Black Friday in Europe: A Case Study
For retailers advertising to European markets with Google Shopping, this year’s Black Friday was a dynamic one – not only because the US-born Black…
Winner: 2018 Google Premier Partners Award for Shopping Innovation
At Partners Accelerate on October 16, 2018, Google called on Europe’s most elite digital marketing agencies, certified professionals, and tool providers to gather at…
Beyond Click Metrics
The problem with focusing on classic Google Shopping click metrics like impressions, CPC, and CTR is that it can lead to tunnel vision for…
Ecommerce Expo London recap: AI, machine learning and more
Just after dmexco, another huge event was around the corner, this time in the UK: Ecommerce Expo, Technology for Marketing and Adtech (yes, that’s three events)…
smec at dmexco 2018 – a recap
Last week's dmexco attracted thousands of visitors. Although the tickets are no longer free of charge, dmexco counted 41,000 visitors for those two days. This…
Tag Manager: Custom Tag Firing Schedule
Let’s focus on a question that I’ve been getting a lot lately: “Is it possible to serve scheduled elements via Google Tag Manager?”. The…
Parallel Tracking in Google AdWords
In October 2018, Google is planning to switch to parallel tracking for all Google Ads accounts (aka AdWords). Currently a lot of Google’s efforts go…
PPC Optimization: Device Campaign Splits
The question whether or not to segment PPC campaigns by devices has caused heated discussions among digital marketers. The concept of splitting campaigns per device…
How to implement GDPR-compliant IP anonymization in Google Analytics
Anonymizing IP addresses in Google Analytics is nothing new and has been standard procedure for several years, but now it’s more relevant than ever with…
Data discrepancies between Google Analytics and other systems
As an online manager, you know the issue only too well: You have correctly integrated Google Analytics, you place ads in various other online marketing…
Google Shopping Performance Killers
Google Shopping is an increasingly popular ad format with higher average returns than other PPC channels. However, many accounts experience performance drops at one…
Great Day Recap: Martin Röttgerding – Ad Customizers
Martin Röttgerding, Head of SEA at Bloofusion, author at Internetkapitäne and PPC pioneer delivered an insightful talk on the possibilities and limitations of ad customizers.…
Great Day Recap: Nathalie Nahai — Psychological Principles of Successful Ecommerce
Wondering what the 7 psychological principles of successful ecommerce are? In her keynote at the Great Day for PPC Automation, bestselling author Nathalie Nahai offers…
Tips and Tricks for your Christmas AdWords campaigns
Sometimes it seems a bit weird to spot shop windows in full Christmas dress weeks or even months before the actual Christmas day. For…
Great Day for PPC Automation: E-commerce with Google, Naspers, Salesforce, Bing Ads, and many more
On 18 October 2017, we hosted the Great Day for PPC Automation in our new company headquarters at Tabakfabrik Linz. It was the first-of-its-kind-conference for…
