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A Bouncing Baby Blog!
Sep 27 2011
Welcome to PPC Associates’ new blog! If you’re looking for “Blogation,” the former blog from...
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Facebook to Spruce, AdParlor, Nanigans, TPG, etc: Share Your True Margins with Your Customers, It's the Law!
Aug 26 2011
A little birdie told me about a change to Facebook’s ads API development policy recently...
Shunned Again from Speaking at a Conference, So Allow Me to Whine About It
Aug 17 2011
I’m at SES right now, listening to the Advanced Paid Search Tactics session. I applied...
DUI Lawyer Needed for Friend in Trouble
Aug 15 2011
I usually don’t post personal, non-SEM related pleas on my blog, so apologies in advance...
We Are Liiiii-ving in a Services World, And I Am a Services Guy
Aug 03 2011
America is a service-driven economy. By that I mean that the number of factory and...
Know Any Great Senior SEM Folks? A Trip to Thailand If You Do!
Jul 27 2011
Despite the potential for global economic collapse in the next week or two, Silicon Valley...
Obnoxious Doesn't Begin to Describe This Ad
Jul 25 2011
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An Economic Model to Determine the Price of A Marketing Consultant
Jul 19 2011
Last week I wrote a post questioning a deal from Startups.com. The offer was for...
Marketing Tip #1: Inflate Your Prices by 900%, then Offer 98% off
Jul 11 2011
I got a Groupon-like deal from Startups.com offering me “98% off” marketing consulting from a...
+1 and AdWords: The Possibilities Are Endless
Jun 30 2011
This week Google added their “+1” button to AdWords text ads. +1 is the Google...
Stanford GSB: Home of Internet Founders, Not So Much Display Ad Designers
May 26 2011
I’m betting that about 20% of the successful companies in Silicon Valley were founded or...
Thanks for the Email, [Company]!
May 24 2011
