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On this week's Marketing O'Clock Jess, Shep & Greg cover some podtastic new ad options from Spotify, some insights into the Google Ads features and the array of presents under the tree for YouTube Creators. Also, Google Ads wants you to create campaigns in the app (DON'T!), we may see better reporting for RSAs, Search Console gets a drippy new upgrade, everyone is fleeing far far away from AMP...

This week on Marketing O'Clock's 201st episode, we cheer for new Google Experiments that dodge the draft process! Also, Facebook/Meta is enhancing shopping in Groups, while Google went full Lucy & the Football with a new Algo update that you WON'T believe. Our Queen Julie Bacchini poured on so much salt that she earned a new nickname. Plus we release a new segment "Digital Marketing Jokes" whe...

This week on Marketing O'Clock, we celebrate our 200th episode! Rest in peace to Google My Business, as it will now be called Google Business Profile and is becoming a whole lot more difficult to manage. Facebook announces the removal of detailed targeting options deemed sensitive. Twitter Blue is now available in the US, but Greg wishes he could unsubscribe. All this and much more! 

This week on Marketing O' Clock, our friend Performance Max is finally out of beta, just in time for FACEBOOK's rebrand to Meta! Plus, we try to wrap our heads around Google Ads' new conversion goals and share insider info on how a Minor Google Ads policy change is majorly backfiring in the EU.

This week on Marketing O'Clock, the team discusses all the legal drama surrounding Google and Facebook. We break down the allegations that surfaced from the massive Facebook document release and unredacted filings from a lawsuit against Google. Plus, Facebook wants you to know they really care about small businesses, so we also cover the new features announced this week. All this and much more!

This week on Marketing O'Clock, the team discusses Google rolling out continuous (not infinite) scroll. Facebook announces that they are hiring 10,000 in the EU to help build the metaverse, and we also help Mark Zuckerberg come up with some new names for the Facebook rebrand. Plus, Twitter is testing a new in-conversation ad format. All that and much more!

This week on Marketing O’Clock, Microsoft announces that it is following in Google’s footsteps and is depreciating ETAs, making RSA’s the only ad type. Google announces that it will be moving to a first-price auction model, and also unveils the new Analytics 360. Plus, the team breaks down Rand Fishkin’s latest article: What if Performance Advertising is Just an Analytics Scam?

On this week's show, the team has BIG news at the top, then Shep, Jess, Mark and Greg cover a new Budget Report from Google Ads (and a few fatal flaws within), the 60 Minutes and 7 Hours from the week when Facebook dominated all the news. Lastly the gang covers Facebook's new ad reach estimates and the noticeable range gap included. From there PPCGreg's Twitter spice dominated the ICYMI and the Ta...

On this week's episode of Marketing O' Clock, Google has the team in a tizzy as they update keyword matching, and offers some really bad blanket advice regarding match types. Google also announced that data-driven attribution will now be default. Plus, Facebook is launching Reels on iOS and Android in the US.

This week on Marketing O’Clock, Google reveals Advertiser Pages as the next part of their efforts to make ads more transparent. Facebook announces updates for businesses, including changes to Click-to-Message Ads and a change that we are personally invested in. Google also rolls out new automobile search features that have the auto industry up in arms.

The Spring and Summer of 2021 were truly unprecedented algorithmic times for Google. So, the Marketing O’Clock team talks to the best and brightest in SEO to discuss the impact across sites, verticals, and the web as a whole.  Our SEO experts are: <a href="https://twitter.com/lilyraynyc?lang=en">Lily Ray</a> : Senior Director of SEO and Head of Organic Research at Amsive Digital &...

Show Description: On this week's episode of Marketing O'Clock, a long-lost friend is back as Google now (kinda) showing more data in Search Terms reports. Facebook unveils their Facebook Stories, a smart glasses collaboration with Ray-Ban. Plus, Google also announces that Standard Display and Smart Campaigns into one campaign type.

This week on Marketing O’Clock, Microsoft introduces Video Ads and Optimization Scores in the September product update. Twitter draws ever closer to incorporating shopping, as eCommerce experiments reach next stages. Plus, Microsoft introduces their own news aggregator, with a name that just rolls off the tongue: Microsoft Start.

This week on Marketing O'Clock, the team breaks down Google’s announcement that it will be phasing out ETAs in favor of Responsive Search Ads. LinkedIn announces that it will be getting rid of its stories feature. Plus, Super Follows are finally here on Twitter.

This week on Marketing O’ Clock, Google Ads announces that marketers will soon have the ability to adjust conversion values for smart bidding. Reels are being tested on Facebook in the U.S. Plus, SEOs are up in arms as the Google search title tag chaos continues.

Join us for Marketing O'Talk as our guests discuss the realities of PPC advertising in 2021. PPC experts share how digital marketing demand has changed a year and a half into the pandemic. Plus, strategies to combat bad close variant matching, new features they are loving (and hating), and how to safely test automation in your accounts. Meet our lovely guests: <a href="https://twitter.com/Neptu...

This week on Marketing O’Clock, LinkedIn announced a new rating and review system for user profiles. The team discusses the brief disappearance of Google Ads search queries in Google Analytics. Plus, YouTube introduces new features to improve the platform search experience.

This week on Marketing O’ Clock, Google Ads search terms (briefly) come out of hiding, and Tik Tok has a totally original stories feature. Plus, Facebook is developing new privacy-focused ads.

This week on Marketing O’ Clock, Microsoft Ads announces a ton of new features, including Target Impression Share bidding, Dynamic Location extensions, and automated Multimedia extensions. Then, Mark breaks down why digital advertising costs are going up across the board due to unexpected second quarter gains. Plus, Google Ads Editor v1.7 adds support for Hotel ads and lead form extensions.

This week on Marketing O'Clock, Google has a new About This Result panel that will allow users to see why the engine gave them the results it did. Image Extensions are being seen on desktop, and finally, Google has announced an addition to their summer onslaught of algorithm changes, the Link Spam update.

This month on Marketing O’ Talk, Shep sits down with Sarah Burke, Christina Brodzky, and Anna Shutko to talk digital marketing reporting, data, analytics, and all things nerdy. Find out why data reporting and analysis matters, as well as some tips from the experts on using data effectively.

This week on Marketing O' Clock, Google is cracking down on ad policy violations with a new three strikes and you're out system. We REALLY hope they can do a better job at accurately calling out violations before it rolls out in September, 2021.  Then, YouTube rolls out premium subscriber-only live chats and polls. Plus, TikTok launches Spark Ads, giving brands the ability to r...

This week on Marketing O’ Clock, the summer go core updates continues as the Google July 2021 Core Update roll out is finally complete. Plus, Twitter tells fleets to fly home, the temporary tweet feature will be removed August 3rd.

This week on Marketing O' Clock, Microsoft announces a new responsive ad format for search called Multimedia Ads. Google rolls out the cleverly named July 2021 Core Update, and some data indicates that TikTok is well on its way to world domination (of video platforms). Plus, Facebook announces a new thread option that will allow public officials to provide updates on previous posts.

This week on Marketing O'Clock, Google announces that they won't be burning the cookies yet, as Google Chrome is delaying the planned 3rd party cookie phase out until 2023. Google has also decided to give spammers a taste of their own medicine, dropping two search spam algorithm updates within a week. Finally, Facebook announces a free newsletter platform creatively named Bulletin.