Investing in our people and their development, is something we continually support. Kim & Amy headed to brightonSEO for two days, their first in-person conference since they joined Cognique last year. Here’s what they got up to in the fun packed city of Brighton… brightonSEO here we come We’d booked our tickets, found an Airbnb with a seaside view, figured out the tube to get across London so we didn’t miss our connecting train. We were ready… As we headed down to Brighton, cracke...

We specialise in providing bespoke website design and digital marketing for OMBs and SMEs. Winners of the Somerset Business Award Small Business Of The Year 2021, we are enjoying a period of business growth. In response to increased client demand, we have recently expanded the marketing team with Marketing Manager, Kim Barnard who oversees the marketing team and Amy Scriven, in the role of Digital Marketing Executive. Combining their skills and enthusiasm will help take Cognique to the next lev...

In these challenging times, it’s essential that businesses keep talking to their customers; this really is not the time for marketing 'radio silence'. While cashflow may be a concern for many businesses, the great news is that marketing doesn't have to involve big budgets. In fact, there are lots of highly effective and impactful, low cost marketing activities businesses can (and should!) utilise.  Email marketing  Mailchimp offer free email marketing up to 2,000 subs...

What are Google search ads?  Before we get into the nuts and bolts of how to write effective Google search ad copy, let's start off with the basics and look at what Google Ads paid search (previously called AdWords) is. When you type a search query into Google, you're presented with a list of results displayed on the the search engine result page (SERP). This list is often a mix of organic and paid results. The results that have been paid for will have a green box with the word "ad" before th...

Social media is supposed to be free, right? Isn't good social media simply creating engaging content and watching it go viral? Why then would you want to pay for social media advertising?What is social media advertising?Social media advertising comes in many forms. There are three main types of advertising:boosting a specific post digital display advertising remarketingBoosting a postOn a crowded platform with a lot of accounts making a lot of 'noise', boosting a p...

It's a question that we're asked a lot and the answer is unequivocally 'yes!'. Our client data tells us that yes, people do click on Google Ads. But don’t just take our word for it: when AdWords first launched in 2000 it had 350 advertisers, now there are estimated to be over 1 million advertisers spending tens of billions of dollars in ad revenue. 1 million advertisers certainly must think they’re onto something! People often have a 'Marmite approach' to Ads – they either love ...

Looking for ideas on how to improve your AdWords results? Here’s five ways to optimise your AdWords copy for better results. 1. Include benefits Now that AdWords text has expanded, there’s more space to share the benefits of your product or service. How will what you’re selling remove a problem or change someone’s life for the better? For example, Bruno uses the second headline to sell the benefit of their product, "You've never slept like this", while Soda Stream has added “Save £...

If you use AdWords, you may be aware that there's some fairly big changes to how much text you can include in your AdWords copy – expanded text ads are here! What are expanded text ads? It's exactly as they sound, the amount of space for your AdWords copy has been increased. The new text ads have:Two headlines (previously there was only one). Each headline is 30 characters and will be separated by a dash. One longer description – now up to 80 characters. Previously there were two d...

Thinking about advertising on Google AdWords? Here's two things you should know before you get started to get the best results from your investment... 1) Be as specific as possible with your keywords One of the mistakes AdWords newbies often make is adding a couple of broad keywords, then leaving their account for a few days. They then come back to see they’ve spent hundreds of pounds on clicks and have nothing to show for it. Luckily, you can reduce the likelihood of this happening by u...

Remarketing is exactly what is sounds like - the ability to market your products again to people who have previously visited your website. When people who have visited your site browse other sites on the web, you can re-target them with customised adverts.   How does remarketing work? When someone visits your website, a file called a ‘cookie’ is created, which stores information about their visit. This information can then be used to retarget specific visitors with online advertising late...

Every day there are over 3.5 billion searches on Google, the UK’s most popular search engine. Search marketing provides an opportunity to get your product or service in front of these searchers. It is estimated that over 80% of consumers and businesses now use search engines for researching purchases, so if you are not investing in search marketing, you could be missing out on business. What is search marketing? Also known as: Search Engine Marketing or SEM for short. Search marketing is t...