The beauty of digital advertising is that any size company can get their feet wet. Only have $500 to spend on advertising? No problem! Have no idea where to start with this AdWords stuff? That’s not really an issue with AdWords Express! This has naturally led to a lot of small businesses jumping online and seeing if they can turn a profit with PPC. In my experience, there are a … [Read more...] about 6 Tips To Grow A Small Business Account Without Tanking ROI
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Year-Over-Year Performance is Rarely “Apples-to-Apples”
People love to talk year-over-year performance – both the good and the bad. Every six months (or so), we will do an account review for our clients. A lot of the time, if there is year-over-year data, we use it! And why not? How do we know that we are doing well if we have nothing to compare performance? However, the problem with year-over-year performance is that a lot can … [Read more...] about Year-Over-Year Performance is Rarely “Apples-to-Apples”
And the Hero Conf Guest Post Giveaway Winner is…
...JD Prater, Paid Search Specialist at Inflow! JD had what was by far our most popular blog post on 4 Google Analytics Hacks To Improve Your ROI – Frank Underwood Approved. For the great content, he wins a free conference pass to Hero Conf 2015, April 27-29 in Portland, OR! We'd like to thank our other finalists (and the dozens of other folks who sent in some really … [Read more...] about And the Hero Conf Guest Post Giveaway Winner is…
Device Targeting Changes Coming To Bing Ads
Bing Ads rolled out tablet-related device targeting changes in October of last year. Beginning March 23rd, the engine will further consolidate by adding smartphones into a single, combined device targeting option that uses bid modifiers to help manage traffic from various sources. Once the migration is complete, with a single campaign setup, you will automatically reach … [Read more...] about Device Targeting Changes Coming To Bing Ads
Maximize Your Performance In Google Shopping
Google Shopping is a powerful way to drive sales to an e-commerce store. Typically this channel has a lower level of competition simply because of the volume of work that's involved in creating and maintaining the product data. This means that, for the meantime, advertising in Google Shopping is pure gold! Today we're going to take a look at a variety of techniques and best … [Read more...] about Maximize Your Performance In Google Shopping
Hero Conf 2015, Final Discount on Seats & Day 1 Keynotes with…
Act Before Saturday to Access our Final Early Bird Rates! Hero Conf 2015 is quickly approaching. The PPC Conference of the Year is April 27-29 at the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower in Portland, OR. And we want to be sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to register at our best rates. Hero Conf is a one-of-a-kind digital advertising event that prides itself in being … [Read more...] about Hero Conf 2015, Final Discount on Seats & Day 1 Keynotes with…
Finding Ad Copy Significance Levels Through Excel Testing
Ad copy testing is a crucial part of paid search that often gets overlooked. Constantly testing new copy in order to improve performance is very helpful. Excel can be utilized in order to help with ad copy testing. If the test is being ran across multiple ad groups, the best route to take is to utilize the labels function within Adwords. You can select which ads you … [Read more...] about Finding Ad Copy Significance Levels Through Excel Testing
How To Create Image Ads With No Artistic Ability In 5 Minutes
For a newer article on this topic visit: 3 Reasons to Run Responsive Display Ads + New Features You’re not Bob Ross, and there are no happy clouds. As a PPC manager you are required to perform many tasks, and few of them require artistic ability. Yet, now you need image ads for the client who suddenly decides they want to use the Google Display Network. So you open … [Read more...] about How To Create Image Ads With No Artistic Ability In 5 Minutes
4 Google Analytics Hacks To Improve Your ROI – Frank Underwood Approved
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf Guest Post Giveaway. Based on a combination of pageviews, shares and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the 4 finalists we post throughout the week. This post originally came to us from JD Prater (@jdprater). JD is now a Senior Account Manager at Hanapin Marketing and regular … [Read more...] about 4 Google Analytics Hacks To Improve Your ROI – Frank Underwood Approved
Harness The New Google Call-Only Campaign
The team at Google announced last week that they are rolling out a new campaign type entitled call-only campaigns. The ad type is aimed at mobile devices and work extremely well for advertisers who value a phone call more than a click. These ads can be set up directly from the ads tab in the Google interface. Once you have chosen to create a call-only ad you will … [Read more...] about Harness The New Google Call-Only Campaign
Scaling Yourself By Simplifying Your Ideas
In the past year as President of a PPC agency I’ve learned a tremendous amount. I’ve come to understand the difference between decisions you don’t want to make, and decisions that are really tough to make. I’ve learned that if you don’t have one foot in today and one foot in 6-months from now you are going to miss a lot of opportunities or move too slowly. But there is one … [Read more...] about Scaling Yourself By Simplifying Your Ideas
Landing Page Forms: Stop Proposing on Your First Date
You’ve been asked out for coffee by a cute guy at the office and you’re a little nervous on this first date. What is he going to be like outside of work? Will this go anywhere? When you get to the coffee shop, he wastes no time. He grins and introduces himself… then promptly proceeds to get on one knee as he slowly draws a ring out of his pocket! By this time, the other … [Read more...] about Landing Page Forms: Stop Proposing on Your First Date
