If you haven't heard yet, the last Friday of every month, YOU have a chance for your PPC blog post to be featured in our weekly News Roundups! How, you may ask? By Tweeting it to us, I answer! You'll have the entire last week of every month to get your submissions Tweeted to us. You might be thinking, "Seriously? Do you think I'm going to remember four weeks from now to Tweet … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 25, 2011 Plus – Twitter Promo!
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Navigating PPC Trademark Rules
People are often confused about trademarks in general, but even more so when it comes to trademarks and PPC. Just the word brings about a sigh, as most foks equate trademarks with legal matters, which automatically sound confusing. In order to simplify things a little, I am would like to try and boil down the main rules into digestible bites. I have also pulled together a few … [Read more...] about Navigating PPC Trademark Rules
PPC News Roundup for February 18, 2011 Plus – Twitter Promo!
To kick things off this week, I’d like to mention a promo we are running through our Twitter account @ppchero. If you’d like to have your blog post included in our roundup next Friday, February 25, shoot us a link via direct message on Twitter, explain you’d like to be considered and you will be! While we can’t guarantee we’ll run every submission (we’re looking for … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 18, 2011 Plus – Twitter Promo!
PPC Hero Video Blog #3: The Contextual Targeting Tool
If you've chosen contextual targeting as your approach to the Google Display Network, Google's Contextual Targeting Tool is your new best friend! This tool makes recommendations on how to structure a display network campaign and what keywords to target. Most importantly, this tool gives you insight into how Google identifies themes for ad groups in display network campaigns. … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Video Blog #3: The Contextual Targeting Tool
Happy Valentine’s Day From PPC Hero!
PPC Hero knows the key to a woman's heart! Miss Clicks is loving that necklace! Don't forget to give your valentine something special this year, whether it's jewelry or just a special card to say 'I love you.' Have a great holiday! … [Read more...] about Happy Valentine’s Day From PPC Hero!
PPC News Roundup for February 11, 2011
Remember last week’s roundup about the originality argument between Google and Bing? Well, the plot has thickened. As reported by Danny Goodwin of Search Engine Watch, a recently released Hitwise/Compete report shows that Bing’s popularity is increasing online. This is demonstrated in part from a 6% rise in Bing-powered searches (totaling now to 25.77% of the U.S. searches), … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 11, 2011
Three Ways to Create an SEO-PPC Feedback Loop
If your organic and paid search campaigns aren't talking to each other, you're wasting a lot of work. Many of the insights you gain in one area can be applied to the other, and neglecting to share those insights will result in lost opportunities and duplicated efforts. Still, it happens all the time – either because different people focus on SEO and PPC within an organization, … [Read more...] about Three Ways to Create an SEO-PPC Feedback Loop
PPC News Roundup for February 4, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, the gloves are off. On Tuesday, February 1, Google released a statement accusing Bing of cheating off of Google's search results algorithm. In an article first reported at Search Engine Land by Danny Sullivan, Google announced that after running a series of carefully rigged search queries, it found that Bing was simply copying Google results in places … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 4, 2011
PPC News Roundup for January 28, 2011
Google Adwords introduced negative keywords lists as an improvement over the previous platform. Negative keywords help control campaign spends and filter out undesirable traffic that results in low conversion rates. David Iwanow explains the benefits of these lists in his post on Search Engine Journal this week. David explains that agencies and consultants can now develop … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 28, 2011
PPC Hero Video Blog #2: Ad Text Best Practices
PPC Hero is proud to present our second video blog on Ad Text Best Practices. Be sure to keep an eye out for a new PPC Hero video blog toward the middle of each month. Writing effective ad text is no easy task. You need to use keywords, be creative, stand out from your competition and use compelling language—all with a character limit! Watch this short tutorial to learn how to … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Video Blog #2: Ad Text Best Practices
PPC News Roundup for January 21, 2011
Groupon might have rejected Google’s offer to buy them, but that didn’t stop Google from getting into the deal-of-the-day market. Waving the surrender flag isn’t really Google’s style. Mashable broke the story last night that Google has confirmed “Google Offers,” aka—the Groupon Clone, as Greg Sterling of Search Engine Land notes. Google Offers is obviously in the testing phase … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 21, 2011
PPC News Roundup for January 14, 2011
Attention local business owners and marketers: Check out these winning tips by PPC Blog’s Geordie on quickly generating leads for local businesses on Facebook. Facebook’s advertising platform has advanced user interest and demographic targeting that can really assist in reaching your local customers. Like with any good PPC campaign, you’ll want to first look into optimizing … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 14, 2011
