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Google Ads: what clicks actually cost in 2026

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Google Ads: what clicks actually cost in 2026

Cost per click is the most widely misread number in online marketing. Look only at it and you will pay more per customer than the competitor with the pricier click.

3 min readJul 28, 2026
Performance Max: when the black box pays off

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Performance Max: when the black box pays off

A campaign type that plays across every channel and shows you almost nothing. For some firms it is the strongest lever available; for others an expensive trap.

2 min readJul 24, 2026
Negative keywords: a system, not a cleanup

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Negative keywords: a system, not a cleanup

The negative list is the only part of an ad account that improves with age, provided somebody maintains it to a system rather than by accident.

2 min readJul 20, 2026
Quality Score: understand it, then improve it

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Quality Score: understand it, then improve it

A number between 1 and 10 that decides whether you pay double or half. What it actually measures and which three levers really move it.

2 min readJul 18, 2026
Ad copy that earns the click

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Ad copy that earns the click

Thirty characters a headline, ninety a description. Inside that frame it is decided whether your budget works or is merely spent.

2 min readJul 16, 2026
Shopping ads: it all hangs on the feed

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Shopping ads: it all hangs on the feed

Shopping ads have no keywords and no ad copy. What gets served is decided entirely by the quality of your product data.

2 min readJul 12, 2026
Bidding strategies: automated or manual

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Bidding strategies: automated or manual

Automated bidding is nearly always better if one condition holds. If it does not, it is markedly worse than a steady hand.

2 min readJul 10, 2026
Meta Ads: cutting audiences properly

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Meta Ads: cutting audiences properly

The tighter the audience the better the advertising. That held until about 2021 and is now the most expensive misconception in most accounts.

2 min readJul 8, 2026
TikTok advertising for mid-sized firms

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TikTok advertising for mid-sized firms

The platform is treated as a playground for young brands. For trades, retail and recruitment it is now one of the cheapest channels available.

2 min readJul 4, 2026
LinkedIn Ads: cost and benefit in B2B

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LinkedIn Ads: cost and benefit in B2B

The most expensive click in all of online marketing. Whether it pays hangs on one number: the value of a won customer.

2 min readJul 2, 2026
Pinterest advertising: catching intent early

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Pinterest advertising: catching intent early

People search here for ideas, not entertainment. For interiors, building, fashion and anything that gets planned, that is an underrated advantage.

2 min readJun 30, 2026
YouTube advertising: formats, costs, effect

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YouTube advertising: formats, costs, effect

Moving image is expensive to produce and cheap to deliver. That inversion of the usual cost structure is what makes the channel interesting for mid-sized firms.

2 min readJun 28, 2026
A system for creative testing in social ads

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A system for creative testing in social ads

Creative is now the most important lever, because audience targeting is largely automated. Yet almost nobody tests to a system.

2 min readJun 26, 2026
Social commerce: selling without the detour

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Social commerce: selling without the detour

The purchase happens inside the app, not in your shop. That raises the conversion rate and costs you the customer relationship, the data and the margin.

2 min readJun 20, 2026
Display advertising: is the banner still worth it

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Display advertising: is the banner still worth it

Click rates of 0.05 per cent, ad blockers on every third device, questionable placements. And yet three cases remain where display is the cheapest answer.

2 min readJun 18, 2026
Programmatic advertising, explained plainly

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Programmatic advertising, explained plainly

Ad slots are auctioned in milliseconds while a page loads. Understand the parties and you understand where your money goes on the way.

2 min readJun 16, 2026
Native advertising: what is allowed

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Native advertising: what is allowed

Advertising that looks like editorial works better and is legally delicate. The line runs at a single question: does a reader recognise the commercial character immediately?

2 min readJun 12, 2026