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Learning Leads to Earning (Or, Why You Need to Work at PPC Associates)
Jun 25 2012
“In your 20s you should learn; in your 30s you should earn.” I suspect that...
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Putting the "GIF" in TGIF – Animated Reactions to Google's Updates
Jun 22 2012
Google has been (characteristically) busy with changes and updates over the last few months. Rather...
Cookie Tracking and You
Jun 21 2012
I always feel like somebody’s watching me I have no privacy oh o oh I...
"5 Minutes With" Sunrun's Nami Sung
Jun 20 2012
In our second installment of the “5 Minutes With” series, we interview Sunrun‘s Acquisition Marketing...
Excel Tips & Tricks, Part 2
Jun 19 2012
As I am sure you all remember (right?), I wrote a post a while ago...
Why You Should Care about Facebook Advertising: Lessons from Google, Netflix, and Online Lead Generation
Jun 18 2012
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the effectiveness of Facebook advertising, and most...
Fitbit ROI Challenge, week 8 – The Final Tallies
Jun 15 2012
All right, all right. So Team Max CPC (the PPC Associates Chicago office) won the...
"5 Minutes With" Warby Parker's Brian Magida
Jun 14 2012
PPC Associates is kicking off an interview series with some of the top in-house folks...
AdWords Campaign Experiments – Try It (Again)!
Jun 13 2012
Today’s post is by Terry Whalen, Managing Director at Sum Digital, a San Francisco digital marketing agency. Terry has managed...
SERPS UP: My Interview With Scott Krager
Jun 12 2012
A fellow Portlander, Scott has been kind enough to host my random SEO musings, so...
Why I Audit . . .
Jun 11 2012
Last week I participated on a panel at SMX Advanced on the topic of PPC...
Fitbit ROI Challenge recap, week 7: Team Max CPC takes it to the streets
Jun 08 2012
Not only has the Fitbit ROI Challenge been able to motivate each office to get...