• How to Measure B2B Paid Search and Paid Social Campaigns

    Quick note: My goal in writing this was to address how CFOs, CMOs, and VPs of Marketing at B2B companies can evaluate their paid search and paid social efforts. Ignore Conventional Measurement Metrics for PPC campaigns are abundant. Clicks, clickthrough rate, conversions, cost per conversion, etc. are all readily available. Measuring “things” in paid media […]

  • Attribution with Google GCLID

    Obility has set itself apart in B2B marketing by not just focusing on lead form conversions, but also analyzing leads as they mature in a CRM.  Historically the way this is done is by capturing UTM parameters such as utm_source, utm_medium, and utm_campaign and optimizing paid search campaigns as we see more leads, opportunities, and […]

  • Understanding the Correlation Between PPC and SEO in the B2B Space

    If you’re actively optimizing your website for SEO and running PPC campaigns, you might have noticed that an increase or a decrease in paid spend can influence your organic performance and cause a similar increase or decrease in traffic, click-through-rate, and conversions. In this blog post, we will dive into the relationship between SEO and […]

  • SEO & PPC Relationship Status: It’s (not) complicated

    The irony in the title is that it’s a social media reference. The only way to make that more relevant is to share this on one of the nine social media platforms that exist. As an SEO, I hope this ranks well, but I already know, as I write this that the title has no […]

  • Conversion Tracking: Google Ads vs. Analytics

    Conversions are the lifeblood of any successful PPC campaign. The proper tracking of conversions is critical to understanding what users are doing on the website and essential for creating efficiencies with our PPC spend. There are two different methods of tracking conversions: 1. Using the Google Ads conversion code 2. Importing goals from Google Analytics […]

  • Google Ads Removal of Average Position Does a Service to Advertisers

    If I am going to admonish Google for its many, many failings when it comes to looking out for advertisers, I should commend Google when it does something in the best interest of advertisers. In late February, Google announced the impending sunset of average position. Unlike other instances where Google has taken away data (most […]