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Why In-Game Advertising Sucks

Austin Startup

In-game advertising sucks. It’s as frustrating for advertisers as it is for developers, and gamers are equally jaded. In other words, in-game advertising sucks for everyone. In other words, in-game advertising sucks for everyone. Advertisers (??) That’s not news, but it bears repeating. Why Does It Suck?

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Traffic Acquisition Strategy: A Data-Driven Approach to Increase Site Traffic

ConversionXL

If you don’t have customers, our articles on customer development and how to write compelling copy without customers can help you get started. HubSpot has an article on split-testing tips for Facebook ads —they’re great guidelines for your ad campaigns. Where do they “hang out” online? problem aware, solution aware, etc.),

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Adopting A Data Driven Approach To Increase Website Traffic

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What follows is the first in a series of articles that will include some of the most common areas where optimization strategies can be applied to achieve better results for your company. This could cover a range of methods, but for the sake of this article, we’re going to focus on PPC, Social Media & Search. Recommended Reading.

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Customer Data Platforms: The Next Big Shift in SaaS Marketing Stacks?

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Though it wasn’t intended, the last two articles I wrote on the PlainFlow blog have formed a series: The Modern SaaS Stack and the Unexploited Amount of Data is a walkthrough that shows how companies use Modern SaaS Stack to cover their Marketing/Support/Sales activities from day-0. This happens in advertising all the time.

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Why Keyword Themes +Modified Broad Match = Winning PPC Strategy

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The “themes” which I’ll talk about throughout the article are simple. In this example, we know that new and used cars have distinct appeal due to differences in price, features, customer appeal, current advertising, etc, so they are separated to focus our targeting. Create Ad Group Themes to Nail Relevance.

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Facebook Ads vs. AdWords: How to Decide and Start Optimizing for ROI

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These are the questions optimizers need answers to before they can really reap the benefits of two very powerful advertising platforms. Google uses relevance to make sure that only useful ads are displayed to users and prevents advertisers from paying their way on to a search that’s unrelated to their product or service.

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19 Things We Can Learn From Numerous Heatmap Tests

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Banner blindness happens when your visitor subconsciously or consciously ignores a part of your webpage because it looks like advertising. This phenomenon has been around for a long time – We are bombarded daily by thousands of ads, so we have subconsciously learned to ignore advertising on websites. Image source.