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Win the Mobile Bid Battle with 3 Easy Excel Reports
Of all the issues we deal with in PPC, the question of what to do with mobile traffic seems to come up more often than the rest. In many ways, it's the next big problem we have to face (alongside attribution in general)- is there any value to this traffic? If so, how do we properly account for its value? And what role does it play in our marketing efforts as a whole? While … [Read more...] about Win the Mobile Bid Battle with 3 Easy Excel Reports
Getting Your Shopping Campaigns Holiday Ready
Product Listing Ads are now found within Google Shopping campaigns. Unlike text ads, these ads show photos of products, along with prices and product names right on the search results page when people search for items on Google. Product Listings are a crucial piece of online sales for Ecommerce accounts during this time, so make sure your accounts are ready. Google has … [Read more...] about Getting Your Shopping Campaigns Holiday Ready
3 Quick Tips To Simplify Your Bid Optimizations
When beginning a new relationship with a PPC account, be it established or built from scratch, one of the most important things to manage is your bidding. How will you wrangle your new keyword friends and get them to perform to the best of their ability? Google is always happy to provide you with plenty of tools and suggestions for what to do, but the options can be … [Read more...] about 3 Quick Tips To Simplify Your Bid Optimizations
Keyword Bidding Strategies That Will Give You the Most Bang for Your Buck [Webinar Slide Presentation]
Paid search bids are among the core building blocks to a successful account. Because they are one of the many fluid parts of day-to-day performance, it is integral that we understand what bidding strategies are most suited for, for our individual needs. In the slide presentation, you will learn distinct strategies that are most applicable to account types, as well as the … [Read more...] about Keyword Bidding Strategies That Will Give You the Most Bang for Your Buck [Webinar Slide Presentation]
Defining Cost-Per-Click (CPC)
CPC (cost-per-click) is simply the amount advertisers have to pay every time one of their ads is clicked. Ideally, this click would result in a conversion but that is not always the case. Therefore, advertisers must be strategic in what they are willing to pay for every click. That being said, advertisers set a max CPC for their keywords. A max CPC is the maximum amount an … [Read more...] about Defining Cost-Per-Click (CPC)
Hey Marketers! Don’t Forget to Advertise to Human Beings.
Residing in a professional landscape comprised of spreadsheets, tables, grids, charts, graphs, formulas, metrics, and all other manner of impersonalized measurement, it’s very easy to forget who we’re doing it all for. Human beings. It sounds a bit dramatic— and on some level perhaps it is— but the humanity of our audiences gets stripped away. Just as the butcher stops … [Read more...] about Hey Marketers! Don’t Forget to Advertise to Human Beings.
Tiny Ad Tests That Make a Huge Difference
We should all be testing our PPC ads, but sometimes obstacles stop us. Whether it be getting approval, lack of time or some other excuse, there are several ad tests that are small that have made big differences in my accounts. The setup for each is simple and the results are worth the 15 minutes that it takes to use Excel. Display URLs There are 35 characters that can be … [Read more...] about Tiny Ad Tests That Make a Huge Difference
2014 State Of Paid Search Is Here!
With the State of Paid Search, we look under the hood of advertising’s fastest-growing industry and find out what makes it tick, year by year. This year, hundreds of search marketing professionals—a majority of them decision-makers with their company—completed our survey and collectively reached some very clear conclusions, including: More and more search marketers are … [Read more...] about 2014 State Of Paid Search Is Here!
Making The Case For An Account Restructure
Most of the time, we inherit PPC accounts from new clients or when we take on new positions as in-house managers. I’ve been in the industry for nearly four years, and I have yet to take on a client that came to us with no account. Naturally, we all like things organized a little differently. Some of that is just preference, but some differences in organization can really have … [Read more...] about Making The Case For An Account Restructure
Morning Clicks: Multiple AdWords Log-Ins Now Allowed and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. It was announced this week that Google launched Managed Service for Running Docker-Based Applications on its Cloud Platform. [Tech … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Multiple AdWords Log-Ins Now Allowed and More
What Is Conversion Rate?
A desired action. An anticipated outcome. These are just a couple of statements to describe what’s at the core of every marketing strategy. It’s how to turn these statements into actionable and measurable components that help define a business’ success. So what is conversion rate? In digital marketing, conversion rate is a widely used metric. Conversion rate is defined as … [Read more...] about What Is Conversion Rate?
