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My Lightburn Blog Contributions

Time flies when you’re writing for multiple blogs! Since I haven’t written anything here for a while, checkout my contributions on my employer’s website. Lightburn – Milwaukee web design.

Qualities of a SEM

Qualities of a SEMInterested in Everything
I’ve marketed hard hats, concert wristbands, trophies, gas station nozzles, ear plugs, plasma TVs and water pumps. I now know way too much about every single one of those things. To write truly effective ad copy and target the best keywords, you need to know about the product you’re trying [...]

Google Analytics Adds Annotations

Google Analytics Adds AnnotationsSince the official Google Analytics blog didn’t mention anything about their new Annotations feature yet, I wrote a small blog post on my employer’s (Lightburn) website. Google Annotations: Great New Analytics Feature

I Raised the Flag of PPC Fraud

I Raised the Flag of PPC FraudA client recently contacted me because they were concerned that their former PPC bid management company overcharged them for their services and inflated bid costs. Since I’ve been managing their PPC accounts over the past 6 months, they have reduced costs by over 45%, increased their clickthrough rate by [...]

Emotional PPC Bidding

Emotional PPC BiddingEmotions tend to run high when involved with any type of bidding. Be it a fine piece of art, classic car, or a keyword. Many people cannot let go of the human emotion when they are trying to outbid the person next to them. All common sense is out of the door. They [...]

50 States Text List

50 States Text ListUse this list of 50 states (and capitals below) for any project where you need to easily copy and paste them. I searched everywhere for a simple text list to copy for a PPC campaign I was working on and had no luck. Hopefully this is useful to someone other than myself.
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50 Capitals Text List

50 Capitals Text List50 Capitals
This is a list of state capitals in order of the states, alphabetically. If that doesn’t make sense, you can always sort it out yourself in Excel.

There’s a Lawsuit for That

There’s a Lawsuit for ThatAT&T’s response to their lackluster 3G coverage is a poorly done ad campaign that refers to their STANDARD cell coverage. This is all highlighted by a desperate looking Luke Wilson who throws POSTCARDS on a map of the US. How about spending some of those millions of dollars on expanding your [...]

Red Monday

Red MondayLet’s take a break from counting our money, Retailers. Do we realize what we have just done? This past weekend we encouraged the same type of spending habits that wiped out our economy a short time ago. We dazzled, wooed and begged the American people to spend their money so

Don’t Ignore Updates

I’m back after over a month without an official blog. After a year of solid blog posts and finally getting my site laid out the way I wanted, I was hacked and lost everything. Wordpress is a great blogging tool, but if you ignore the updates, you will get burned. I have learned my lesson. [...]