Lately I’ve been conducting about 1-2 interviews a week. Most of the time I am interviewing for our Account Manager position. A candidate recently asked something along the lines of, “What traits or behaviors do the great account managers have that the average ones do not?” This exact question is something I spend a good portion of my time trying to figure out and … [Read more...] about What Makes a Great PPC Account Manager?
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Ask the Heroes! – Rapid Fire Q&A with 2013 Hero Conf Speakers
Still trying to convince yourself to register for Hero Conf? Maybe you haven’t seen the recently posted topic schedule for days 1 & 2, because it’s going to be an incredible lineup of content! On top of that, you can still get your Hero Conf passes with a super early bird discount…but only until midnight Friday! Because we know content and topics are the things driving you … [Read more...] about Ask the Heroes! – Rapid Fire Q&A with 2013 Hero Conf Speakers
Maximize Your PPC’s Efficiency With e-Commerce Tracking
In the world of ecommerce one idea is king: profit. As the old saying goes ‘revenue is vanity, profit is sanity’ and it is for this reason that properly optimized PPC can help keep all e-commerce website owners very sane and very happy. By setting up Google Analytics’ e-commerce tracking to integrate with your PPC data you can track the exact amount of revenue made on your site … [Read more...] about Maximize Your PPC’s Efficiency With e-Commerce Tracking
Marc Bitanga: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Marc Bitanga, who will be speaking about segmentation and working with agencies at Hero Conf 2013. Marc Bitanga is a digital marketing professional with over 10 years experience increasing website traffic, acquiring customers and improving online revenue for agencies as well as popular brands such as Electronic Arts & SAP. He has … [Read more...] about Marc Bitanga: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
A New Year Means New Ideas For Your PPC Accounts
To start your new year out right, you should look for some big ideas to bring to the table for your PPC campaigns to your client or boss. I recently polled the group over at Reddit.com/r/PPC to see what they were bringing to the table this year. Here are some of their answers and some things I'm doing! One user said they were starting to use Remarketing with Google Analytics. … [Read more...] about A New Year Means New Ideas For Your PPC Accounts
Why I’m Excited to Go Back to Hero Conf in 2013
As we’re currently on the eve of our super early bird Hero Conf price expiring this Friday (Jan 11th 2013) – I thought I’d put down my thoughts on last year and why you have to attend this year’s event! For those of you who have missed it, Hero Conf 2013 will be taking place in Austin, TX on April 8-10. It’s a 3 day event this year, up from 2 last year, and will include two … [Read more...] about Why I’m Excited to Go Back to Hero Conf in 2013
Nick Herinckx: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Nick Herinckx, who will be speaking about how to track keyword-level PPC revenue and return over long sales cycles at Hero Conf 2013. Nick Herinckx is a published online marketing consultant and owner of Obility Consulting, a fast growing online marketing agency focused on helping B2B companies with long sales cycles drive pipeline, increase … [Read more...] about Nick Herinckx: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
Mobile Ad Copy 101
Back in June of 2012 (which already seems like forever ago!) Amanda and I put together a video blog on how to approach mobile ad copy. Then, in October, Jeff presented a webinar with Wordstream about all things mobile. But those were both a while ago…and we’ve had some recent requests for a basics course on mobile ads. So why not have a beginning of the new year lesson?! … [Read more...] about Mobile Ad Copy 101
Editors and Tools
Adwords Editor & Excel: /align-your-bids-with-your-cpa-within-5-minutes-using-adwords-editor-and-excel/ Desktop Editors: https://www.google.com/intl/en/adwordseditor/ https://advertising.microsoft.com/support-center/adcenter-downloads/adcenter-desktop Efficient big management: spreadsheet fun!: /efficient-bid-management-spreadsheet-fun/ … [Read more...] about Editors and Tools
Geo-targeting
Geo-Targeting This process explains how to change the location targeting settings for a campaign. You can make your campaigns target any combination of countries, territories, regions, cities, and customized areas defined by you. You can also target up to 40 different languages. · Go to ‘All Online Campaigns’ and select the Campaign that you want to change settings … [Read more...] about Geo-targeting
Dennis Yu: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Dennis Yu, who will be speaking about Facebook and PPC at Hero Conf 2013. Dennis Yu is CEO of BlitzMetrics. He has helped brands grow and measure their Facebook presence and is an internationally recognized lecturer in Facebook marketing, having been featured on National Public Radio, TechCrunch, Fox News, AllFacebook, CBS Evening News, and … [Read more...] about Dennis Yu: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
Seven Ways to Increase CTR Without Even Looking at Ad Text
Driving up click through rate is one of the most important things that we do in PPC. Hosting a webinar recently, I discovered that it is a lot of people’s key performance indicator (KPI). While all of my accounts are based around what happens after the click, I can understand that for many PPC advertisers driving traffic is the name of the game. While ad text and testing is … [Read more...] about Seven Ways to Increase CTR Without Even Looking at Ad Text
