The crème du la crème of Attacat blog posts. Expect a range of posts that cover life changing insights or at the very least, insightful information on all internet marketing topics.
Sitting in the shadow of Google as the secondary PPC tool often leaves Facebook neglected and misunderstood as a PPC medium. The active users on search engines are a world apart from the passive audience, and while ad copy strategy is the immediate distinction between the two the management of profile targeting and ‘ad burnout’ isn’t hard if time is invested.
Facebook have more formally announced they’ll be phasing out the use of FBML for custom Facebook pages and switching to the use of iFrames and embedded Facebook apps. “Damn”, you may be thinking, “I only just worked out how to create a landing page with FBML”. Well, don’t be so downhearted; this change should give brands and sites a lot more freedom in what you can now do on your Facebook pages. You’ll need to make an ‘app’, which sounds daunting but is relatively straightforward with the these 8 steps.
It is the people who create content that have traditionally reaped internet marketing rewards and search engine love. People who have simply curated or “shared” other people’s content have tended to get less credit (with many notable exceptions, not least Google themselves).
Credit for Sharing
The rise of Twitter, Facebook and their counter parts is changing that. [...]
Facebook have announced the switchover to a new appearance for company/business pages today – you can access the new layout and functionality in preview now, with full switchover happening on 10 March. It’s certainly a welcome change, offering additional functionality that advertisers and companies have been screaming out for, including the ability to ‘become’ a business page.
It seems to have been a really rather busy few weeks for Google, withhem testing new appearances and variations of PPC advert display all over the place. Here’s a summary of the changes we’ve seen popping up recently:
With plenty predicting that 2011 will be a year of Conversion Rate Optimisation we definitely think we’re looking forward to providing you with valuable insights towards increasing the conversion rate of your online channels this year. Our first topic doesn’t get much ‘buzz’ – it’s average order value (AOV), and basic tactics and methods for increasing this metric.
Improving websites has always been an internet marketing essential and since the arrival of Kiril at Attacat, it’s something we have been focusing on even more. His passion and expertise in what we describe as “conversion rate optimisation” (aka “website thinknig”) has really got my grey matter stirring and changed the [...]
Is it a Santa Claus or a Panel Member?! Today it was Edinburgh’s turn to host the New Media Breakfast Q&A session. Belinda Roberts of Winning Entrepreneurs hosted the session whilst the faces on the panel were: Colin Gilchrist of Digital Face; Dan Frydman of Inigo Media and Tim Barlow from Attacat Internet Marketing.
You can follow best practice guidelines, adopt recommended systems and try to institutionalise the whole process, but at the end of the day every client, every campaign and every search engine user will always be different. But throwing caution to the wind, here’s my interpretation of how a PPC campaign can be managed.
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