Google generally doesn’t do as well when it builds “follower” products — think Google Plus or Allo. But there are other examples where Google has excelled with later entries (e.g., AdWords, Maps). Right now, Google Home is a follower product seeking to break out of Amazon Echo’s shadow.
My last column on crazy CRO hacks for search ads was so popular, I didn’t want to leave out the marketers toiling away in social media PPC ads. Just a few years ago, social PPC wasn’t even a thing yet; today, it’s a promotional powerhouse for both branding and performance marketing objectives.
