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Melissa Mackey

Melissa Mackey

Head of Paid Search @ Compound Growth Marketing

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Melissa Mackey is currently Head of Paid Search at Compound Growth Marketing. A PPC professional since 2002, Mackey specializes in B2B paid search, paid social, and PPC strategy.

She helps companies find innovative ways to improve their ROI from paid search.

  • Top 50 Most Influential PPC Expert
  • Author for Search Engine Land and Search Engine Journal
  • Speaker at HeroConf and SMX Advanced
  • Google Ads Professional and Microsoft Ads Accredited Professional
  • Specialties: Search engine marketing; pay per click management and marketing

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Author - Melissa Mackey
GUIDE AMAZON ADS

Why Your Amazon Campaigns Drift Off Target (And How to Enforce a Real Target ACoS Strategy)

Most advertisers set a target ACoS and have a clear idea of what “good” should look like on paper. That is, until performance starts to shift.

Author - Melissa Mackey
GUIDE

How To Run Cross-Platform Ad Campaigns Without Losing Visibility or Control

Running campaigns across Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn, and other ad platforms feels less like marketing and more like managing a dozen open browser tabs.

Author - Melissa Mackey
EXPERT SERIES PAID SEARCH

Why Experienced PPC Managers Are Abandoning Google Smart Bidding — And What They Use Instead

Google has been remarkably consistent with its message for the last several years: give us the data, set your targets, and let the algorithm handle the rest. For a lot of advertisers, that’s good advice. Our own research across 14,000+ accounts found that Smart Bidding, when properly fed with 50 or more conversions per month, tends to outperform both auto and manual bidding on the metrics that matter — ROAS and CPA.