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Dave Ragals

Dave Ragals

Vice President, Global Client Services

IgnitionOne

Dave Ragals serves as Vice President of Global Client Services for IgnitionOne, where he oversees the company's global client services operations. Mr. Ragals has more than 13 years of online experience. He began his online career with CNN, where he served as V.P., News Features at CNN Interactive, managing the creation of highly-customized content as well as several large business relationships with advertisers and partners. In addition, he developed the paid search marketing strategy for the American Cancer Society, where he was in charge of Web Marketing. Mr. Ragals graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree.

Articles by Dave Ragals

  1. 5 PPC Account Optimization Tactics

    Falling into the complacency of ongoing optimization with your search accounts can leave opportunity and money on the table. A close evaluation of your account can turn something good into something great and give your account a needed kick-start.

  2. Why Search Marketers Must Use AdWords Ad Extensions

    In the world of SEM, you have to juggle many methods to make sure a PPC account is running efficiently. Throwing Ad Extensions into that mix will add an extra edge to any PPC account. Let’s review AdWords Ad Extensions and why you should use them.

  3. Extreme Makeover – PPC Account Edition

    Your PPC account is no different from a home. Sometimes you need to remodel and sometimes you’ll have to tear it down to rebuild it from the ground up. Learn how to pick the right crew and tools – and how to set quantifiable benchmark KPIs.

  4. Make Sure You Don’t Get the Black Friday Blues

    A last minute Black Friday checklist for search marketers: beat the Google AdWords holiday rush, keep a backup evergreen ad in each and every ad group, and coordinate and have a system that keeps tabs on who makes what changes to avoid overlap.

  5. How to Build a Great SEM Team

    Putting together a championship SEM team requires understanding the positions you need to fill; identifying the skills and experience to fill those positions; and finding a great coach or manager to bring it all together. Start winning today.

  6. 3 Steps to Happy Holiday SEM Returns

    For many, Q4 is a make or break time of year. Without proper PPC planning and strategy, it can lead to little more than a higher cost of doing business. But these three low-effort steps can help make it this the most wonderful time of the year.

  7. 3 Ways to Use Data to Advance Your Search Performance

    Search marketers are lucky. Really, we are. We get to work in a medium where we have access to real-time data and can adjust our strategies and execution nearly as quickly.   No matter how much we may gripe about the engines’ “b…