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AdWords Call Metrics Adds More Detail

March 3, 2011
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Google announced yesterday that its AdWords Call Metrics capabilities have expanded to include more detailed reporting. When they first launched the feature to U.S. advertisers late last year, the reporting options were very limited and data were only available in aggregate. This new release provides details on individual calls: Call start time Call end time [...]

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Click-to-Call Enables Just-In-Time Transactions

January 31, 2011
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There’s a movement afoot to consolidate click-to-call mobile advertising (AdWords mobile, etc.), social couponing (i.e. Groupon), and phone call tracking. Savvy marketers are now combining these tactics to implement, measure and refine mobile marketing campaigns with complete end-to-end visibility. The Evolution It’s not a marketing “revolution” as some social media pundits would have you believe, [...]

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Mobile Ad Networks Hooking Up with Call Tracking

December 1, 2010
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Peanut butter and jelly. Holidays and egg nog. Mobile click to call ads and phone call tracking. Some things are just destined to go together. There have been a flurry of news releases and blog posts recently about mobile ad networks and affiliate networks partnering with call tracking providers to supply turnkey analytics and lead [...]

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It’s Here: Google AdWords Call Tracking

November 3, 2010
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Question: What do you get when you combine the reach and effectiveness of Google AdWords with phone call tracking? Answer: A powerful tool capable of changing the way marketers think about search. Oh, and a specific, credible threat to existing call tracking vendors. The big announcement The news came from the official Inside AdWords blog: [...]

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Skype Pay-Per-Call for Advertisers

July 26, 2010
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Want to easily add call tracking capabilities to your website? Consider Skype‘s recent partnership with Marchex Call Analytics to offer “Click and Call Advertising“. From the announcement: Advertisers pay for qualified inbound calls via Skype on a pay-for-call basis. Call volumes are tracked by Marchex so advertisers can monitor the results of their campaign and [...]

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AdWords Mobile Ad Text Best Practices

July 12, 2010
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Welcome to part 3 in our Guide to Google AdWords Mobile Click to Call Ads. Now that you are familiar with how to target mobile devices and selecting keywords that appeal to mobile users, we can move on to writing compelling ad copy that encourages searchers to call directly from a search results page.

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