Basic PPC Strategies

Welcome to the world of basic PPC strategies! These articles range from educational info on the various PPC search engines, to the utilization of match types and negative keywords to the essential pay-per-click management tips. Whether you’re a pay-per-click neophyte or a seasoned advertiser, basic PPC strategies hold a wealth of tips and tricks for you.


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Refresh Your Ad Testing With 4 New Analyses

As you spend more and more time doing the same thing, it’s expected that you’ll begin to evolve in how you do it. When it comes to ad testing and ad analysis, I’ve seen my fair share of reports and run vastly differing types of analyses.

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What Newcomers to PPC Need to Know

The staff of PPC Hero has gotten together this month to answer a simple question: What advice would you give to someone brand new to PPC?   Amanda West-Bookwalter When starting out in PPC, your best quality will be sticking …

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10 (okay, 11) Point Check List To Ensuring Ad Health

We all know that the ad is the gateway to the conversion. But how much time and thought are you really giving your ad copy? The answer I’m hoping for is: As much as it needs. That doesn’t mean you …

Facebook Partner Categories

Facebook’s Partner Categories: The Complete List (So Far)

Facebook has actually been trying over the past six months or so, which has been so tremendous for us advertisers.  (I wonder if it has anything to do with this.)  One of the more prominent of Facebook’s new options for …

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5 Approaches To Unlocking The Secrets Of Your Different Customer Types

In getting to know an account, a major component is your target audience. All industries have their specific clientele, and yet all industries stand to constantly reexamine what potential user they may be missing. A client has a business that …

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Benchmark Your Display Campaigns with Google’s New Tool

Determining the overall success of a Display campaign can be difficult. While we can tell whether or not it’s been a success for us in the limited context of our own accounts, we’re often left stumbling in the dark when it …

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10 Ways You Can Increase Your Click-Through Rate TODAY – New Webinar!

The best account managers know that effective PPC is all about strategy. Long-term data, ad testing, and copy refreshes take time and thoughtful examination. But here’s a secret: There are more than a few things you can do RIGHT NOW …

Google Bing Spring Cleaning

Ad Copy Clean Up – What to Get Rid of & What to Keep

There is a time to review your account ad copy…and the time is now! While it’s bright and sunshine-y out and you can keep yourself motivated! Right? Right!

Google Bing Spring Cleaning

Spr’Bing Cleaning: 7 Simple Steps For Your Bing Accounts

As part of our April spring cleaning series we’re going to take a dive into the different ways Bing accounts can get messy and look at a few solutions for cleaning them up!

Google Bing Spring Cleaning

Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords

There are tons of reasons to pause things within our PPC accounts.  Poor performance, special offers ending, seasonality.  It can go on and on.