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Targeting International Traffic With Google Adwords

During the last few months, we've been helping the Charleston Regional Development Alliance (CRDA) expand their international reach with Google Adwords. By using a combination of the Google’s display network,...

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Quickly finding trends in keyword lists

One of the really great things about being a digital marketer is that I have easy access to lots of data. This can be one of the challenging things as...

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5 DMO Search Engine Marketing Tips

Blue Ion has been partners with the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) for over a decade. A part of this partnership for the last 6 years has included managing...

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Search Exchange Day 1 Pay Per Click Advertising

I attended Search Exchange Internet Marketing Conference held in Charlotte this past Monday. I attended day one of a packed three day schedule full of great speakers covering topics such...

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Enhanced Campaigns, Help Me Help You

AdWords new Enhanced campaigns have been introduced in order to make mobile device targeting easier to setup and manage, as well as reduce the number of campaigns an advertiser has...

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AdWords Community Offers Back to Business Help

The Google AdWords Community is offering free help to businesses looking to optimize their AdWords account in the coming months with a new program called Back to Business! With AdWords....

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Adwords Search Specialized Ads

While creating new AdWords ads for a client yesterday I stumbled across 'Search - Specialized' ads. I have not seen these before and was surprised when I did not find...

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AdWords Updates Match Type Behaviors

Google announced yesterday that they will be rolling out new match type behaviors for both phrase and exact match keywords. Both match types will now include "close variants, including misspellings,...

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AdWords New Ad Status Insights Icon

AdWords has rolled out another feature to better help asses ad creative policy & approval statuses. This feature can be found under the ad tab in your AdWords account. Simply hover over...

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Google AdWords Tools for the Advanced Restaurant Marketer

This post is for restaurant marketers that want to get past the basics of AdWords and dig into the more technical and advanced tactics and tools that AdWords has to offer....

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