Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) has been quite the hot topic lately. Sadly, I was not able to attend this year’s Hero Conference, but I did follow it closely on Twitter and CRO was all over the place! While optimizing parts of your account to maximize quality conversions is essential, it got me thinking about another aspect of conversion optimization that happens outside … [Read more...] about Uncovering Conversion Landmines Through Mystery Shopping
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Pitch Now to Speak at Hero Conf London!
Hero Conf prides itself on bringing new ideas, creative concepts and exciting voices to the forefront of the PPC community. We love to see the progression of a digital marketing professional from PPC Hero reader, to Hero Conf attendee to Hero Conf speaker. Fresh perspectives often provide unexpected and genuine insight from truly devoted search marketing experts. That’s … [Read more...] about Pitch Now to Speak at Hero Conf London!
Google’s Inclusion Of Buy Button A Game Changer For Retailers
Last week news broke regarding Google’s plan to include buy buttons for mobile devices. These buttons would allow searchers to directly purchase a product from the search engine results page (SERP). This change is a significant departure, as users are no longer required to follow this process: Leave the SERP --------> Go to the retailer’s site ------> Complete the … [Read more...] about Google’s Inclusion Of Buy Button A Game Changer For Retailers
On Demand Webinar: The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
On Demand Webinar The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them Presented by Your On Demand Webinar is located below. Please be sure to bookmark this page for future access to this webinar. *The audio and video do not match up due to some issues that occurred within the webinar program we use. For a better experience, we recommend clicking through the slide … [Read more...] about On Demand Webinar: The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
Webinar Confirmation – Power Your Bing Ads: 3 Surefire Tools To Enhance Your Account Performance
You're All Set! You're now registered for Bing Ads and Hanapin Marketing's webinar, Power Your Bing Ads: 3 Surefire Tools To Enhance Your Account Performance. Check your email now for a link to join the webinar. Know of a fellow PPC fan who would also love this webinar? or Email It » Other Resources You Might Like: Big News For Bing … [Read more...] about Webinar Confirmation – Power Your Bing Ads: 3 Surefire Tools To Enhance Your Account Performance
Webinar – Power Your Bing Ads: 3 Surefire Tools To Enhance Your Account Performance
More about this Webinar Bing Ads is continually evolving itself to keep up on the heels of Google AdWords. In its quest, Bing released awesome interface tools like the Campaign Planner, Auction Insights, Shopping Campaigns (still in beta) and Universal Event Tracking. In the recording, Bing Ads Account Manager, Eric Couch, and Hanapin's Senior Account Manager, Carrie Albright, … [Read more...] about Webinar – Power Your Bing Ads: 3 Surefire Tools To Enhance Your Account Performance
The Monkey & The Cat: When To Ignore CTR
Click-thru-rate (CTR) is a basic concept of paid search. It is defined as clicks divided by impressions and is a measure of people that see an ad and actually click through to the website. CTR can give insights to ad copy relevance and it holds some influence over quality score. CTR has its hands in all parts of paid search because of the relationship between the search query … [Read more...] about The Monkey & The Cat: When To Ignore CTR
Two Reasons Why I Don’t Buy Into The Quality Score Hype
I’ve never really understood the hype and over the top attention afforded to quality score. I understand why search engines need to have an algorithm that determines bid prices and ad rank. However, what I can’t wrap my head around is why so many marketers are overly fixated on a metric that ultimately doesn’t have much bearing on the performance of an account from a business … [Read more...] about Two Reasons Why I Don’t Buy Into The Quality Score Hype
Stop Using The Same Headline
Writing text ads in AdWords is difficult - except crafting the headline. Every blog and best practice article you read from so-called “experts” tells you to simply include the user's search query in your headline. In fact, Google seems to even encourage this practice by offering dynamic keyword insertion and bolding the matching words in the headline of your ads. So why … [Read more...] about Stop Using The Same Headline
[New Webinar with Peep Laja!] The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
With a variety of easy-to-use tools available, A/B testing is something that every business can and should be doing. However, there’s more to A/B testing than just setting up the test. So many companies waste time and money by making simple and easy to avoid mistakes. Join conversion rate expert and guest presenter, Peep Laja, as he discusses 11 of the biggest testing mistakes … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with Peep Laja!] The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
One Excel Trick To Nail Your Budget Projections
As a PPC account manager, the most critical eye— Sauron’s eye— is often cast on your ability to analyze and optimize; to study data and extract actionable insights that make the top line metrics like cost per click, cost per acquisition, or return on ad spend, trend towards a marketing goal. With these types of demands, and the pressure that comes in tandem, it can be easy … [Read more...] about One Excel Trick To Nail Your Budget Projections
Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
This week Google is introducing a new feature called TrueView for shopping that makes it easy for viewers to get more information on products and also click to buy them. Video ads in TrueView for shopping, give merchants a platform to showcase product details and images, as well as give consumers the ability to click to purchase from a retail site. TrueView … [Read more...] about Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping