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The search marketing industry is full of exciting, smart people, and each of these individuals has a different take on the world of pay-per-click. At PPC Hero, we interview these search marketing wizards and pick their brains on their view of PPC, their best tips and tricks, and much, much more!

Interview with Tim Ash – Author of Landing Page Optimization

December 17th, 2008 | Amber | Interviews, Landing Pages / Increasing Conversion Rates

Think you know how to test landing pages? Put your knowledge to the test and see if you’re on the right track with Tim Ash, author of Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions, and President of Sitetuners.com.  Tim is an entrepreneur, internet marketing leader and co-founder of several internet related start-ups.  Currently Tim is the President of Site Tuners, which is a company that helps other companies test their landing page to optimize for higher traffic and conversions.

Tim has a very impressive resume, which is one of the main reasons I picked him for …

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PPC Hero Interview with Allie Edwards Williams of Zvents

September 12th, 2008 | John | Interviews

What better way to learn about PPC than to hear about experiences from those “in the trenches?” At least that’s how we feel around here at PPC Hero. When my boss (of Hanapin Marketing) Pat East was at SMX Local last month, he found some outspoken PPCer’s and convinced them to give us interviews. The following is the result of one of those interviews, and it is full of great PPC and search marketing advice – straight from the trenches (or from Allie Edwards Williams, if you prefer)!

PAT: What’s your name, title, organization, what do they …

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Interview with Elise Richardson from www.MyWebGrocer.com

September 9th, 2008 | Amber | Interviews

The following is an interview Pat East, President of Hanapin Marketing conducted with Elise Richardson, who manages search for www.MyWebGrocer.com.  The two of them met at the recent SMX summit.  Elise has some very interesting insights into how she manages her PPC account.

Pat: Can you tell us your name, title, organization, what mywebgrocer does, what you do on a daily basis, and how did you get into Internet marketing?

Name: Elise Richardson

Title: Search Marketing

Organization: MyWebGrocer

Website: mywebgrocer.com

What we do: MyWebGrocer provides eCommerce applications and services for retail grocers such as online shopping, shoppable interactive circulars, shopping lists and recipes. …

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Don’t Have the ‘Set It & Forget It’ Attitude: Interview with Dave Davis from RedFly Marketing

November 27th, 2007 | Amber | Interviews

Dave Davis is the Managing Director of RedFly Marketing, a search engine marketing firm based out of Dublin, Ireland. Dave oversees search engine marketing, search engine optimization and pay per click management. According to Dave’s Bio, he attended DIT with a Computer Science Degree where he learned almost all the facts of life. He apparently loves to travel and also thinks he can dance. Dave is a premiere blogger in the blogosphere. He is a recognized name within the search engine marketing fields, especially Pay-Per-Click. Dave was nice enough to take …

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SEOSpeedwagon Interview on Pay-Per-Click Tips, Tricks, and Advice

November 13th, 2007 | Amber | Interviews

When looking for better ways to manage pay-per-click accounts, interviewing PPC experts for their tips and advice almost always seems to help. Brent Sharp who blogs on PPC and SEO management from SEOSpeedwagon was nice enough to share this thoughts, opinions, tips and advice with us on the world of PPC and SEO. Brent works for Intrapromote, a company based out of Cleveland Ohio. They focus on SEO, PPC, Blog marketing and link building services for clients.

Brent has been working for Intrapromote for three years now managing the financial aspect of …

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“Targeting Google Only Reminds the Consumer That Google is Number 1″, John Ellis

August 28th, 2007 | Amber | Interviews

John W. Ellis is a Senior Online Marketing Manager with ResortQuest, the largest vacation rental management company in North America. We chose to interview Mr. Ellis because of his expertise in pay-per-click management. John has extensive experience in pay-per-click management, web analytics, online marketing, affiliate marketing, email marketing and more. I find his thoughts on ask.com very interesting and even more his tips on campaign management helpful. More information on John W. Ellis can be found at www.JohnWEllis.com

Q: In one of your posts you give sound marketing advice to ask.com. …

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Jeremy Mayes, from PPC Discussions has this to say

August 16th, 2007 | Amber | Interviews

Jeremy Mayes is a well known blogger in the PPC industry. Today he shares with us his thoughts and opinions on hot topics in the PPC world.

Q: Do you foresee any advancements occurring in the next year that will change the way people manage their PPC accounts?

A: Yes, over the next 12 months I believe Google will add features that support rule based management of campaigns within AdWords. It’s needed – and Google knows that the more effective advertisers can be with their campaigns the more they will use them.

Q: You write about Google Pay-Per-Action campaign …

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Interview with Kevin Gibbons, SEOptimize

July 27th, 2007 | Amber | Interviews

Kevin Gibbons is currently the Director of Search at SEOptimize, who provides search engine optimization and pay-per-click management services to a wide range of clients mainly based within the UK. Kevin has become a very well known and expert blogger in the SEO and PPC industry. To learn more about Kevin click here.

Kevin was kind enough to answer a few of our questions regarding PPC management. Here’s what he had to say:

1) Which search engines do you think are making the most progress when it comes to SEM?

During 2007 I think Yahoo Search …

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5 PPC Questions Answered by Evan Roberts from PPCLab.com

July 5th, 2007 | Amber | Interviews

Evan Roberts is a well-known blogger in the pay-per-click industry. His blog, www.ppclab.com focuses on paid search and provides actionable analysis and insight into the world of PPC. Evan has been actively managing paid search for four years now. In addition to paid search Evan has extensive experience in search engine optimization and affiliate marketing.

We’ve chosen Even to participate in our interview for the obvious reasons listed above. I think there is a lot we can learn from him and his experience in paid search. We’ve asked Evan a series of questions we think everyone in the PPC industry …

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