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Google quietly increases ad prices to meet targets, claims exec

Search Engine Land

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. For some queries, the tech giant may have even raised prices by as much as 10%, according to Google Ad executive, Jerry Dischler at the federal antitrust trial.

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The 2020 State of Conversion Optimization Report

ConversionXL

What were some of the biggest challenges in 2020? With the recent launch of GA4 , it’s clear that Google will continue to go after the market-share of popular paid analytics and testing tools—it’s difficult to compete against one of the world’s biggest brands and the price of free. We can’t say that in 2020.

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How T-Mobile Became the #2 U.S. Telecom – and Increased Market Share 5X in a Year

Salesforce

In conversation with Salesforce’s Gavin Patterson, Sievert shares how values and vision – and a deeply-entrenched customer-centricity – have taken T-Mobile from 20 million to more than 100 million customers, from a “single digit” market cap to more than $165 billion, and a 70% rise in stock price. They were picture phones.

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10 Sales Trends & Predictions for the Future of Sales in 2020

Sales Hacker

Time for Sales Hacker’s annual Top 10 Sales Trends and Predictions for the Future of Sales in 2020. So, without further ado, here are my top 10 sales trends and predictions for the future of sales in 2020. In 2020, you’ll see even more of these pop up in the sales world. In 2020, you’ll be able to clone your best reps….

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6 Sales Tech Trends to Watch in 2020 (Based on Interviews with 250+ Vendors)

Sales Hacker

I’ve interacted with more than 250+ sales technology vendors over the past 2 years, and I’ve noticed 6 sales tech trends you should be aware of going into 2020. As more and more companies pass the $25M ARR mark, their price tag will only get larger until they’re too inflated to gobble up. 6 Sales Tech Trends.

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This day in search marketing history: February 3

Search Engine Land

Also on this day Google will suspend merchant sites that show higher prices at checkout 2021: Starting on April 6, Google would begin enforcing price accuracy between Merchant Center feeds and checkout. Google Search Console fixed a bug with Google Tag Manager verification 2020: Reverification may have been necessary.

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This day in search marketing history: January 8

Search Engine Land

In 2020, Frédéric Dubut of Bing told us : “Keyword research are probably going to become slowly obsolete and you’ll need to switch to intent research as a practice.” Read all about it in Google’s John Mueller on intent research vs keyword research for 2020. From Search Marketing Expo ( SMX ). Also on this day.