Anyone who's marketed for a financial or legal services brand knows the big deals don't close overnight. When serious money is about to change hands, both sides do their homework. Prospects compare providers and firms, gather documents, loop in a spouse or an accountant, and sleep on it. Firms verify eligibility, check for conflicts, and qualify the opportunity or the case. That due diligence is healthy. It's also exactly what stretches a sales cycle from days into weeks or

Search campaigns are one of the most direct ways to connect with people actively looking for what your business offers. But simply choosing keywords and waiting for conversions to roll in isn't enough to get the most out of it. Instead, focus on giving the platforms better information, applying effective practices, testing with purpose, and continuously directing investment toward opportunities most likely to drive profitable growth.

Driving the right traffic is only part of a successful paid media strategy. Where that traffic lands can have just as much impact on performance. Across two SaaS clients focused on growing monthly recurring revenue through free trials and demos, we tested how landing page selection impacted conversion performance. In both cases, the data reinforced an important lesson: the most conversion-focused page isn't always the best-performing page. The right experience depends on us

Automated bid strategies like Target CPA and Target ROAS are designed to adjust in response to performance, but marketers still have to make an important decision: when should you change the target, and how much should you change it? This article digs into those two questions, with a closer look at the supporting numbers and the practical takeaways for managing automated bid strategies based on our original research.