ecommerce
September 18, 2019
Last year, UK eCommerce sales set a new record of 1.49bn, a jump of 7.3% on 2017. Online sales continue to creep up year on year, which is why savvy eCommerce retailers are planning their Black Friday activity now. Consumers are spending more time researching Black Friday deals than ever before, so it’s crucial to have your offers front and […]
August 7, 2017
If you’re running an ecommerce site, chances are that your business already has a social media presence across different channels. If you do, then you will be well aware that social media provides you with a quick and easy way to reach more consumers as well as increase the awareness of your brand. Additionally, it enables you to communicate with […]
February 18, 2016
Automated bidding is getting an overhaul along with some new terminology. Flexible bid strategies will now be called “portfolio” bid strategies. According to Google the change is meant to better indicate that a single strategy can be applied across multiple campaigns. The update will allow advertisers to update bidding strategies from the campaign settings tab instead of having to […]
January 14, 2016
So it’s official: If you’ve seen some big fluctuations in traffic and positions over the past week then you can blame Google’s core algorithm update which included a Panda update. Google representatives have since confirmed that last weekend saw a huge core algorithm update but it was not the Penguin algorithm that SEO professionals have been expecting since pre […]
November 12, 2015
SEO… Is it even still a thing? Search Engine Optimisation has come a long way over the last ten or fifteen years with significant changes in just the last three. Old practices to inflate search engine positions, encourage more traffic and game the system are now met with heavy penalties and in some cases, complete removal from the top […]
October 22, 2015
Last week I blogged about “What Should My Budget be for Adwords?” I tried to keep it brief but it’s not always a straight forward question when there are so many factors that affect whether a budget will be sufficient or not. Adwords will of course tell you if you are limited by budget but it’s always good to […]
October 15, 2015
If you’re new to Adwords then the one of the first questions you are going to ask is: “How much should I budget to spend per month on my campaign?” The short answer is always “Whatever you are comfortable with spending” – But that may not be realistic. Of course you want to spend as little as possible and […]
September 23, 2015
One hot topic with Adwords managers and their clients is whether or not to bid on their own branded terms. The argument is always the same: “If I rank number one for people searching for my company by name then why should I pay extra for them to visit my site” – Which in all fairness is quite logical. […]
September 16, 2015
We all love a bargain. We love knowing that we’ve found a deal that cannot be beaten and we feel a sense of achievement from finding the lowest price available. But there is a big difference between buying an item and engaging a service and there really is no like-for-like quote when it comes to SEO. Rather like buying a car, […]