Negative keywords are an essential part to any PPC campaign. Combing through Search Query Reports to exclude the irrelevant, poor-performing, and occasionally bizarre query is probably one of the highlights of my week.
Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords
There are tons of reasons to pause things within our PPC accounts. Poor performance, special offers ending, seasonality. It can go on and on.
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Advanced PPC and SEO Campaign Diagnostics – Free Webinar!
In previous months, the presenters from Hanapin and Intrapromote have uncovered some great ways to set goals and report on the resulting data. But the work doesn’t end there. How do you know if either medium is truly working? Beyond...
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PLAs on Smartphones: Enhanced Campaigns Impact
Google just announced that PLAs will begin showing on mobile devices globally. If you upgrade to enhanced campaigns, your products will automatically be eligible to display for Smartphones.
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How To Create Customer Profiles For Your Facebook Ad Campaigns
What is a customer profile? Police are notorious for creating profiles. They put these together to help others know what to look for when hunting down a criminal. We’re not going to be hunting down criminals today, but we will...
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Why So Many Ads for Beta Brands?
OK, because I notice the ads on my Facebook page a bit more than regular folk, I sometimes find myself wondering “why is this ad targeted to me?” If the ad seems too on the mark, I wonder how much...
Bing Helps You Improve How You Match Your SQRs
Bing has decided to bring another analysis tool to the table this month. PPC Heroes love anything that makes the path between us and extreme optimization as short as possible. The most recent features applies to Search Query Reports We...
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Great Stuff You Missed From Hero Conf
I don’t know about you, but I’m still in recovery mode from Hero Conf 2013. It’s taken me roughly a week to collect my thoughts, but I’m finally ready to share some of the highlights I experienced on the front lines down...
Case Study: Boosting Display Campaign Traffic Quality
Last week PPC Hero’s own Eric Couch detailed how to make display campaigns with higher quality traffic using category exclusions. On the back of his post I thought I’d set up a case study in one of my accounts and...
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The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads: Part 5, Targeting Strategies
You’ve asked for it, and here it is: The Total Guide To Product Listing Ads. We have a feeling this product will continue to expand and get cool, new features since it’s doing so well for our eCommerce accounts. But,...
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The Five Biggest Moments from Hero Conf 2013
After all the planning and anticipation, it’s hard to believe that Hero Conf 2013 is actually over. But now that we’ve had some time to relax (and recover), we thought it would be a good idea to take a step...
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Identifying The Reasons Why Your Landing Page Doesn’t Convert Very Well
We all know this, but the purpose of the landing page is to create a conversion. Some of the more common conversions are: leads, sales, and calls. The truth cannot be dulled and stands the test of time. I pose...
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