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Good reads on digital marketing

Practical, plainspoken takes on paid media, websites, analytics, and growing your business online. Written by the people who do the work.

Analytics

How to audit your Meta Pixel in 30 minutes

Duplicate pixels, events that fire twice and missing standard events all skew what Meta learns from. A 30-minute audit with Events Manager, Pixel Helper and Tag Manager, plus the fixes.

Strategy

Eleven types of marketing agencies and how they differ

Most agencies describe themselves in similar terms. Two questions sort them into four clear roles, which makes it far easier to match the right type to what you are actually trying to do.

Paid media

Google Ads naming conventions: a quick guide to structuring your account

A naming convention for campaigns, ad groups and ads, a template you can copy, and what you can and can't control in Performance Max.

Strategy

Being shortlisted is not the same as being chosen

You make the shortlist, the evaluation goes your way, and then the deal goes to the company everyone could already name. If that keeps happening, you're probably not being outsold. You're being out-remembered.

Paid media

What programmatic advertising is, and when it's worth it

Programmatic gets pitched a lot and explained very little. What it actually is, where it earns a place in your media plan, and where it doesn't.

Websites and CMS

Webflow vs. WordPress: what to know before you build

Both are good, and built for different people. How they compare on design, hosting, maintenance, and cost, and the one question that usually settles it.

Websites and CMS

Shopify conversion rates: small improvements, big difference

A small lift in conversion rate can be worth six figures without more ad spend. What it's worth, and five practical changes that get you there.

Paid media

Meta Ads naming conventions: a quick guide to structuring your campaigns

A simple naming pattern for campaigns, ad sets, and ads, with examples and a template you can copy, so your reporting stays readable as the account grows.

Paid media

Why Google and Meta should anchor your ecommerce ads, and when TikTok makes sense

What each platform does best for an online store, why two come first, when TikTok is worth testing, and how to split the budget.

Paid media

The four types of Amazon Ads, and how to choose

Sponsored Products, Brands, Display, and TV do very different jobs. What each one is for, where it shows up, and which to start with.

Analytics

Smart marketing or creepy oversight? The rise of anonymous visitor identification

Visitor identification can name the company behind a visit, and sometimes the person. Who it suits, who should skip it and how to use it without crossing a line.

Analytics

CAC vs. ROAS: which matters more, and where nCAC and LTV fit

A healthy ROAS can hide a business that isn't growing. Four metrics, one worked example, and which to manage your marketing by.

Paid media

Meta Ads creative: what you’ll need and how to use it

The two sizes that cover almost every placement, which formats to use when, how to choose an angle, and how to test and refresh without starting over.

Websites and CMS

What’s the difference between a website and a funnel?

A website brings people in. A funnel moves them toward one action. How the two differ, what a funnel looks like in practice, and why you still need the website.

Paid media

Facebook custom audiences explained: the types, how to set them up, and how to use them

The five types, how to create one, and six ways to use them, from retargeting to keeping existing customers out of your prospecting.

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