The great thing about PPC is that you know the exact performance of every keyword in the account (or at least you can if you get everything set up right). You can now even attribute sales to keywords at the top of the funnel that then create sales from other keywords later on and attribute performance to them. You can do this through attribution modeling which is completely … [Read more...] about Why the Effectiveness of PPC Kills Account Growth
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A Three Step Guide To Account Growth
This week, I created the below guide to break account growth down into an easy to digest format. I often see accounts grow to a point of stability and growing beyond that point always seems to be challenging. As an agency, it seems like every time we get together to address growth on a client, we come up with a plan that seems, on the surface, to be unique to that particular … [Read more...] about A Three Step Guide To Account Growth
4 Pillars of Paid Media Growth
Paid media is straightforward. “Growth,” however, is very dependent upon the role you play in paid media, so let’s start by defining who these four pillars are intended for and what I mean by “growth.” My paid media experience is 100% agency-based. Naturally, my experience shapes my viewpoint and definition of growth. From the agency perspective, growth equals managing … [Read more...] about 4 Pillars of Paid Media Growth
PPC Client Account Revenue Pressures
All businesses want to make money - it is the point of business. With every initiative a business launches, it does so with the purpose to drive revenue. And every year, it hopes to drive even more revenue. Year over year growth is imperative for a business to be sustainable. As account managers, we are held accountable for revenue growth goals from digital marketing. And with … [Read more...] about PPC Client Account Revenue Pressures
Account Management: One of My Top Takeaways From 2018
To preface this entire post, I’ll mention that I’ve been in my role for about one year now. As I’ve reflected on 2018, my expectations in regard to what managing accounts looked like at the outset were largely incorrect. I’ve come to realize that we can’t always apply standard routines, processes, and tasks to manage our client accounts. Managing them is so much more than … [Read more...] about Account Management: One of My Top Takeaways From 2018
How an EU Commission Ruling Can Mean 20 Percent Lower CPCs for Your Google Shopping Accounts
This post is shared with you from Stefan Stopper, Account Strategist at Smarter Ecommerce (@smec), and speaker at Hero Conf London. In June 2017, the EU Commission sentenced Google to pay a fine of 2.4 billion euros. Now, up to 5% of Google’s daily revenue is at stake if they fail to make their Google Shopping channel more competitive. Google is taking aggressive measures to … [Read more...] about How an EU Commission Ruling Can Mean 20 Percent Lower CPCs for Your Google Shopping Accounts
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
My Top Failures as a PPC Account Manager
No one sets out to fail. Yet nearly everyone sets out to learn. This contradiction had me thinking reflectively over the last couples of weeks as I quickly approach the end of my 3rd year with Hanapin. I'm truly in awe at how much has happened during that time within the industry, and how seamlessly those around me appear to transition from one phase to the next. And that's … [Read more...] about My Top Failures as a PPC Account Manager
Spend Smarter: Identifying Account Opportunities
Budgeting can be a tricky thing. Oftentimes we run into one of the following situations: Performance has been steady, but we’re limited in what we can spend. Wow we want to grow the account. The client comes to us asking if we could spend more, if so, how much more? What will the outcome be? The client comes to us saying that they have additional $X to spend, but their … [Read more...] about Spend Smarter: Identifying Account Opportunities
4 Tips For Supporting A PPC Account Team
As the digital marketing industry grows with new updates, platforms, tools, and thought processes, it’s natural for many accounts to: Expand their reach Refine more sophisticated strategies Develop new complexities This continual evolution of PPC combined with potential shifts or expansions of business goals can ultimately make it challenging for a single person to … [Read more...] about 4 Tips For Supporting A PPC Account Team
My 5 PPC Account Manager New Year’s Resolutions
With the start of the new year, most of us usually make some sort of New Year' resolutions. Whether that is to lose weight, eat healthier, or get more organized, we usually enter the new year full of hope that we can make changes that can help us be better than we are. PPC account managers are no different. On the first day of work in the new year, I sit down at my desk and … [Read more...] about My 5 PPC Account Manager New Year’s Resolutions
Is Everything OK? 3 Tips For Keeping Your PPC Accounts Healthy
As search professionals, we’re always assessing the overall state of our PPC programs. If performance isn’t constantly monitored, we’re sure to find out one day that the campaigns we thought were doing well are not hitting goals or worst case scenario, losing money. For this very reason, most account managers create intricate methods for tracking overall performance so they can … [Read more...] about Is Everything OK? 3 Tips For Keeping Your PPC Accounts Healthy
