As I’m sure most of you are aware, with the roll-out of Enhanced Campaigns we are all now opted into tablets and mobile for AdWords campaigns. While you can set bid modifiers to -100% to opt out of mobile with full browsers, you are not able to do so for tablets. This can be a real bummer for some accounts but this is nothing new. The reason I bring up this topic, is because in … [Read more...] about Mobile App Exclusions – How Flappy Birds Tanked My Display Campaign.
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Overspend and You: Why Your AdWords Spend Goes Over Budget
We’ve all seen our daily campaign budgets seemingly ignored by the AdWords system. It is usually not too big of a deal, just a few dollars here or there. Once upon a time I believed this probably happened because the system didn’t react in time to a series of clicks and ended up pausing the campaign after the budget was passed. “Oh well, at least it was close” is what I told … [Read more...] about Overspend and You: Why Your AdWords Spend Goes Over Budget
Your Take on AdWords Compliance: Take the Survey!
Take Our Quarter 1 Industry Report! Last year's State of the PPC Industry report was so popular, we decided to do it a little more often than once a year. From now on, we'll be providing quarterly surveys and updates on the PPC Industry. This quarter, the survey asks about Google's enforcement of compliance issues. Take three minutes and let us know - How do you feel about … [Read more...] about Your Take on AdWords Compliance: Take the Survey!
How to Test Foreign Markets with AdWords
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Justin Seibert (@domjbs), President of Direct Online Marketing. Selling products into a new country can seem … [Read more...] about How to Test Foreign Markets with AdWords
Use AdWords Scripts to Quiet the PPC Noise
The job of a PPC manager is busy, complicated, and every once in a while just a little tedious. But with Google AdWords scripts, processes can be automated, redundant tasks can be eliminated, and you can focus on the more important, strategic aspects of the job. Scripts are something we've been talking about a lot here on PPC Hero, for no other reason (really) than that we … [Read more...] about Use AdWords Scripts to Quiet the PPC Noise
When Less Has to Be More – Working with Limited Budgets
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Julie Friedman Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon), Founder and President of Neptune Moon. In a perfect world, we would all … [Read more...] about When Less Has to Be More – Working with Limited Budgets
2014: The Year of Ad Extensions
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Paula Spencer, Online Campaigns Manager at Effective Spend. It’s the beginning of a new year, the holiday … [Read more...] about 2014: The Year of Ad Extensions
Updates to Bing Reports
We tend to focus our attention more towards Google AdWords here on PPC Hero, but many of us also use Bing Ads on a daily basis. One thing that I find a bit more challenging when using Bing is pulling reports. The process seems to be integrated better into the tabs in AdWords. Bing has recently announced some changes, though, to help make the reporting process more … [Read more...] about Updates to Bing Reports
Negative Keywords: Stop (Only) Excluding, Start Directing!
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Kirk Williams (@PPCKirk), owner of ZATO. Negative keywords are often seen only as bouncers. They stand at the … [Read more...] about Negative Keywords: Stop (Only) Excluding, Start Directing!
Holy Sidekick! The Ultimate PPC Partner Takes on Refined Targeting
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Ariana Wolf (@ArianaWolf), a search strategist for 90octane. “Holy jumble! Where's the hope of the world now?” – … [Read more...] about Holy Sidekick! The Ultimate PPC Partner Takes on Refined Targeting
SCHEME: The Easy Acronym For Pitching Branded PPC
We’ve all heard (or feared) our clients doubting the importance of using branded terms in our PPC efforts. The questions commonly revolve around “Why would I pay for these clicks if they are already trying to find me? Won’t SEO pick them up?” Today we will refute this argument for the last time, so that you can say with all certainty and clarity that the concerns are far … [Read more...] about SCHEME: The Easy Acronym For Pitching Branded PPC
How To Pitch YouTube Video Ads As A New PPC Initiative
PPC Hero’s February series will be focused on arming you, the PPC account manager, with all the necessary ammunition to make a strong argument for adding new focus areas in your paid search campaigns to your client. That client can be your direct supervisor or executives if you’re managing in-house, or a client in the traditional sense if you’re working in an agency on several … [Read more...] about How To Pitch YouTube Video Ads As A New PPC Initiative
