It seems like much of the news coming out of Google Ads and Bing is the continued push towards audiences whether they be custom made or created by the platforms themselves. From in-market audiences for search, custom intent audiences, and I’m sure more in the future, we’re being presented some great targeting options and you really need to be testing these out across your own … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Be Layering & Testing Search Audiences
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The Missing Ingredient to Your PPC Strategy: Non-Branded Campaigns
You may have a client, or you may be a client, asking the question, should we spend more on branded or non-branded terms? Like anything in PPC, it depends on the industry, the type of product/service, what your competitors are doing, how your PPC account is currently set up, etc. Having worked with a variety of clients, I have seen a wide range of strategies. Two opposing … [Read more...] about The Missing Ingredient to Your PPC Strategy: Non-Branded Campaigns
4 Facebook Ad Time Saving Tools
Digital marketing can be very time consuming. Advertising across multiple channels and devices can consume all your bandwidth if you let it. That's why you need to take advantage of every time saving tool and feature you can. Facebook has really grown and allowed users to automate and mass edit their campaigns in recent months. Utilizing these four features in Facebook will … [Read more...] about 4 Facebook Ad Time Saving Tools
Expectations & Marketing Ideas for PPC Clients with Drift
A few weeks ago, I got a disturbing message from Google notifying me that thousands of my client’s ads were down due to “Malicious Content.” As any good Account Manager would, I called Google using my stern, don’t-be-passive-aggressive-but-get-results-voice to uncover the issue and figure out what hoops I had to jump through to get the ads live again. The “Malicious Content” in … [Read more...] about Expectations & Marketing Ideas for PPC Clients with Drift
How We Used Ad Customizers to Decrease Our Client’s Cost-Per-Lead By 34%
It’s no secret that I love ad customizers. They allow you to write dynamic ad copy that changes depending on who is searching. Even more importantly, they stand out from your competition. For example, if we know that a product takes longer to ship to Florida vs. California, we can customize the ads in each location to include the shipping time. Or, if our inventory always … [Read more...] about How We Used Ad Customizers to Decrease Our Client’s Cost-Per-Lead By 34%
AOL: Does it add value to your Bing PPC account?
AOL's partnership with Bing affects your ad performance in Bing, whether you know it or not. I recently checked AOL's performance in a Bing account and found some surprising data that I'd like to share. To say I was surprised at the results is an understatement. My AOL findings make me more confident that Microsoft's more recent advertising move, acquiring LinkedIn, will also … [Read more...] about AOL: Does it add value to your Bing PPC account?
Conventional Ad Testing Is Dead, Long-Live AI Testing
Ad Testing Reviewed Over the past decade, ad testing has, for the most part, been a simple A/B test. Change messaging or URLs and see which ad performs best through a 50/50 split serve. Then after enough statistical significance, see which ad performed best based on the CTR and other KPI metrics like conversions, conversion rate, and so forth. Now, with the continued … [Read more...] about Conventional Ad Testing Is Dead, Long-Live AI Testing
Ready to be your own PPC Hero?
Now you can become a certified PPC Hero with Jeffalytics' PPC Course! We love to help educate the PPC community - it’s in every fiber of our bodies to talk, test, and know more about paid advertising. We're digital nerds and we're proud of it. We also continually look for new ways to offer value and thought leadership to our readers. That's why we've partnered with Jeff Sauer … [Read more...] about Ready to be your own PPC Hero?
How to Project Budgets for PPC Accounts with Sporadic Spend
Part of paid search is planning ahead to know how to spend your client’s money in the best possible way. To do that you need to start with a budget and delegate which platforms get a piece of your budget pie. But what happens when you aren’t given a budget and asked to give projections for a client? If the client has an established search campaign you can look at past … [Read more...] about How to Project Budgets for PPC Accounts with Sporadic Spend
Update Bids and Monitor Changes with AdWords Scripts
AdWords scripts are a great tool for managing bid adjustments. In previous articles, such as Automating Bidding with Google Sheets and AdWords Scripts, we’ve covered different ways to change bids and handle uploads. This article will take those ideas and combine them into your own bidding system! We’ll still keep a high-level approach in this article to keep is accessible or … [Read more...] about Update Bids and Monitor Changes with AdWords Scripts
Dynamic Search Ads for Advanced Users
In a previous article Dynamic Search Ads for Beginners, Shannon discussed different reasons you might want to use Dynamic search ads (DSA) and how to set them up in your account. In this post, I am going to discuss some advanced ways to use Dynamic Search Ads in your account. Why Use Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) As previously mentioned, DSA are great for catching additional … [Read more...] about Dynamic Search Ads for Advanced Users
Launch Your Multi-App Marketing Strategy
There are several things to consider when launching an app, however, the game changes when you decide to launch a second app. If you’re a brand that is considering a multi-app marketing strategy take these things in mind. Audience Who is your main audience? How does it differ from your other apps? By now you should know who your primary audience consists of, and have taken your … [Read more...] about Launch Your Multi-App Marketing Strategy
