Welcome to the second installment of our PPC Love Series this month. Even though today is my birthday, which is a very happy day, I am prepared to tell you about my heartache and strife with the adCenter editor and it’s sometime unwillingness to be a good PPC partner. So what do you do? Keep it around or break up with it? Many times I have wanted to end the relationship, … [Read more...] about Love Me Tender: Uploading Negatives Into Bing
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CTR Healing: Raising Click Through Rate For Better Performance
This is the first installment from our PPC Love series for this month. For the purpose of today’s post, we’ll be discussing click through rate and offer up a few ways to improve CTR in your own accounts. Ooh baby, I’m hot just like an oven I need some [CTR] lovin’ And baby, I can’t hold it much longer It’s getting stronger and stronger… Click through rate is … [Read more...] about CTR Healing: Raising Click Through Rate For Better Performance
Mark Zuckerberg and Paid Search
Have you heard anything about the Facebook IPO this week? Me either. Back to reality now…I haven’t been able to avoid this news in the least. The articles keep rolling in too. My favorite addition today was the Washington Post analyzing how Zuckerberg could be worth more than Google founders Sergei and Larry. Why all the fuss? Saying it’s obvious is a bit of an understatement. … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg and Paid Search
Hero Conf Super Early Bird Discount Ends Tomorrow!
Friday, February 3, is the last day to register for Hero Conf and still receive the Super Early Bird Discount. Day 1 is $450 (discounted by more than 50%), Day 2 is $1200 (discounted by nearly 30%), and both days are $1320 (discounted by nearly 40%). This week we would also like to share an interview with Joanna Lord, the Director of Customer Acquisition & Engagement at … [Read more...] about Hero Conf Super Early Bird Discount Ends Tomorrow!
Tips for Shaking Off PPC Frustration
As rose-colored as my glasses may be, I still find myself frustrated at times. In some cases it is due to specific goals that I am working on surpassing. Sometimes it is because ideas are not flowing from me as quickly as they might at other times. And of course, there are always those times where you’re so busy you can’t seem to get caught up. But whatever the reason, … [Read more...] about Tips for Shaking Off PPC Frustration
Everything You Need to Know About Ad Position in AdWords
Ad position, the forest containing all your account metric trees! (Sorry, it’s Friday, and the clichés abound.) A high quality score combined with the right keyword bid means your ad gets a higher and higher position on Google SERPs. But, how do you analyze your ad position in AdWords? And, how do you know what your optimal position really is? Some accounts do perform better … [Read more...] about Everything You Need to Know About Ad Position in AdWords
Analytics Regular Expression Characters
Regular expressions can seem like a foreign language, but once you know how they work you won't know how you ever used Google Analytics without them . This post will help you understand how each of the regular expressions function and includes examples of how they can be used for your account. What is does: Turns the character following the backslash into plain text. How it … [Read more...] about Analytics Regular Expression Characters
AdWords Keyword Statuses & Diagnostics
As paid search managers, keywords are a crucial part of our daily grind. It is important that we continue to learn and develop better understandings of how each and every one contributes to our search marketing strategy, so we can easily make informed decisions. What’s working? Why? What’s not working? Why? These are some of the questions that any diligent account manager … [Read more...] about AdWords Keyword Statuses & Diagnostics
The Top 10 Industries That Spent The Most in AdWords in 2011
Our friends at Wordstream have just published a new infographic showing where Google earned it's $37.9 billion advertising revenues in 2011. The infographic below shows the top 10 industries that spent the most in AdWords last year, as well as the top 5 biggest spenders in each industry. You can also read an analysis of the results by Wordstream's Larry Kim. © WordStream, a … [Read more...] about The Top 10 Industries That Spent The Most in AdWords in 2011
Easier with Editor: AdWords Campaign Experiments
With as many tasks as PPC account managers are required to balance on their plates, the addition of AdWords Campaign Experiments (ACE) to the AdWords interface in 2010 was welcomed with open arms from many. This feature allows account managers to determine testing parameters and apply them to a given campaign’s elements in order to optimize performance in a controlled and … [Read more...] about Easier with Editor: AdWords Campaign Experiments
Interview with Marc Poirier from Acquisio
This week we had the opportunity to interview Marc Poirier, Co-Founder and CMO of Acquisio. Hero Conf is proud to not only have Marc as a speaker, but also to have Acquisio as our Platinum Sponsor! We enjoyed hearing Marc share some great information about PPC and Acquiso. PPC Hero: Welcome to this exclusive twitter interview with Marc Poirier, Co-Founder and CMO of … [Read more...] about Interview with Marc Poirier from Acquisio
Shorten Your Sales Cycle with PPC After the Conversion
For most, PPC is an invaluable way to drive low cost leads and/or ecommerce sales. But with its precise targeting capabilities, PPC is also an amazing way to stay in front of these leads and customers to increase closing rates, reduce sales cycle time, and maximize up/cross-sales. So don’t limit your PPC efforts to the first conversion or sale. Use it help your prospects and … [Read more...] about Shorten Your Sales Cycle with PPC After the Conversion