate this short clip of how to deal with pestering email campaigns! It happens to all of us: you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company...
Producing Quality Content
Content is what inspires, educates and compels your users. It inspires them to try new things, educates them to take action and encourages them to come back for more. It also helps search engines to pick up your website for certain search phrases and terms. The challenge is that now your users are expecting...
Social Media Content Ideas
Follow Daily Themes Choosing themes for specific days of the week will make it easier to come up with content for your social media accounts. Recurring themes also create consistency for your brand and give your audience something to look forward to every day. Try one or a combination of these themes and see what receives the most engagement from...
What Is Cost Per Click (CPC)?
Cost Per Click (CPC) refers to the actual price you pay for each click in your-pay-per-click (PPC) marketing campaigns. what is a cpc? A “click” on one of your PPC text ads represents a visit, or an interaction with your company’s products/services. Every click in a PPC campaign represents attention from a person who...
Click Through Rate
Achieving a high click-through rate is essential to your PPC success, because it directly affects both your Quality Score and how much you pay every time someone clicks you search ad. Click-through rate (CTR) is a metric that measures the number of licks advertisers receive on their ads per there number of impressions. so...
What Is Google Adwords?
Google Adwords is the single most popular PPC advertising system in the world. The AdWords platform enable businesses to create ads that appear on Google’s search engine and both Google properties. AdWords operates on a pay-per-click model, in which users bid on keywords and pay for each click on their advertisements. Every time a...
What Is PPC? – Introduction
PPC stands for PAY-PER-CLICK, a model of internet marketing i which advertisers pay a fee each time one of their adverts is clicked.Basically, it’s a way of ‘buying’ visits to your website, rather than earning those visits organically. Search engine advertising is one of the most popular forms of PPC. It allows advertisers to...
Realising Real ROI on your Digital Advertising
UK businesses are spending a lot of money on advertising. How much of that is being spent well is a matter of debate. 2015 saw expenditure reach £20.1 billion – £8.6bn of which was spent on digital channels, and £2.6 billion on mobile. Digital advertising is a high growth, high potential area, and one that’s...
Blogging For Your Business
It’s All About The Brand When it comes to writing a blog you want to make sure that you stick to what people expect of your brand. If you know your brand is recognised for its friendly tone of voice and is accessible to your customers, then your blog also needs to do the...