What to Know About the New and Improved Google Ads Editor v1

Recently, Google announced the new Google Ads Editor, version 1, which replaces the old AdWords Editor. Along with a name change, there are quite a few new features and capabilities that address long-standing requests from the Google Ads community. The newly renamed and redesigned Ads Editor significantly increases productivity for anyone with a Google Ads […]

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What Are Google Responsive Search Ads? How Do They Work?

We recently explained how Smart Bidding optimizes bids in real time by factoring in a wide range of signals about the intent and context of every search. Over the past year, Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) has been focusing on bringing the same kind of machine learning to its search ad formats. This summer, responsive […]

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6 Digital Marketing Tools We Use to Get You More Leads

Generating leads online without digital marketing tools is in the same vein as building a house without a hammer: technically possible, but extremely inefficient. VitalStorm uses several digital marketing tools that get you the upper-hand when generating new leads. With years of digital marketing experience and expertise working with the home service industry, we’ve gathered the information needed to narrow down which ones are the most viable.

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Better Mobile Ads with New Sitelinks, Callouts, and Snippets

Last week, the Google Inside AdWords blog announced a change in how they will display sitelinks, callouts, and snippets on mobile ads, which will take effect at the end of this month. Building on other AdWords updates such as expanded text ads, Google will simplify and improve their mobile ads with more useful and informative […]

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Expanded Text Ads (ETA) | Google AdWords and Bing Update 2016

Update your old ads now! Standard Text Ads disappear on January 31, 2017. Google announced a lot of new updates at its annual Performance Summit in San Francisco earlier this year. There was a lot of focus on mobile (up to about 60% of all search queries), but the most frightening and exciting change was […]

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New BETA Test: Google Home Service Ads… What Are They?

Google is currently running a pay-per-lead beta test in Google Adwords Express, called Google Home Service Ads. Currently only available in parts of California, from San Francisco down to San Jose and as of yesterday, the East Bay, the new Home Service Ads differ from traditional PPC ads in the following ways: They allow you […]

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