Last week I was fortunate to get to chat with Brad Geddes about all things ad testing during our #thinkPPC webinar. For those of you familiar with Brad's work or who have seen him speak, you'll know he has a tendency to say something incredibly obvious that you somehow had never thought of before. In this case he mentioned a simple approach to dealing with the messy business of … [Read more...] about Case Study: How Spinning Out Mobile Ads Got 19% Higher CTRs
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New Target ROAS Bidding In AdWords
Just in time for holiday season Google announces the roll-out of Target ROAS (Return On Ad Spend) bidding in AdWords. This recent release is part of the flexible bidding strategies suite and ongoing initiatives to improve real-time bidding in AdWords. Target ROAS bidding will be rolling out across all accounts over the coming weeks. As all the good little digital marketing … [Read more...] about New Target ROAS Bidding In AdWords
Increase the Power of AdWords Scripts With a Few Simple Edits
AdWords scripts are a powerful tool for making changes in your account. They can both alter entities in your account as well as make reporting a breeze. The main issue for most users is, what’s next? Sure the scripts you find from Google or others are useful, but they don’t always do exactly what you would like them too. This issue continually surfaces in questions and requests … [Read more...] about Increase the Power of AdWords Scripts With a Few Simple Edits
Taming the Beast: Ad Testing for Large Accounts [Webinar]
Ad testing is an ever-changing part of the life of a PPC Hero. For a complex subject like this, there's always something new to learn, and to explore. It is helpful to know what to look for when comparing one ad directly to another, especially when dealing with larger accounts, and this week’s webinar will discuss just that. This week, Hanapin’s own Sam Owen joins Brad Geddes … [Read more...] about Taming the Beast: Ad Testing for Large Accounts [Webinar]
Optimizing What You Can’t See: The Lead Quality Challenge
Lead Generation. These two words have the ability to strike fear in the hearts of PPC Heroes everywhere. Leads can be as elusive as Bigfoot himself when it comes to identifying the value your client associates with each conversion. All of my lead gen clients appreciate when I can bring them buckets of leads, but they are even more excited when the leads are actually qualified … [Read more...] about Optimizing What You Can’t See: The Lead Quality Challenge
Easily Increase Your Leads with Bing Phone Extensions
This week Bing unveiled the next set of enhancements for their ads. This time it’s call extensions, something I am very excited about. What is the Big Deal? Phone extensions are a tremendous source of traffic for some of our clients at Hanapin. The extensions not only draw attention to your ad, the offer an alternative way to contact your business. This is especially … [Read more...] about Easily Increase Your Leads with Bing Phone Extensions
AdWords Cross-Device Estimates. Good or Bad?
Google announced yesterday the release of the new Estimated Total Conversions for search ads in AdWords. This first part of the release, cross-device conversion tracking, will help provide advertisers with estimates on how AdWords search performance influences conversions for businesses across multiple devices and eventually phone and in-store conversions. Google said this day … [Read more...] about AdWords Cross-Device Estimates. Good or Bad?
9 Tips for Improving Cost-Per-Lead
When it comes to PPC account management, I feel like most techniques are geared towards growth and forward progress…and for good reason! I mean, who would prefer to only get the yellow part of the cotton candy and miss out on the blue and pink?! If you can have all three – what would that take? If you can find more conversions for your account – what would THAT take? However, … [Read more...] about 9 Tips for Improving Cost-Per-Lead
Why You Should Be Focusing on Qualified Traffic
You may place Facebook ads to your Website hoping to drive traffic, but let’s face it, you’re probably not really interested in traffic -- you’re probably interested in sales! And that means traffic for traffic’s sake can be an expensive mistake. People who come to your site as sight-seers aren’t what you’re after. You’re after people really looking to buy. In other words, … [Read more...] about Why You Should Be Focusing on Qualified Traffic
Create Enticing Display Ads With Google’s Ready Creatives
Every week brings something new from Google or Bing regarding their advertising platforms. There have been quite a lot of changes over the months especially in the search engine side. This week was stolen by display when Google unveiled Ready Creatives at the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) MIXX Conference. What is it? Google’s Ready Creatives add further enhancements to … [Read more...] about Create Enticing Display Ads With Google’s Ready Creatives
Case Study: 78% Lower CPAs With Dynamic Remarketing
In the final part of our September 'dynamic' series we're going to look at dynamic remarketing and how it has fared for us so far. We've already looked at Dynamic Search Ads, Dynamic Keyword Insertion, Using AdWords Scripts, and Bing's Dynamic Parameters. ----- Back in August we took a dive into some of the most recent feature changes in Google AdWords. The one that most … [Read more...] about Case Study: 78% Lower CPAs With Dynamic Remarketing
Why You Can’t Manage AdWords Without A Multi-Device Strategy in 2013
I was presented with a pretty big account a couple of months ago from one of our Clients who asked me for help to build out their future strategy. They came to me with the following talking points. We think we’re doing pretty well in Search and we don’t need much external help (yes, this was their first talking point) We need someone to help us set up a system for our … [Read more...] about Why You Can’t Manage AdWords Without A Multi-Device Strategy in 2013
