Recent content by CharlesAllEars

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    Advertising on Google Ads

    ???… great to read of yet another google ads user that found this! I managed about 900k budget per year, 360 campaigns (at once - 360 local sites), returning about 3 million in revenue per year, for about 4 years. Went right around the houses with keyword, bidding and conversion strategies...
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    How to increase engagement and get more people pinning offers, events and content?

    I totally get it and thing this a great idea. Why do I get it?…here’s why: As a user - I use google maps only as a navigation tool in full knowledge I can find a local business listing (using speech) and hit start directions. For anything else, it’s cluttered, clunky and the filters are beyond...
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    I have an App Idea. What to do next?

    Hey, The best most exciting businesses start with a good idea and if the driver of the idea is passionate enough, they may well post on a forum and get the “it’s just an idea” response. How could anyone know if it’s a good idea with no detail….but it may well be a cracker! And if you really...
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    Soft play

    Forget parties too many large ‘air hop’ (and soft play) chains taking the market. - Serve incredible coffee for about £2.75 a cup - have an artisan Bakery style cafe with fresh organic locally sourced food (inc vegan) etc. (competitively priced) - allow people to bring their own food - but...
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    New Start-up Seeking Serious Investors.

    Worth putting your feelers out in the Bristol area. Quite a few active investor groups sniffing around the tech/creative start-up scene. Bristol Creative Industries an obvious route in.
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    Google Ads

    Hey, Google Ads boffin here. Not touting for business, I work in a large one, just joined this community to listen, hence the username, but if there’s any help I can be then why not. In a previous recent role I bought a complex Google ads account in-house and successfully managed and optimised...
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    Creating Graphics?

    Hi, My suggestion is PowerPoint! I’ve been using it for years to build creative for all aspects of online and print marketing. There are some things I dip into photoshop to do, but you can use gimp for that. I am not a graphic designer, but a marketer (also into game dev - environmental design...