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2014 Year in Review on Social Media and Google

2014 has been an exciting year where everyone has taken to social media to share their experiences in life. Let’s take a look what the world has been doing this year, how many of these do you remember?

 

YouTube

Facebook

Top 10 topics discussed on Facebook in the UK in 2014;

  1. Scottish Referendum
  2. Ice Bucket Challenge
  3. World Cup
  4. Premier League title race
  5. Conflict in Gaza
  6. Robin Williams
  7. Louis van Gaal takes over at Manchester United
  8. Ebola virus outbreak
  9. Champions League Final
  10. First World War Centenary

 

Top 10 places discussed on Facebook in the UK in 2014;

  1. Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
  2. Madame Tussauds (London)
  3. Tower of London
  4. The London Eye
  5. Old Trafford – Manchester United stadium
  6. Chester Zoo
  7. ZSL London Zoo
  8. Alton Towers
  9. LEGOLAND Windsor
  10. Wembley Stadium

 

More exciting information: http://uk.yearinreview.fb.com/

 

Twitter

2014 Year in Review on Twitter

Explore the full website about everything that happened on Twitter this year: https://2014.twitter.com/moments

 

Google Search

Where would we be without Google? Here is how the world searched on Google in 2014

 Read more about what the world searched for on Google in 2014 and explore the stories in more detail with Google Trends 2014.

 

Your 2014 Year in Review

What have you loved doing in 2014 that you have shared with the world on social media? Let us know in the comments below. Here is to an exciting 2015!

The Big £5k PPC Give Away

The Big 5K PPC Give Away PNG

 

As you know we recently renewed our Google AdWords qualifications for another 12 months after spending a couple of days over at Google’s Manchester office. Following on from this, we have a little over £5000 of Google AdWords vouchers to give away to businesses looking to increase traffic, sales and enquiries through their website! In addition to this, we are going to be hosting a full day event to help businesses get started with using Google AdWords and setting your account up in the best way possible.

Whether you are a complete beginner and know nothing about Google AdWords or if you are looking for some expert guidance, this training session is designed for you. We will talk you through the benefits of how Google AdWords can be used for your business and how it can be used to directly increase revenue for your business. Even better, all of this will be explained in a simple way that you can understand. If you don’t know your AdWords from your Analytics, then we will demystify this for you and get you set up on Google AdWords in no time.

Far too often businesses will jump in with both feet and set up a PPC campaign without fully understand the finer details about how Google AdWords actually works. What this inevitably leads to is a campaign that often doesn’t perform very well and businesses coming to the conclusion that Google AdWords doesn’t work for their business. This is such a shame to see as Google AdWords is an extremely powerful marketing channel that can grow your business. You just need to make sure that your campaigns are set up correctly to get the maximum return for your advertising spend.

The event will be a full say session with the main agenda outlined below.

 

When: Friday 5th December

Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm

Venue: Contrado Digital, The Innovation Centre, 1 Evolution Park, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2FD

 

Morning Session

  • Introduction to Google AdWords
  • Account management
  • Campaign and ad group management
  • Keyword targeting
  • Language & location targeting
  • Ad formats
  • Budgets and bidding
  • Measurement and optimisation
  • Performance, profitability and growth
  • Managing multiple accounts

Lunch

Afternoon Session

Bring your laptops, it’s time to put everything you have learnt in the morning session into action and start your AdWords campaign running. Hands on second half to set up your campaign with qualified Google AdWords professionals on hand to help you along the way

 

As you can imagine, we are likely to get quite a large number of businesses looking to take advantage of this free training and Google AdWords voucher worth £150 per business, so get in touch now and fill out your details below;

 

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Due to the popularity of the event, we cannot guarantee a place although we will do our very best to accommodate where possible. Get in touch now and you will be updated next week when places will be confirmed for qualifying businesses.

What’s the catch? There isn’t one. There will be a small charge between £15-£20 for the full day training event which is purely to cover the cost of lunch, drinks and room hire. What we would hope is that once you have your account set up correctly and it is working well for your business, that when the time comes that you decide to work with a company to manage your pay per click advertising campaigns, you would get back in touch to discuss things further. Managing pay per click advertising campaigns is something we understand in a lot of detail.

The Big £5k PPC Give Away

The Big 5K PPC Give Away PNG

 

As you know we recently renewed our Google AdWords qualifications for another 12 months after spending a couple of days over at Google’s Manchester office. Following on from this, we have a little over £5000 of Google AdWords vouchers to give away to businesses looking to increase traffic, sales and enquiries through their website! In addition to this, we are going to be hosting a full day event to help businesses get started with using Google AdWords and setting your account up in the best way possible.

Whether you are a complete beginner and know nothing about Google AdWords or if you are looking for some expert guidance, this training session is designed for you. We will talk you through the benefits of how Google AdWords can be used for your business and how it can be used to directly increase revenue for your business. Even better, all of this will be explained in a simple way that you can understand. If you don’t know your AdWords from your Analytics, then we will demystify this for you and get you set up on Google AdWords in no time.

Far too often businesses will jump in with both feet and set up a PPC campaign without fully understand the finer details about how Google AdWords actually works. What this inevitably leads to is a campaign that often doesn’t perform very well and businesses coming to the conclusion that Google AdWords doesn’t work for their business. This is such a shame to see as Google AdWords is an extremely powerful marketing channel that can grow your business. You just need to make sure that your campaigns are set up correctly to get the maximum return for your advertising spend.

The event will be a full say session with the main agenda outlined below.

 

When: Friday 5th December

Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm

Venue: Contrado Digital, The Innovation Centre, 1 Evolution Park, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2FD

 

Morning Session

  • Introduction to Google AdWords
  • Account management
  • Campaign and ad group management
  • Keyword targeting
  • Language & location targeting
  • Ad formats
  • Budgets and bidding
  • Measurement and optimisation
  • Performance, profitability and growth
  • Managing multiple accounts

Lunch

Afternoon Session

Bring your laptops, it’s time to put everything you have learnt in the morning session into action and start your AdWords campaign running. Hands on second half to set up your campaign with qualified Google AdWords professionals on hand to help you along the way

 

As you can imagine, we are likely to get quite a large number of businesses looking to take advantage of this free training and Google AdWords voucher worth £150 per business, so get in touch now and fill out your details below;

 

[gravityform id=”1″ name=”Request Google AdWords Vouchers”]

 

Due to the popularity of the event, we cannot guarantee a place although we will do our very best to accommodate where possible. Get in touch now and you will be updated next week when places will be confirmed for qualifying businesses.

What’s the catch? There isn’t one. There will be a small charge between £15-£20 for the full day training event which is purely to cover the cost of lunch, drinks and room hire. What we would hope is that once you have your account set up correctly and it is working well for your business, that when the time comes that you decide to work with a company to manage your pay per click advertising campaigns, you would get back in touch to discuss things further. Managing pay per click advertising campaigns is something we understand in a lot of detail.

Google AdWords Qualification Renewed for 2015

Recently we were invited over to Google’s Manchester offices to renew our Google AdWords qualification and I’m pleased to announce that we have successfully renewed the qualifications for the next 12 months!

 

Michael Cropper AdWords Qualification Certificate November 2014

What this means is that we know a thing or two about how to manage a successful pay per click advertising campaign on Google AdWords. The ever increasing complexities involved with running a high performing PPC campaign means that you really need to be speaking with a professional if you are looking to seriously grow your business through Google AdWords.

There are an awful lot of changes within AdWords, on a regular basis, which is challenging for businesses to keep up with. At Contrado Digital it is our job to keep up to date with these changes and work with businesses like yours to improve the performance of AdWords campaigns.

Like with every celebration, it isn’t complete without a cake or two!

 

Contrado Digital Google AdWords Qualification Celebrations

Contrado Digital Google AdWords Qualification Celebrations

 

While we were at the offices, we thought we’d share a bit more of the Google experience with you. Here are a few more photographs of the Google Manchester offices;

 

The Hacienda Lives at Google Manchester

The Hacienda Lives at Google Manchester

 

Google Manchester Office Wall Deco

Google Manchester Office Wall Deco

 

Google at Manchester Wall Art

Google at Manchester Wall Art

Here is to more involvement between Google and Contrado Digital!

Google AdWords Qualification Renewed for 2015

Recently we were invited over to Google’s Manchester offices to renew our Google AdWords qualification and I’m pleased to announce that we have successfully renewed the qualifications for the next 12 months!

 

Michael Cropper AdWords Qualification Certificate November 2014

What this means is that we know a thing or two about how to manage a successful pay per click advertising campaign on Google AdWords. The ever increasing complexities involved with running a high performing PPC campaign means that you really need to be speaking with a professional if you are looking to seriously grow your business through Google AdWords.

There are an awful lot of changes within AdWords, on a regular basis, which is challenging for businesses to keep up with. At Contrado Digital it is our job to keep up to date with these changes and work with businesses like yours to improve the performance of AdWords campaigns.

Like with every celebration, it isn’t complete without a cake or two!

 

Contrado Digital Google AdWords Qualification Celebrations

Contrado Digital Google AdWords Qualification Celebrations

 

While we were at the offices, we thought we’d share a bit more of the Google experience with you. Here are a few more photographs of the Google Manchester offices;

 

The Hacienda Lives at Google Manchester

The Hacienda Lives at Google Manchester

 

Google Manchester Office Wall Deco

Google Manchester Office Wall Deco

 

Google at Manchester Wall Art

Google at Manchester Wall Art

Here is to more involvement between Google and Contrado Digital!