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	<title>Renegade Search</title>
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		<title>Are 3rd Party Networks Wasting Your AdWords Display Budget?</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/3rd-party-networks-wasting-adwords-display-budget</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gilmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed some strange things happening in your display campaigns recently. If your campaigns utilize automatic placements, a tactic in which Google automatically displays ads on sites that it determines are relevant to your keywords, then you may have noticed extremely unusual placements where your ads have shown.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You may have noticed some strange things happening in your display campaigns recently. If your campaigns utilize automatic placements, a tactic in which Google automatically displays ads on sites that it determines are relevant to your keywords, then you may have noticed extremely unusual placements where your ads have shown.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>If You Are Going to Do PPC Make Sure You Have Inventory</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/if-you-are-going-to-do-ppc-make-sure-you-have-inventor</link>
		<comments>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/if-you-are-going-to-do-ppc-make-sure-you-have-inventor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like a no-brainer - I mean, why would you advertise what you don't have? Well, despite this flawless logic, you would be shocked to see how often this occurs. In fact, I ran across this issue on more than 5 occasions during my holiday shopping this past year. In this post I'd like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems like a no-brainer - I mean, why would you advertise what you don't have? Well, despite this flawless logic, you would be shocked to see how often this occurs. In fact, I ran across this issue on more than 5 occasions during my holiday shopping this past year. In this post I'd like to discuss a few of the downfalls associated with this worst practice and some key ways to avoid it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Day Parting Your Way To PPC Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/day-parting-ppc-profit</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gilmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=2469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses find that they can greatly reduce the amount of wasted ad spend by simply analyzing and observing when the majority of their most profitable transactions and leads take place. By comparing this to the periods of time when Cost-Per-Conversion, number of leads, and quality of leads have decreased, it can become clear that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many businesses find that they can greatly reduce the amount of wasted ad spend by simply analyzing and observing when the majority of their most profitable transactions and leads take place. By comparing this to the periods of time when Cost-Per-Conversion, number of leads, and quality of leads have decreased, it can become clear that certain times of the day and week yield superior advertising results.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t use AdWords Broad Match.</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/adwords-broad-match</link>
		<comments>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/adwords-broad-match#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=2231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The default keyword match type when adding keywords to an AdWords account is broad match. This is an easy way to get started and, all things considered, it doesn’t take much time. The problem is that broad match is much broader than most advertisers likely desire and much broader than many advertisers are aware. Let’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The default keyword match type when adding keywords to an AdWords account is broad match. This is an easy way to get started and, all things considered, it doesn’t take much time. The problem is that broad match is much broader than most advertisers likely desire and much broader than many advertisers are aware.<br />
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Let’s look at a couple of examples.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How Much Additional Traffic Can PPC Deliver?</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/additional-traffic-ppc-deliver</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gilmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=2195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of Google’s stated mission to organize the world’s information, the company regularly makes some of its findings available to the public through Google Research. One of the recent studies published by Google researchers directly addresses an important question that has concerned both business owners and marketers for quite some time. Exactly how much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As part of Google’s stated mission to organize the world’s information, the company regularly makes some of its findings available to the public through <a href="http://research.google.com/">Google Research</a>. One of the recent studies published by Google researchers directly addresses an important question that has concerned both business owners and marketers for quite some time. Exactly how much additional traffic is gained through the use of paid search advertising?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The 7 Most Common AdWords Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/7-common-adwords-mistakes</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=1728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been working in the search industry for the past 5 years and I’ve seen a ton of different PPC accounts - from the small local business that spends $30/month to 24-state footprint fortune 500 companies that spend $300K/month. I’ve seen the best of the best and I’ve seen some of the, well, let’s just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve been working in the search industry for the past 5 years and I’ve seen a ton of different PPC accounts - from the small local business that spends $30/month to 24-state footprint fortune 500 companies that spend $300K/month. I’ve seen the best of the best and I’ve seen some of the, well, let’s just say not best.  I’ve also seen a few key and very avoidable mistakes being made time and again.  This post is meant to help you create your own PPC account while avoiding some of the most common pitfalls made by new <a href="http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/pay-per-click-ppc-pages-151.php" title="Chicago Pay Per Click">pay per click</a> marketing users.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How Do You Know PPC Will Work for Your Business? 5 Things to Consider.</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/how-do-you-know-ppc-will-work-for-your-business</link>
		<comments>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/how-do-you-know-ppc-will-work-for-your-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biz Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=1599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In short, you will never know if PPC will work for your business – unless you try it. There are many factors that affect how successful your PPC campaigns will be; everything from the quality of your website to the keywords you choose will directly impact how well your accounts perform. That said, there are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In short, you will never know if <a href="http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/pay-per-click-ppc-pages-151.php" title="Chicago PPC">PPC</a> will work for your business – unless you try it. There are many factors that affect how successful your PPC campaigns will be; everything from the quality of your website to the keywords you choose will directly impact how well your accounts perform.  That said, there are a few key indicators that should help you decide whether or not to make the commitment of both your time and your money.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>5 Long Term Benefits of PPC Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/5-long-term-benefits-ppc-advertising</link>
		<comments>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/5-long-term-benefits-ppc-advertising#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keyword Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=1431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PPC is typically seen as a short-term investment. You pay money and in return receive traffic to your website. When you stop paying that money to the search engines, the traffic dries up. That being said, if you have retained access to your accounts and if have associated your paid search accounts with your Google [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/pay-per-click-ppc-pages-151.php" title="Chicago PPC">PPC</a> is typically seen as a short-term investment. You pay money and in return receive traffic to your website. When you stop paying that money to the search engines, the traffic dries up.<br />
<br />
That being said, if you have retained access to your accounts and if have associated your paid search accounts with your Google Analytics account, then the data left behind can bring some additional value to your paid search efforts. So the truth is that a well-planned and properly executed PPC campaign can provide a lot of value long after the traffic has stopped.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Google Site Preview for AdWords is Here</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/google-site-preview-adwords</link>
		<comments>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/google-site-preview-adwords#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=1321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have recently noticed Google's site preview feature, which was introduced late last year, has recently expanded to include AdWords ads now as well. Site previews allow searchers to view a small version of a page before they actually click through and visit the site.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You may have recently noticed Google's site preview feature, which was introduced late last year, has recently expanded to include AdWords ads now as well. Site previews allow searchers to view a small version of a page before they actually click through and visit the site.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>AdWords April Fools 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/adwords-april-fools-2011</link>
		<comments>http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/adwords-april-fools-2011#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=1225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You start to expect an April 1st jest from Google, but I especially liked the AdWords April Fools joke today. When you log in to AdWords today, you're greeted with a message asking if you've become bored with text advertising.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You start to expect an April 1st jest from Google, but I especially liked the AdWords April Fools joke today.  When you log in to AdWords today, you're greeted with a message asking if you've become bored with text advertising.<br />
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<a href="http://dtc.mighty-site.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Ad-Blimps-Message.jpg"><img src="http://dtc.mighty-site.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Ad-Blimps-Message.jpg" alt="Ad Blimps Message" title="Ad Blimps Message" width="459" height="139" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1226" /></a>]]></content:encoded>
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