Keyword research for PPC can be incredibly time-consuming, but it is also VERY important. Your entire PPC campaign is built around your chosen keywords, and the most successful AdWords advertisers continuously grow and refine their PPC keyword list. If you only do keyword research once, when you create your first campaign you are probably...
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...
Minimising Your PPC Costs
Pay-per-click advertising is one of the most powerful tools available for online marketers, giving companies of all sizes an opportunity to reach their audience quickly and efficiently, whatever their budget. The accessibility of PPC makes it easy for anyone to run their own campaigns, but costs can quickly mount if you don’t follow best...
It’s Happening.. Longer Tweets From 19th September!
Changes to Twitter that will see individuals and businesses able to create longer tweets will come into effect on 19 September, the company has confirmed. For many, the 140 character limit is a struggle – particularly when talking to more than one person at a time. But Twitter didn’t want to specifically extend the...
Social Media Lessons from the US Election
7 Hashtags to Follow With the 2016 US presidential election inching closer, candidates are ramping up their social media efforts. While 2012 was considered the first social media election, its 2016 successor will likely blow it out of the water in terms of engagement and overall impact. Below are seven election-related hashtags to follow...
How Pokemon Go Has Taken Over The World & Web!
In the week that political resignations, leadership battles and market turmoil dominated news headlines, a certain monster-hunting mobile game was busy making waves online. Pokemon Go’s mixture of gaming and reality has proved a huge success. SimilarWeb says players are using Pokemon Go for an average of 43 minutes a day – that’s more...
Allow Your Team To Get The Job Done
Understanding business teams Relying on spreadsheets can no longer support today’s mobile employees. Business teams now both want and need to work in a more agile way and this will accelerate even further as the digitally-savvy ‘millennials’ enter the workforce. Therefore, business leaders need to understand how their teams are working today, and also...
Jump Xtreme Lands With A Bounce!
We’re really excited to have been a part of the Jump Xtreme Tamworth website and park launch! After being involved with the project right from the start, developing the brand, website and other marketing collateral we can now finally celebrate it’s grand opening! From start to finish Give The Dog A Bone have worked closely with Jump Xtreme 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...