I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: PPC enthusiasts are often Excel nerds . But if you’re just starting off down the road of mass data analysis, Microsoft Excel can be a little daunting. The secret is that once you know a handful of tricks, it become pretty easy to figure out how to make Excel work for you, instead of becoming a source of insecurity and stress. The … [Read more...] about Beginner Excel: 10 Must-Haves for PPC Newbies
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Website Down? 2 Easy Ways to Combat Wasted Spend
Your website is down - for some reason this always occurs at inconvenient times such as at night, on the weekends, or when you're having a crazy day and are too busy to notice. Upon your discovery you frantically race around to fix the issue only to realize you forgot to pause AdWords. Every year advertisers lose thousands of marketing dollars on ad spend while their website … [Read more...] about Website Down? 2 Easy Ways to Combat Wasted Spend
AdWords Launches Conversion-Based Bid Strategies for Remarketing Lists
Do you use Google AdWords' conversion optimizer or Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSAs)? Well, now you can use them both together. Google Ads recently announced that the automated bidding strategies that use conversion data are now available for your remarketing lists for search. If you are unfamiliar with the conversion optimizer, the way it works is you set CPA goals … [Read more...] about AdWords Launches Conversion-Based Bid Strategies for Remarketing Lists
Holy Sidekick! The Ultimate PPC Partner Takes on Refined Targeting
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Ariana Wolf (@ArianaWolf), a search strategist for 90octane. “Holy jumble! Where's the hope of the world now?” – … [Read more...] about Holy Sidekick! The Ultimate PPC Partner Takes on Refined Targeting
Better Communicate The Value of PPC To Those You Answer To
So you’ve done everything right. AdWords & Bing certified? Check. Read tons of articles and keep up on the latest industry developments? Check. You’re a dedicated PPC Hero reader? Check (Apologies for the shameless plug). In addition, you can write killer ad copy, diligently research new keywords, methodically change bids and analyze data with the best of them. In other … [Read more...] about Better Communicate The Value of PPC To Those You Answer To
AdWords Cross-Device Estimates. Good or Bad?
Google announced yesterday the release of the new Estimated Total Conversions for search ads in AdWords. This first part of the release, cross-device conversion tracking, will help provide advertisers with estimates on how AdWords search performance influences conversions for businesses across multiple devices and eventually phone and in-store conversions. Google said this day … [Read more...] about AdWords Cross-Device Estimates. Good or Bad?
PPC News Roundup for December 10, 2010
I don’t think the people at Google ever sleep because this week Adwords Insider announced the launch of two new online services: Google Global Market Finder and Google Ads for Global Advertisers. Global Marketing Finder is a free online tool that helps you determine potential customers overseas. Just enter in keywords and select the marketing you’d like to explore. Ads for … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 10, 2010
PPC News Roundup for December 3, 2010
If you transitioned your accounts from Yahoo! to Bing without making edits, your ads might not be showing to potential customers. This is because Microsoft and Yahoo! do not view keywords in the same way. Michael Mostert of adCenter Blog has written a post on what you need to know about keyword normalization to avoid missing out on traffic. Since adCenter treats each keyword … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 3, 2010
PPC News Roundup for October 29, 2010
Black Friday in July? Target and WAL-MART led the way a few months ago with a trend that’s popped up, in light of the current economy of course. Geoffrey Shenk with Search Engine Land says if you think it’s too soon to shop online for the upcoming holidays…well…you’re wrong. Shenk notes that in 2009 online retail sales shot up 51%, and this trend is expected to continue. He … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 29, 2010
PPC News Roundup for December 19th, 2008
Trying to make your PPC ad copy stand out from the crowd can be a daunting task. Shane at semvironment has written a very insightful article to help you fend off the PPC ad copy zombies. For those of you in a highly competitive PPC landscape, this is some very useful information. This post from Search Engine Land expands past PPC, but it's a good end-of-the-year check list … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 19th, 2008
PPC News Roundup for April 16, 2008
Can your landing page copy have too much urgency? Can you scare unqualified traffic with urgent calls-to-action? According to an article posted at PPC-Advice, this very well could be the case. Their hypothesis is that your audience may not be to be told "Buy Now" or "Add to Cart" if they want more time to read your copy, and make their own decision. I think a blend could be … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for April 16, 2008
PPC News Roundup for May 4, 2007
In yet another rally cry against a-typical landing pages, this post praises the use of more conversion paths. Google AdWords interface nearly slowed to a halt yesterday with many advertisers experiencing serious delays in account management. Jeeves is dead. Long live the Algorithm. Jeeves is shouting, "Hey Look at Me!" Will it work? Which search engine returns the best … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for May 4, 2007
