10 Tips for Creating Effective Google Ads on a Small Budget

10 Tips for Creating Effective Google Ads on a Small Budget

This article from our friends at Hootsuite will prove helpful to anyone who is struggling to manage a Google Ads campaign on a small budget. When you’re a small business owner, there’s a lot of different types of media you can include on your media plan to promote...
2 Minutes to Better Advertising, Episode 5: “Media”

2 Minutes to Better Advertising, Episode 5: “Media”

Welcome to this week’s video episode of 2 Minutes To Better Advertising! In this episode, we’re discussing MEDIA. When it’s time to develop a media strategy for your brand, you need to analyze all the media choices, then choose the best digital and legacy media to...
Consumer Spending Climbs Back – But Very Unevenly

Consumer Spending Climbs Back – But Very Unevenly

Consumer spending has bounced back, but still not to year-ago levels and with wide variances by state and sector, according to new data from Commerce Signals, which tracks and analyzes credit and debit-card spending. For the four weeks ending July 25, overall card...
Big Brands Spending Big Bucks on TV

Big Brands Spending Big Bucks on TV

Ever wonder what the “big guys” are spending on the TV ads you know and love (or hate)? How much money is Geico putting behind that gecko? What’s Liberty Mutual investing in their TV ads that feature LiMu Emu and Doug? Here’s the spending of...
‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy

‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy

Certain songs have always struck me as being part of the soundtrack of my life. Years ago, around the time I was getting Bob Abbate Marketing off the ground, I decided that my personal soundtrack should have fewer songs like Huey Lewis and The News’ “Workin’ For A...
2 Minutes to Better Advertising, Episode 3: “Branding”

2 Minutes to Better Advertising, Episode 3: “Branding”

  Welcome to this week’s video episode of 2 Minutes To Better Advertising! In this episode, we’re discussing BRANDING, or as we say at BAM, how to boldly build better brands. Branding is so much more than just a logo. A good brand strategy will help you...
This New Apple Ad is an Ode to our Working-From-Home Hell.

This New Apple Ad is an Ode to our Working-From-Home Hell.

There’s no hiding it. Everyone here at BAM is an Apple fangirl or fanboy. We work on our Macs while messaging on our iPhone and Zooming on our iPads. So when Apple drops a cool new commercial, we take notice! “The Whole Working From Home Thing” uses humor to...
2 Minutes to Better Advertising, Episode 1: “All About Audio”

2 Minutes to Better Advertising, Episode 1: “All About Audio”

  Welcome to the premier video episode of 2 Minutes To Better Advertising! Every week we’ll bring you a few quick and useful nuggets of information on how you can do a smarter job advertising your brand or business. Today’s episode is all about audio. Audio is...