New Goolge Merchant Account Rules
We work a lot with Google Merchant Center for many of our clients. Today, Google is updating its requirements for merchants in a number of countries. Google Merchant Center will be targeting the United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany to start off with. All of our clients are 100% compliant and always have […]
Get Your Business Online! – GYBO Canada
Back in March Google Canada and a whole group of other sponsors introduced Gybo.ca. GYBO is a program to help business get online by providing resources for small business’ like adwords credits, free web development etc. Maple North applied to be an official supporter and was recently approved! (www.maplenorth.com should be added to their supporters […]
TenScores – An Essential New Quality Score Tool
It’s rare that I come across a ppc tool that I’m instantly won over by but after using TenScores, its a wonder it took this long to develop a great quality score tool. TenScores is a great $10/month tool that allows PPC management teams or individuals to monitor their historical quality scores in a simple […]
Social Online Contest Services
Leveraging your business’ facebook and twitter accounts for contest and promotional purposes can be challenging. Fortunately, there are some excellent services and tools available to help. Wildfire – Wildfire is a great looking contest engine that leverages Facebook, Twitter and more to engage your customers in an online contest. The set-up and launch process is […]
Optimized Landing Pages – A How To…
Destination or landing pages are key to a successful PPC campaign, or any marketing campaign for that matter. Driving traffic to pages that don’t convert is akin throwing money out the window. Recently I came across a great “how to” guide published by FormStack.com outlining the basic elements of an effective landing page. Similarly, I’ve […]
Innovative Ideas: FunnelScope.com
It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this series… I came across this site – www.funnelscope.com today and really like the concept. Funnel Scope is leveraging your Twitter and Facebook followers/friends recommendations with hotel listings in the US to provide search results based on reviews and likes. Services like this seem to re-enforce the […]
PPC Tutorial: How to Use Google’s New YouTube Video Targeting Tool
Yesterday (August 30th 2010), Google posted an update for those targeting to Youtube their Google display network. In their post, the linked and made reference to a new video targeting tool which allows users to select specific videos and YouTube channels to target. From their blog: We’re constantly working to give advertisers control and flexibility […]
Series: Innovative Websites & Services – www.StereoMood.com
I was visiting B.C. this past week hanging out with some friends, seeing clients and going to a great wedding. While I was visiting my friends who created Photobooth Vancouver and Photobooth Hawaii I was introduced to StereoMood.com. There are a few great online streaming music services but I like the “mood” options this site […]
Mashups: Foursquare + In-store Digital Signage
Foursquare has been tagged as “the next Twitter” and many businesses are starting to take notice and integrate Foursquare into their internet marketing portfolio. Recently I came across this innovative service for digitally displaying Foursquare “clings” inside of a venue’s location. Services like ScreenScape aren’t new by any stretch, but integrating with Foursquare and staying […]
Series: Innovative Websites & Services
This is the first in a series of posts I will feature over an in determinant time. As I roll along through my internet travels, doing research and such, I’ve come across some excellent websites and business concepts. Hopefully will find these sites useful, interesting and beneficial to your internet marketing success. Website: Companies and […]
