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Chronicling the Development of a Google AdWords Management Application – Part 2

I had a good day yesterday working on our Google AdWords management application. I started implementing keyword research functionality. I created a .NET user control and class that lets the user perform keyword research, using Google’s keyword data, which is...

Chronicling the Development of a Google AdWords Management Application

Jerry Work here. I think I never commented on my daughter. She had surgery last week to fix a kidney reflux problem, which basically caused her urine to flow the wrong way. The surgery went well, although there will probably be some additional future treatment...

Mashups – the Future of Online Application Development

Jerry here. For those of you who had inquired about the status of my daughter, she is doing just fine. The surgery was a success. She is waking up in the middle of the night in quite a bit of pain, but for the most part she is still a happy, healthy baby. I was at...

MediaPost Survey Reveals Strength of Online Marketing

Jerry Work here. I do most of the blogging for Work Media. The way my partner/brother Chris and I work is that I do most of the content stuff, such as blogging, we both do paid search, Chris does more pure SEO, and I handle very technical issues, such as the...

Generating Marketing Data with Heat Map Analysis

Heat map analysis is coming of age as a tool in the Internet marketer’s toolkit. Heat map analysis creates a visual display of mouse movement or click activity over a web page. The idea is that where the mouse moves to, human eyes are following. Where the mouse...

150 Blog Posts and Going Strong

This marks Work Media’s 150th blog post. Whoohoo! To those of you who have been along for the ride, we thank you. If you’re new to Work Media, then welcome. If you don’t know, Work Media is a small Internet marketing firm based in Nashville. The...

Anyone Can Be a TV Star – Capitalizing on the Online Video Trend to Promote Your Business

The movement toward online video/entertainment continues to pick up speed. There are a lot of major established entertainment industry veterans, such as Disney’s Michael Eisner and the Coen brothers, who are creating content exclusively for the Web. This is a...

Using Google's Ad Preview Tool to Verify Your Geographically-Targeted Ads

One technique for fine tuning your Google AdWords campaign is to use Google’s geographic targeting options to only run your ads specific markets. One very good reason for this is if you only do business in certain markets. In this case, you will be wasting money...

Advanced Bid Changes in Google AdWords Editor

In Google AdWords Editor, when you are on the Ad Groups screen/tab, there are two options for making bulk bid changes: Advanced Bid Changes and Advanced Content Bid Changes. They accomplish exactly the same thing for search and content bids, respectively.Clicking one...

Google AdWords Editor: Replace Text & Advanced URL Changes

When working with text ads (in the Text Ads tab) in Google AdWords Editor, at the very bottom of the screen are two very handy functions – Replace Text and Advanced URL Changes.Replace Text does just what it says – it replaces text. It works just like...