As the PPC competition increases over time we should all be looking for new opportunities. Although optimization is great, there is going to be a limit to advertising returns on Google and Bing. One of the easiest ways to circumvent this fact is by pushing into completely new territory. Not just tackling new ideas and strategies but new platforms. By this point we’ve all been … [Read more...] about How to Pitch LinkedIn and Twitter Advertising
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How to Pitch Bing Like a Champion
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 Bing Like a Champion
Happy Valentines Day From PPC Hero!
With love in the air, we thought we'd share a few articles that have gotten a lot of love and attention from our favorite PPC Hero readers, you! Here are just a few of the recent blog posts you loved! 1) 10 Alternatives to Google AdWords 2) How Restructuring Improved Quality Score & Reduced CPA by 23% 3) The 10 Common Remarketing Mistakes That Will Haunt You 4) … [Read more...] about Happy Valentines Day From PPC Hero!
7 Steps to ‘Translate’ a PPC Campaign
If you’re killing it with an English-language pay per click campaign, your next step might be to expand to other languages. While there’s ample room for growth, ‘translating’ a pay per click campaign can be trickier than you might think. After advising over a hundred businesses on how to launch a pay per click campaign in China, my best advice is to localize the campaign from … [Read more...] about 7 Steps to ‘Translate’ a PPC Campaign
Landing Page Tips That Should Be Set In Stone [Infographic]
For this month's infographic, we wanted to emphasize landing page tips that are key to conversion rate optimization (CRO) to go along with this month's CRO Toolkit, which can still be found over at our CRO Toolkit page on the Hanapin Marketing site. Below is a transcript of the copy included in the above infographic image. Enjoy! Landing Page Tips That Should Be Set in … [Read more...] about Landing Page Tips That Should Be Set In Stone [Infographic]
A Double-Take: Why You Need Call Tracking Now.
We talk about tracking a lot in the land of PPC Hero. Tagging URLS. Google Analytics. Keyword-level tracking. We know that the more data we can pull in means a better view of opportunities. Call tracking absolutely, positively falls into this category as well. Call tracking can help you understand the enormous value of mobile PPC or perhaps an opportunity to better allocate … [Read more...] about A Double-Take: Why You Need Call Tracking Now.
Ad Copy: The Forgotten Ingredient of PPC Success
I find it amazing as pay per click professionals we spend so much time talking about account structure, keywords, and bidding, yet ad copy is treated as an afterthought. After all doesn’t Google Adwords and Bing Ads contain the word ‘Ad’ in their product title? In the end, the only thing a potential prospect or buyer sees is the ad. If your ads are lacking a compelling message, … [Read more...] about Ad Copy: The Forgotten Ingredient of PPC Success
How to Further Refine Your Remarketing Lists
Remarketing can be an effective tool to use when wanting to target a more qualified audience. By focusing on users who have already visited your site, you should be reaching those that have more of an interest in what you have to offer. Currently, there are ways to refine the audience even more by specifying certain pages the user visited, or certain actions they completed. The … [Read more...] about How to Further Refine Your Remarketing Lists
How Auditing Placement Data Cut CPA’s by 67%
To most folks, finding (non-Remarketing) success on the Display Network can be an elusive goal. This vast conglomeration of partner sites can, without proper management and restraint, place your paid advertisements in front of just about anyone, anywhere. They'll usually spend a lot of money in the process, too. However, with a consistent approach and careful eye towards … [Read more...] about How Auditing Placement Data Cut CPA’s by 67%
Grow Leads 17% By Segmenting Search Partners During Bid Changes
Bid changes are a very routine optimization in any account. So routine, in fact, you might have most if not all of it automated. I know in a lot of my accounts I could write out my process for how I perform bid changes to the point that I could replicate that process with automated rules in AdWords or through a bid management system like Acquisio. However, there is something … [Read more...] about Grow Leads 17% By Segmenting Search Partners During Bid Changes
Segmentation: A Unique Way To View Account Performance
In my last post 5 metrics I use to measure account success I touched on using Google’s segmentation metrics. Today we’re going to take a deeper look into segments and discuss what they are, and how to best use them. Why Use Segments in the First Place? Let’s face it; Adwords is one big blob of numbers. The problem we all face as ppc pros is how to make this big blob of data … [Read more...] about Segmentation: A Unique Way To View Account Performance
Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
“We’ve worked really hard on improving CTR, but Quality Scores are actually going down. How is that possible?” Back in October I wrote a post about how you can improve your account’s CTR and recently I’ve started to feel a little guilty about all that advice. I spent the entire article talking about how to increase click-through rates knowing full well that many advertisers … [Read more...] about Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
