Catalog University is ready for its incoming class!
With Deans like our friends and colleagues Lois Brayfield of J Schmid and Bud Reed of Liberty Creek Associates at the helm, or lectern, Catalog University has lots to offer today’s marketers. Whether you are involved in the fulfillment and operations end of the business, merchandising, e-commerce or leadership and finance, there’s an online [...]
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Enhanced Ad Sitelinks
By now everyone is familiar with ad sitelinks. These little gems allow advertisers to show up to six additional links below their standard text ad. Since its introduction, sitelinks have become widely popular and rightfully so. According to Google, on average advertisers saw a 30% increase in clickthrough rate for ads with sitelinks. This sizeable [...]
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Conversion Optimizer
Does Google’s Conversion Optimizer Doom SEM’s? Google recently announced they would be switching any account using Conversion Optimizer (CO) to the bidding option to “focus on Conversions” rather than “Focus on Clicks”, a minor change that is easily reversed, and in most cases will help advertisers. To start using Google’s CO, you add conversion tracking [...]
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Google Think Insights
The newly available Think Insights from Google provides tools that focus on different sectors of the virtual world within one centralized webpage. While most of the information is directly from Google, a large portion of the studies is the result of collaborative research. One great tool is “Real Time Insights Finder” (image below) which allows [...]
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Google Trusted Stores – is now live…….are you trustworthy?
Google is in the process of rolling out a new program for ecommerce merchants – Google Trusted Stores. This program provides a badge to ecommerce sites that meet certain shipping and customer service requirements. The Trusted Store badge allows shoppers to feel confident about the purchases they are making on the web. Although this [...]
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Lilliane LeBel Joins @Website Publicity
We are pleased to announce the addition of Lilliane LeBel to the @WSP team. Lilliane joins our digital marketing specialists as Senior Strategy Consultant; together, we’ll be helping clients and prospective clients understand how Search, Social and Mobile advertising fits most effectively into their integrated marketing goals and budget. Lilliane brings a rich ‘big picture’ [...]
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Thanks Team Google for our Everything Google seminar!
Thanks to our Google Agency Development team, led by Sara Holcomb, for bringing the latest in Google marketing information to last Friday’s seminar called Everything Google, presented by the Vermont/New Hampshire Marketing Group. It was a full, exciting and informative day to hear five different Googlers talk about their areas of expertise including Analytics, [...]
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You have one week to clean up your Facebook Timeline
No escaping Facebook Timeline. Starting today Facebook is rolling out the biggest overhaul since the “Wall.” You’ll start noticing everyone will have Timeline within the next few weeks. If you’re upset with Facebook changing (yet again) update your status like everyone else and complain, or just embrace the change, take control and take the [...]
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Facebook Page Tabs (iFrames)
In January of 2011 Facebook announced it will remove App Profile Pages sometime in February. If you’re a developer I hope you took this announcement seriously, because as of February the old pages will no longer render. Creating an iFrame within Facebook Apps used to be quick, simple, and you didn’t need to worry about [...]
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Impact of Facebook Timeline
Facebook has been rolling out a new page layout, called Timeline, to replace its original “Wall” page. Like all good changes this new look and feel benefits user, advertiser, and, of course, Facebook itself. The Timeline layout makes it easier for others to navigate through your profile using dates and larger graphics. For the advertiser, [...]
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