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(Cross-posted from the Google Inside AdWords Blog ) With October kicking off this week, the holiday shopping season is just around the corner. According to our recent research , 29% of shoppers plan to start their holiday shopping before Halloween. With this in mind, we’ve put together a Holiday Shopping Checklist filled with the season’s best practices for retailers to maximize performance across both Search and Shopping campaigns. In addition to our checklist, here are the top holiday trends from last year and tips from the Google Shopping team on how to make this Q4 a good one. Address increased shopping demand today . Last holiday season, traffic sent to merchants from Google Shopping doubled year-on-year. 1 This momentum has continued and in July we saw traffic sent to merchants surpass last year’s peak holiday traffic from Google Shopping. 2 Not only has consumer interest increased, but it is also beginning earlier. Our research shows last year consumer interest in Black Frid...

Recently the Google Shopping team introduced Shopping Campaigns , to better utilize Product Listing Ads (PLA). These campaigns allow you to streamline how you manage and bid on your products, report your performance, and find opportunities to grow your traffic from Google. Learn how to put this new campaign type to work for you in this week's Learn with Google webinar. We'll walk through campaign how-to's, best practices, and optimizing your PLAs. This webinar will feature a live question and answer session with Nicole Premo, a Google Shopping partner manager. Be sure to register and have your questions answered. We'll kick things off on November 20, 2013 at 10am PT / 1pm ET and the webinar will run for about an hour. Click here to register. Posted by Matt Ludwig, The Learn With Google Team

(cross-posted from the Google Inside AdWords Blog ) We’re excited to share our fall series of Learn with Google webinars. These web events will demonstrate how to use digital marketing to build brand awareness and give you the tools you need to drive sales. This season we’re focusing on Search and Display, two fundamental building blocks for digital marketing. We will be introducing new tools, as well as providing tips for existing ones. Every webinar is led by Google product experts and includes time for live Q&A. Sign up to start becoming a smarter digital marketer today. Upcoming webinars: October  17 [Wallet] Maximize mobile conversions with Google Wallet Instant Buy 22 [Search] Automate your AdWords bids to achieve your Target ROAS (return on ad spend) Goal 23 [Shopping] Google Shopping - Mobile/Local 29 [Mobile] Driving More Revenue from App Installs  November  7 [Display] A Creative Approach to Engage with Your Customers Online 13 [Search] Measuring Convers...

Cross-posted from the Inside AdWords Blog At Google, one of our goals is to help make the web work for you. Today we’re announcing our summer series of Learn with Google webinars, which will teach you how to use digital to build brand awareness and give you the tools you need to drive sales. Each of our sessions gives you deep-dive educational content, across a breadth of products and marketing objectives, in a format that’s convenient for you. Every webinar is led by Google product experts and includes time for audience Q&A. Sign up to start becoming a smarter digital marketer now.  Upcoming live webinars:   July [Shopping] Google Shopping 101: Overview of Shopping & Product Listing Ads [Search] Improving Your Search Campaigns with Remarketing Lists for Search Ads [YouTube] Driving Direct Response with Video August [Shopping] Google Shopping 201: Product Listing Ad Optimization Essentials [Shopping] Google Shopping 301: Advanced Optimization Tactics [Search] Taki...

Join us Wednesday at 10PT/ 1ET for a Learn with Google webinar "Growing your Business and Engaging your Audience with Google+". In this webinar, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide for getting started on Google+. Topics will include new features, business success stories and best practices. Click here to register.

This week marks the start of a new series of Learn with Google webinars specifically for those of you interested in getting started with Google Shopping. Each webinar will give you building blocks for the next in the series, and will get you up and running with Google Shopping in no time. Check out the schedule and register below: Google Shopping: From Search to Sale Shopping 101: Google Shopping for Beginners on May 15 Shopping 201: Maximize Profitability with Google Shopping on June 5 Shopping 301: Creating & Optimizing Product Listing Ads on June 20 Each webinar is held at 10 PT/ 1 ET and includes live expert Q&A. Visit our webinar site to register for any of the live sessions and to access our large library of recorded content. You can also stay up-to-date on the schedule by adding our Learn with Google calendar to your own Google calendar to automatically see upcoming webinars. Posted by Erin Molnar, The Learn with Google Team

(cross-posted from the Inside AdWords Blog ) At Google, one of our goals is to help make the web work for you. Today we’re announcing a new series of Learn with Google webinars, which will teach you how to use digital to build brand awareness, and give you the tools you need to drive sales and grow loyalty and retention. Each of our sessions gives you deep-dive educational content, across a breadth of products and marketing objectives, in a format that’s convenient for you. Every webinar is led by Google product experts and includes time for audience Q&A. Sign up to start becoming a smarter digital marketer now. Upcoming live webinars: May 09 [Search] Enhanced Campaigns 206: Google+ and Enhanced Campaigns 14 [YouTube] Driving Direct Response with Video 15 [Shopping] Google Shopping 101: Google Shopping for Beginners 16 [Research] New Research: How US Shoppers use Smartphones in Stores 21 [Mobile] Driving Deeper Engagement with your App Users 23 [Search] Enhanced Campaigns 208: Offe...

(cross-posted on the Inside AdWords Blog ) What was your business’ New Year’s resolution, and how do you plan to keep it? At Google, ours is to help make the web work for you. Our new series of Learn with Google webinars will teach you how to use digital to build brand awareness, and they’ll give you the tools you need to drive sales. By tapping into technology that works together across your business needs, you can resolve to win moments that matter in 2013. Check out our upcoming live webinars: Build Awareness 02/12 [Multiscreen] Brand Building in a Multiscreen World 02/20 [YouTube] How to Build your Business with YouTube Video Ads 03/05 [Social] How to Use Google+ and Make Social Work for You 03/12 [Mobile] Understanding Mobile Ads Across Marketing Objectives 03/27 [Wildfire by Google] The Call for Converged Media Drive Sales 01/29 [Analytics] Google Tag Manager: Technical Implementation *today* 02/07 [Search] Your Shelf Space on Google: Get Started with Google Shopping 02/...