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As businesses seek new ways for raising brand awareness, driving website traffic, and converting leads into paying customers, PPC advertising increasingly stands out as an appealing option. PPC stands for pay-per-click, and, true to its name, it allows the advertiser to pay only when their ad gets some engagement from the end user; in other words, you only pay when you get some kind of result, allowing you to minimize advertising waste. And, because PPC advertising is governed by a bidding system, you can be highly flexible in your advertising budget, potentially scaling your efforts as you gain your PPC sea legs.

2020 promises to be an impactful year as we head into what could be an unprecedented election cycle. No matter what you think of the candidates, one thing is very clear: This is going to be a critically important year for advertisers.

If you know much about Google search algorithms, then you probably know they’re never static. On the contrary, Google makes adjustments and revisions to its algorithms on a fairly routine basis. Their goal is always to provide the end user with a better search experience; naturally, these changes have an impact on marketers and SEO professionals, as well.

We’re approaching that point in the year when many of us vow to form new habits, turn over new leaves, or otherwise make greater strides toward personal and professional goals. Maybe some of your own 2020 business resolutions involve growing your business or expanding its digital footprint. One specific suggestion we’d make to resolve is to step up your SEO game; a good beginning is to identify and sidestep some of the most common pitfalls and errors.

There was a time when TV was just, well, TV. You had a few broadcast channels available to you, or perhaps a host of cable options, but that was it. In today’s world, of course, “TV” is a much more fluid concept. Streaming services have created countless avenues for viewers to seek programming. And, it’s now possible to consume shows across a variety of device types, not just your actual television set.

On the Internet, nothing ever stays the same for long. That’s certainly true of the video ecosystem, which has taken great evolutionary leaps just in the past few years and is poised for further disruption in 2020.