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The Google Ads Specialist’s Guide to Lift Studies

The Google Ads Specialist’s Guide to Lift Studies

If you spend your days deep in Google Ads, you already know the underlying frustration of in platform reporting. Those standard conversion columns only tell half the story. Your dashboard…
AI Has Become Terrible at Fixing Paid Search (What to Do Instead)

AI Has Become Terrible at Fixing Paid Search (What to Do Instead)

There is a growing trend in paid search right now. Marketing teams and agencies are handing over their high level problem solving to tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the…
Is Profit Margin Bidding Ruining Google Ads?

Is Profit Margin Bidding Ruining Google Ads?

Every ecommerce brand eventually reaches a critical turning point in their digital marketing maturity. They look at their Google Ads dashboard, see a massive revenue number, look at their actual…
How Advertisers Succeed When AI Makes the Buying Decision, Not Humans

How Advertisers Succeed When AI Makes the Buying Decision, Not Humans

Digital marketing and ecommerce have historically prioritized the user interface. Companies have poured billions of dollars into A/B testing website themes, button colors, landing page layouts, and lifestyle photography to…
ChatGPT Self Serve Ads Are Here. Here’s How To Crush It.

ChatGPT Self Serve Ads Are Here. Here’s How To Crush It.

Since February 9, 2026, the digital advertising world has been holding its collective breath. That was the day OpenAI officially injected sponsored placements into ChatGPT, marking the most seismic shift…
Optimizing Your Google Product Feed With Video

Optimizing Your Google Product Feed With Video

Google just delivered one of the most exciting updates to e-commerce advertising we have seen in years. Yesterday, on April 14, 2026, Google officially announced the annual Merchant Center product…
Does Google Ads Allow Brand Bidding?

Does Google Ads Allow Brand Bidding?

This has happened to me more than once. A client opens a web browser, types their company name into the Google search bar, and hits enter. Instead of their own…
Optimize Google Ads With Campaign Experiments

Optimize Google Ads With Campaign Experiments

In the world of digital advertising, guesswork is a recipe for wasted budget. You wouldn’t launch a product without testing it, so why should your Google Ads strategy be any…
10 Ways to Stop Performance Max from Stealing Your Money

10 Ways to Stop Performance Max from Stealing Your Money

When Google first introduced Performance Max (PMax), it was met with a mixture of awe and profound frustration. Advertisers were handed a powerful engine but were locked out of the…
Why Your Google Ads Impression Share is Falling (and How to Fix It)

Why Your Google Ads Impression Share is Falling (and How to Fix It)

Log into your Google Ads account, check your key performance indicators, and (sigh) there it is. Your Impression Share has taken a nosedive. It’s a sinking feeling that every digital…

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