As part of our training program we like to lay out time frames for people new to PPC in terms of how long it will take to feel comfortable and become an expert. I usually say 1 year to be...
How to Win at Social PPC: Facebook Edition [Webinar]
Being “good” at social media is often easier said than done, and that goes double for social advertising. Join digital advertising experts Sean Quadlin of Hanapin Marketing and John Lee of Clix as they delve into the world of social...
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PPC Hero Honors MLK’s Historic Speech
PPC Hero always honors the heroes that came before him:
6 Reasons Pay-for-Performance Models Suck
It comes up often, and I’ll admit in my younger PPC days it made me shudder: “So if you’re charging us a fee based on spend, doesn’t that mean you’ll just push the spend to increase your fee?” Well, let...
Webinar Recording – Man vs Machine: The Automation Debate
Join renowned PPC experts Matt van Wagner and Neil Sorensen as they tackle the PPC automation debate in our latest #ThinkPPC webinar discussion, moderated by our own Sean Quadlin.
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3 Heist Movie Rules That Can Really Help Your Conversion Rates
Today’s post is brought to you by PPC Hero Ally Dave Bird, the CEO of Clickthroo, a landing page marketing solution. — As far back as you can remember, you’ve always wanted to be a gangster; the admiration, the respect, the...
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PPC & SEO Unite with the New Paid & Organic Report in AdWords
AdWords has done it again with the release of another amazing new report that will allow online marketers to analyze and optimize your paid & organic search traffic directly in AdWords. The data is pulled via Webmaster tools and populated...
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ACE Your Account – AdWords Experiments and You
Taking Advantage of AdWords Experiments AdWords Campaign Experiments (ACE) is a great but overlooked feature in AdWords. ACE allows you to test structural changes, bid changes, new keywords, or modify all sorts of things inside your campaigns. All you have...
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How the Visitors Flow Report in Analytics Will Make Your Account Better
The Visitors Flow report in Google Analytics gives a great visualization of what users are doing on your site. Since we PPC’ers are paying for our traffic, it is imperative that we have maximum clarity into their behavior. You can...
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Man vs Machine: The Automation Debate [Webinar]
In the world of pay-per-click advertising, the hunt for efficiency never ends. So it’s really no surprise that PPC automation (running campaigns with software, scripts and apps) has gained steam in recent years. But when is it truly useful–and when...
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When Is It Time To Stop Doing PPC?
Every business has to decide at one time or another if PPC is still a viable channel for them. It may be that new channels have proven to be more profitable or that PPC profits have shrunk as demand has...
The PPC Meeting Survival Guide
Some of my favorite topics on this blog deal with case studies analyzing account performance in painstaking detail. It makes sense – this is an intensely data-driven line of work, often requiring hours of analysis. But it’s important that we...
