As more consumers turn to the Internet for their holiday shopping, it’s important to be thinking about how to best stand out from the crowd. Google has created two features to help eCommerce sites promote their products using a data feed within a Google Merchant Center. By taking advantage of these new features your product images will show along with price, allowing customers … [Read more...] about Stand Out From The Crowd By Utilizing Product Extensions and PLAs
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Our Greatest Hits for November 2010
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from November. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. This November, Jen’s insightful article on creating targeted ads in Facebook landed itself in first place, and for good reason! … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for November 2010
6 Optimization Tips to Get Ready for the New Year
The turkey, stuffing and potatoes came and went and as the last of green bean casserole is finished, it is time to admit we are in full holiday mode. Halloween barely left us and the stores already had trees, lights and wrapping paper overflowing into the aisles, but there is something about the constant holly jolly music in all of the stores that really spells out ‘tis the … [Read more...] about 6 Optimization Tips to Get Ready for the New Year
Dynamic Landing Pages
As a common rule of thumb, all pay per click accounts should have landing pages specific to each theme, product, or service. The more specific a landing page is, the more likely it is that the visitor will convert. Think of it this way, the landing page is the hook on the end of your line. You can bait them with the ad text all day long, but if you can’t hook ‘em and … [Read more...] about Dynamic Landing Pages
PPC News Roundup for November 19, 2010
So the Yahoo to Microsoft transition is now complete and moving your accounts was a piece of cake, right? If you are experiencing difficulties transitioning your accounts, you need to read Ricky Poole’s acCenter blog on troubleshooting campaign performance questions. Poole presents a list of four of the more common adCenter issues and his solution to each. He also provides … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for November 19, 2010
AdWords Interest Category Marketing: Initial Observations
We have had Interest Category Marketing, a display network targeting feature that is still in beta, available in some accounts for a while, but this month I began using it and thought I’d share a few of the initial observations I’ve got, as well as the good news and the cautions I’ve found. First, we should discuss the way Interest Category marketing works. It’s expected that … [Read more...] about AdWords Interest Category Marketing: Initial Observations
Getting serious about ad continuity on the landing page
When it comes to ad continuity on the landing page we often think of keyword match. Are the actual words you’re using in your ads being displayed on the landing page? And that’s a good start. However, when it comes to increasing conversion rates beyond “average” (~4% according to sources like MarketingSherpa and FireClick) we should be thinking beyond just keyword match and … [Read more...] about Getting serious about ad continuity on the landing page
Do You Make These Common Mistakes While Managing Your AdWords Campaign?
We all make mistakes. Fortunately enough, in the real life they are easy to identify and because of that you can learn not to make them again. On the internet that's not always the case. When you make a mistake on the internet (while managing an AdWords campaign for example), then you usually don't even realize it. Therefore you can't avoid making a similar mistake in the … [Read more...] about Do You Make These Common Mistakes While Managing Your AdWords Campaign?
Our Greatest Hits for October 2010
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from October. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. Bethany sweeps the first place spot for most trafficked October blog with her post: Yahoo! To Microsoft Transition Survival … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for October 2010
Using Microsoft Advertising Intelligence for Keyword Expansion
October was quite an interesting month for PPC. With the Yahoo/Microsoft PPC transition, I found my Yahoo and adCenter accounts performing out of the ordinary. Terms that had traditionally done well in MSN suddenly weren’t converting quite as well and other keywords that had never attracted much traffic (and spend) suddenly took off. With all traffic now through adCenter, I am … [Read more...] about Using Microsoft Advertising Intelligence for Keyword Expansion
The PPC Audit: Rewards for a Critical Eye
You might be a small business owner, new to search engine marketing, and questioning the effectiveness of your initial PPC account structure. On the other hand, you could be an experienced PPC professional needing a new perspective on an established account. Without a doubt, the needs of these two PPC extremes may be entirely opposite. The PPC beginner could simply need … [Read more...] about The PPC Audit: Rewards for a Critical Eye
PPC News Roundup for October 22, 2010
During an economic downturn many business choose to save many by moving previously out-sourced services back in-house. In the PPC world many companies are choosing to take back management of their Internet marketing campaigns and turn them over to their traditional marketing team. If you’re a business thinking about having your marketing team manage your online campaigns you … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 22, 2010
