Conversion tracking plays such an important role in measuring the success of paid search performance. However, how many times do you revisit the goals and check the tracking? Most of the time, you should only have to setup conversion tracking once and you can forget about it. Or can you? It may be a good idea to go back on occasion and double check the tracking. Audit Your … [Read more...] about Thoughts About PPC Conversion Tracking
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3 AdWords Features You Are Underutilizing
Few industries evolve, adapt, and integrate new tech quicker than paid search. Capitalizing on this dynamic environment is a significant aspect of the daily challenges account managers face. Whether the news comes from Inside AdWords or via a Google Representative's beta deck, the announcement of upcoming changes typically triggers a flurry of excitement and preparation. … [Read more...] about 3 AdWords Features You Are Underutilizing
Tools Providing Audience Data for Optimizing Landing Pages
Optimizing your landing pages for the right audience is the key to having a successful CRO program. Today I’m going to walk through the tools that will provide you the knowledge and data you need to have to make these optimizations. The ultimate goal of these tools is to gather data about your users. Who is your audience and how do they behave on your site? To receive the … [Read more...] about Tools Providing Audience Data for Optimizing Landing Pages
Why Marketers Don’t Trust Data – Q1 Report
Did you know that less than 15% of marketers actually trust the data that they are reporting? That’s a bit unnerving, isn’t it? Few marketers fully trust how metrics are reported and with good reason: more times than not, CRM and Platform data don’t align. And even across different platforms, your numbers may seem suspiciously off. Honestly, why can’t they just all get … [Read more...] about Why Marketers Don’t Trust Data – Q1 Report
5 Tips for Measuring Social Ad Success
62 Percent of Small Business Owners Say Facebook Ads Don't Work. Results of this study were released by Small Business Trends earlier this year. Inc.com followed up on this study begging the question... Is it user error. This alarming stat was recently presented in an industry update training and prompted a dive into how businesses, both big and small, can measure social … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Measuring Social Ad Success
Enhanced Day-Of-Week Budgeting With Non-PPC KPIs
Last month, I came to you with 3 ways to use ROAS for lead gen optimization. Today, I want to talk about another way Hanapin Marketing has begun embracing “back-end,” atypical KPIs in our PPC strategies and tactics. This example comes from a dynamic, sometimes complicated vertical that blends both lead gen and e-commerce attributes: Healthcare. The Complexity Of Healthcare … [Read more...] about Enhanced Day-Of-Week Budgeting With Non-PPC KPIs
Avoid These Common PPC Shopping Strategy Mistakes
With all the new features for Shopping product feeds, extensions, and labels, it’s easy to overlook the basics of what makes Shopping campaigns successful for ecommerce accounts. The oversights listed below are common with new accounts at Hanapin Marketing. Avoid these to develop a sophisticated Shopping campaign structure and increase overall performance. Only Running One … [Read more...] about Avoid These Common PPC Shopping Strategy Mistakes
Best Practices and Upcoming Features in Bing Shopping
Have you been struggling with Bing Shopping Campaigns? Not getting the best performance you thought you would? Don’t even know where to start? We’ve got some super helpful Bing Shopping best practices for you! In this new live webinar, Hanapin’s Shannon Glass and Bing’s Rachel Rogowin will train you on everything from explaining what Bing Shopping is, to setting it up, to … [Read more...] about Best Practices and Upcoming Features in Bing Shopping
Programmatic Advertising For Agencies: In-House Or Outsourced
As programmatic advertising continues to come to the fore of many digital strategies, so does the discussion of whether or not agencies should begin to expand their offerings and skill set to take programmatic media buying in-house. The driving force behind this conversation is the increased recognition that cross-channel, cross device and cross-strategy marketing is … [Read more...] about Programmatic Advertising For Agencies: In-House Or Outsourced
How You Can Generate More Conversions For Lead Generation Accounts
We always try to provide our clients with great initiatives and projects to help with expansion in paid search and adapt to newer Google updates and betas. Last week, Hanapin created an infographic that you should print and post in your office area right away for a quick reference on how to stay on top of your lead generation game! Now that you printed off your cheat sheet … [Read more...] about How You Can Generate More Conversions For Lead Generation Accounts
5 Steps To Master Facebook Projections NOT Predictions
“Tell me how much I should spend in Facebook and what results I can expect.” This sentence is one we hear frequently from our clients. I used to cringe every time I heard this sentence. When I would hear it the over-analytical side of me would take over and freak-out because A.) I knew the volatility of Facebook’s ever-changing platform, varying audiences, and fewer metrics … [Read more...] about 5 Steps To Master Facebook Projections NOT Predictions
Why PPC Clicks And PPC Sessions Never Match
If your goal is to maximize revenue, generate higher lead volume, or simply improve your brand exposure, it can be confusing when your data appears to have discrepancies. Google Analytics is a beast on its own without trying to make sense of why there are differences in data points. There have been many occasions where the data does not line up in Analytics. Sometimes it is … [Read more...] about Why PPC Clicks And PPC Sessions Never Match
