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    Broadlume

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABuilt by 2 ex-Googlers, Broadlume (formerly AdHawk) promises to provide an easy way to manage the user's Google AdWords & Facebook Ad campaigns. The founders say that, after years of manually analyzing & optimizing Ad Accounts for thousands of businesses, they feel confident saying software automation makes the work of an advertiser incredibly efficient. The platform aims to help leverage data science and machine learning to optimize campaigns and help increase ROI.N/A

    Microsoft Advertising

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads) contains Microsoft's advertising solutions. Advertising formats include search (Microsoft Search ads), Display and Native ads, Retail Media, and Video and Connected TV (CTV) ads. Services include Performance Max, the company's conversion optimization AI assistant and guide.N/A
    Pricing
    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Editions & Modules
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    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Considered Both Products
    Broadlume
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    68%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    65%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    59%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    Features
    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Broadlume and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Broadlume
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Broadlume and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Broadlume
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Ad dashboards10.01 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization10.01 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings6.87 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Broadlume and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Broadlume
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Contextual advertising00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings4.95 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Broadlume and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Broadlume
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Ad bidding00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
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    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Small Businesses
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BroadlumeMicrosoft Advertising
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadlume
    Despite its shortcomings, AdHawk is a neat, useful tool that provides tactical information for developing solid Facebook ad campaigns. AdHawk is great for managing smaller Facebook Ad budgets. You're able to select a truly actionable guideline in an easy to view format for decision-making. You can really optimize an ad to perform best using the data AdHawk generates
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    Microsoft
    Despite using our account for advertising with every other social media company, Microsoft flagged ours as fraudulent. After dealing with them for weeks, we finally got to a manager, who said that they didn’t know anything, couldn’t provide any information, and was unable to do anything about it. It seems odd, but it would flagger account every time we try to upload the campaigns from Google directly into their ad manager. I would suggest if you try and use their platform, don’t tell them you’re using Google cause they seem to have a thing against it. Once your account is flagged, they have no reasonable way of resolving it, nor they are able to offer any support. You’re better off to just try a different way. Ultimately, just don’t use Microsoft advertising if you can possibly avoid it. Hopefully soon DuckDuckGo will have their own advertising platform and we can eliminate Microsoft given the terrible time we have working with this one of many, social media platforms.
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    Pros
    Broadlume
    • Great UI
    • Accurate reporting
    • Strong data points
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    Microsoft
    • Familiar interface, offers editor for bulk changes, adding negative keywords is much easier than in Google Ads
    • Nice reporting tools within the interface, detailed reports can be made fairly easily
    • Had very nice tools to help import/export ads directly from Google Ads, which saves a ton of time
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    Cons
    Broadlume
    • Ability to look at two campaigns at once (comparative stats)
    • Only available for Facebook or G+
    • No export feature for reporting
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    Microsoft
    • Bing's ad platform could definitely use some improvements - it hasn't been updated in a long time, and it feels very outdated.
    • We feel that the optimization algorithms don't always perform as well for Bing Ads as they do in Google Ads (optimize for conversions, etc.).
    • It would be great to have even more integrations with LinkedIn audience targeting offered - right now, you can just make some bid optimizations in a couple of areas; we'd really like to get more robust options there, and maybe even things like cross-platform tracking.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadlume
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    Microsoft
    We have had good success with it over all of our clients. We continually recommend bing to reach "the rest of the searchers".
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    Usability
    Broadlume
    AdHawk is extremely easy to use. Not many buttons to click to get to any area of importance. It's also very clean and sophisticated in design which makes for a pleasant experience. The optimization features even explain to you the value of going with the suggested strategy. Overall, AdHawk is a great software for managing Facebook and Google Ads
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    Microsoft
    It's very easy to use overall. It has an import from Google Ads to make things simpler. Overall, I would say you can get up and running very quickly. It's similar to other platforms, so if you have used them, it's intuitive.
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    Support Rating
    Broadlume
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Our Bing Ads reps are very good and attentive. They've offered good recommendations and are quick to resolve unexpected issues and problems. Occasionally they have roped in technical support folks that have been friendly and helpful too. The general helpline for Bing Ads is also very good, especially when compared to Google's customer support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadlume
    AdHawk is far better than the other products regarding how simplified the reporting of ad results are. AdHawk is cleaner and easier to understand. Allows for easy comparing of conversion points within a campaign. Other products are simply not as easy to use. Also, optimization is not a feature available with many services
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    Microsoft
    Obviously Google is a huge competitor. Typically Google is top of the game for many advertising solutions including search. Microsoft ads has a lower scale and reach compared to Google. However, Microsoft ads audience does not overlap much with Googles, providing incremental reach. Although Microsoft ads lags a bit behind in adapting the new updates that Google comes out with, their customer service is very good and they are likely to go out of their way to adapt their platform to your needs whereas their competitor does not
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    Return on Investment
    Broadlume
    • Ad optimization data
    • Simplified ad management
    • Audience understanding
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    Microsoft
    • We've had a very hard time spending our budgets on Bing which has caused us a lot of extra work on our end. We've essentially had to move that money back to Google or other platforms.
    • It does have an easy import from Google so you're not doubling efforts.
    • The CPCs tend to be less expensive than Google - which is always good for business owners.
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