This week, we set up shop at the B2C Marketing Expo at ExCel London alongside many of the industry’s leading figures in consumer marketing, advertising and its future trends.

Complementing our presence on the exhibition floor, was a digital advertising masterclass series designed and run by several members of the SearchStar team of digital advertising experts.


Comprising 10 sessions throughout the two days on-site, attendees to our masterclasses left with a better understanding of how digital advertising can kickstart sustainable business growth.

At a glance:

  • Learn how to use PPC strategically to hit your growth targets

  • Better understand how data can be used to target your key audiences

  • Learn how to spot the commonest landing page errors and improve conversion

  • Master Google Analytics and understand how it can inform business strategy

  • Get to grips with how Facebook can be used to boost brand performance

Whether you attended our masterclass sessions, or would like to discover more about the industry-leading expertise we draw upon when working with our clients, you can find a link to each of the presentations below.

Advanced PPC Strategies | Dan Fallon

In this session SearchStar MD, Dan Fallon, took attendees through some of PPC’s more advanced features. Specifically, he explored the ‘4 As of Paid Search’; audience, assets, attribution and automation.

This presentation will leave you with a better idea of how to make the most of every click - and the best way to measure it.

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Finding Your Audience | Rob Langan

Rob’s at the helm of our programmatic team, and through his presentation he offered a guide to user data and programmatic advertising.

Going beyond the basics of programmatic, but not too advanced, Rob explained how businesses can use programmatic to find and target their most valuable audiences. This includes his ‘programmatic checklist’, which can be used to make sure your targeting is working hand-in-hand with creative to be truly successful.

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Landing Page Optimisation | Ryan Webb

Conversion and analytics director, Ryan Webb, then took attendees through his ‘easy wins for improved conversion’.

Discussing many of the commonest issues he sees with websites across industries, Ryan used his time to highlight the ways in which businesses of all kinds can remove barriers to conversion and improve conversion rates without spending more on advertising itself.

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Beyond Sponsored Posts | Dan Fallon

Dan was then welcomed back to the stage, for what was a packed-out session, to talk about social media and the ways in which brand and performance advertising can work wonder for your business on and beyond Facebook.

Covered in his presentation was the problems we encounter with search, how we can use social media to attract the passive shopper and the 4 challenges of Facebook advertising.

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Using Insight to Inform Strategy | Ryan Webb

Finally, Ryan Webb returned to the lectern to offer masterclass attendees some insight about how they can take their Google Analytics to the next level.

During his presentation, Ryan discussed both strategy and insight, and the importance of each, before taking those present through 5 next-level methods of deriving business insight from analytics.

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As ever, if you have any questions about any of the above - or, indeed, anything to do with digital advertising at all - please do get in touch with us here >>>