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Ryan LeClaire
Updated: September 8, 2019
Are you getting sucky results from your AdWords campaigns? You’re not alone. It’s been estimated that 98% of all PPC campaigns are wasting money. So what is that other 2% doing that you’re not? What separates the successful campaigns from the sucky ones? Most often, the failure is an event, not a “bad” company. In …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: August 27, 2019
Merchants added more than290 million products to Shopify last year. So how do you make sure search engines can find your products in all that noise? Shopify’s premier package, Shopify Plus, is enormously popular for the ease-of-use and customization it offers. Yet, some sellers feel that their products haven’t been shown any new love from …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: September 8, 2019
Will using Adobe Enterprise Manager (AEM) help your search engine optimization? Yes. But, will implementing it in the wrong way cost you your SEO ranking, and undo everything you’ve already achieved? Absolutely. Failing to invest the time, thought, and data into your transition can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in re-work. It can …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: December 18, 2020
The Problem: Getting Google to Recognize a Household Name It’s hard to imagine Google not recognizing a name that everybody knows. But that’s exactly what was happening to RE/MAX. You see their signs on lawns and billboards everywhere around town, but if you Googled realtors in your city, the name RE/MAX was nowhere to be …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: September 8, 2019
Did you know that less than half (44%) of surveyed businesses can measure their paid search ROI? Measuring the impact of any digital marketing is essential, because success is “maintained,” not “achieved.” It’s like going to the gym. You don’t stop once you’ve seen results. You have to keep going just to maintain them. Most …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: December 18, 2020
Sometimes, you’re lucky enough to meet people who inspire you to do more. That’s what happened when I met the people from Furniture Bank. Powered By Search encourages its team to get involved with charities. So a few of us started looking for a charity who needed help with their website or social media. And …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: December 18, 2020
Are your mobile ads intrusive? If so, it’s time to change that. Google’s new mobile Interstitials Penalty takes effect today and will impact how advertisers position their mobile ads. “Starting today, pages where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from the mobile search results may not rank as high,” announced …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: August 27, 2019
A Facebook-commissioned Nielsen study of global Facebook data found that 1 billion people use Messenger each month. The same study also found that 56% of those surveyed would rather message than call customer service. Earlier this year, Google made it easier for your customers to send you a message, by adding the ability to message …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: December 18, 2020
LinkedIn is making it easier for you to send sponsored direct messages, which gets you directly into your target market’s inbox at a scaleable price. Previously, you could send sponsored direct messages via LinkedIn. But you had to go through a LinkedIn account representative who would create a Sponsored InMail. Now, you can send them …
Ryan LeClaire
Updated: December 18, 2020
Progressive web apps (PWA) give you the app experience without the app. They’ve exploded in popularity because they immediately engage your users, and give them something to do besides read text. These apps often take an enormous amount of work and contain a lot of information. So you want to make sure all your hard …
