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5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Pricing

Hubspot Marketing

In the 5 years I’ve run Nudge, I’ve interviewed dozens of experts on pricing. In this blog, I reveal their top five pricing tips. 5 Secrets About Pricing Recently on my podcast Nudge , a guest told me a secret about pricing. " The truth ," Melina Palmer said, " is that pricing isn’t really about the price.

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Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications

Search Engine Land

Google’s product data specification requirements guarantee that all product data submitted to the Merchant Center is formatted correctly to optimize success for both Shopping ads and organic Shopping listings. Google uses this information for features such as sale price suggestions, automated discounts, and dynamic promotions.

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Amazon’s ‘secret ad pricing scheme’ revealed in previously redacted documents

Search Engine Land

New documents detail the alleged deceptive practices used to boost consumer prices by more than $1 billion including deliberately making Amazon search worse – a strategy reportedly approved by chairman Jeff Bezos. Raising prices for consumers. Why we care. ” Junks Ads. The impact of Junks Ads.

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Google quietly increases ad prices to meet targets, claims exec

Search Engine Land

Google has admitted to quietly tweaking advertising auctions to meet revenue targets. The search engine “frequently” changes the auctions it uses to sell search ads, increasing the cost of ads and reserve pricing by as much as 5% for the average advertiser. Why has Google been tweaking search ad prices?

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Advertising in local markets: A playbook for success

Martech

Regardless of the company or purpose, advertising on a local scale has different tactics than on a national scale. Budget friendliness: Local advertising is often more accessible for small businesses. Channel selection: Selecting the correct channels is vital for effective local advertising. Economic conditions are crucial.

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What is RGSP? Google’s Randomized Generalized Second-Price ad auctions explained

Search Engine Land

The concept of randomized generalized second-price (RGSP) auctions sent shockwaves through the PPC community after the subject took center stage at the Google antitrust trial. Imagine five advertisers competing against each other in an ad auction with the respective Ad Rank scores of 80, 50, 30, 10 and 5. How does Ad Rank work?

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How product scoring can boost your Shopping campaigns

Search Engine Land

PPC advertisers running Google Shopping ads typically choose a brand, margin, or category-based structure for their campaigns. These approaches are effective for broader advertising across a large inventory. Managing tens or hundreds of thousands of SKUs poses a challenge for advertisers, making it hard to focus on individual products.

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