Whenever the PPC Hero team attends a webinar or an actual real-life seminar, listens to a podcast, or reads a case study/white paper, we like to share a summary of what we've learned, a critique on the information provided, and additional resources for further research. I recently read "Paid Search Best Practices: 10 Tips to SEM Success" by Joe Soltis at Fathom SEO (you can get … [Read more...] about A Quick Review & Expansion on “Best Paid Search Practices”
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Want A Free Pass to Pay Per Click Summit?
Think you have the best search marketing strategy? PPC Summit is calling all Internet marketers to submit your proven technique or strategy that helped increase your conversions. Winner gets a FREE PASS to PPC Summit. Take note: the deadline is May 12th! Just answer these two questions to enter: Question #1: What Increased Your Search Marketing ROI Last Year? Question #2: … [Read more...] about Want A Free Pass to Pay Per Click Summit?
“My Change History” Tool Soon to Add Account Performance Charts
I just got an update from my Google rep about the addition of account performance graphs that are going to be added in the next few weeks in the ‘my change history tool’. These new additions will show you how changes you make to your account effect your account performance. “These graphs will give you greater visibility into event causality and arm you with insight into how … [Read more...] about “My Change History” Tool Soon to Add Account Performance Charts
Blog News Roundup for May 7, 2008
Need to project how your PPC campaigns are performing? Try KoMarketing new PPC calculator tool available for download. It's an excel document that allows you to enter values for various metrics within your PPC campaign and it will help you project whether or not your PPC campaign will be profitable. Want to double conversions in one month? Split those ad groups says David … [Read more...] about Blog News Roundup for May 7, 2008
Are Your Ads Displaying on the Content Network? Better Check Your Settings!
About a week ago news broke that Google was being sued over displaying ads on the content network when the advertisers left their content network bids blank. Apparently this was happening because these advertisers’ content network bids weren’t specifically set at $.0.00. This advertiser was under the impression that if you leave the content bid box blank you are opting out of … [Read more...] about Are Your Ads Displaying on the Content Network? Better Check Your Settings!
Our Greatest Hits for April!
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from April. Whether you’re a new subscriber or a current subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Using web analytics tools to track PPC data is very important. However, it can be tricky to ensure … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for April!
5 Pay-Per-Click Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
These days you can read about Pay-Per-Click strategies all over the web. There is much talk about what to do and what not to do. While certain strategies may work for some, they may not work for others. What’s important is that you take in what other’s are saying but ultimately you should test different strategies on your own to see if they work for you. Below are 5 … [Read more...] about 5 Pay-Per-Click Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
If You Don’t Check Your Yahoo! Minimum Bids Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later
Last Thursday and Friday, Yahoo! Search Marketing rolled out their new pricing structure. The gist of this update is that minimum bid prices will no longer be fixed at $0.10 and will instead be based on quality factors (similar to Google's Quality Score). From a big picture view, this seems like a logical progression for YSM. However, many advertisers have expressed … [Read more...] about If You Don’t Check Your Yahoo! Minimum Bids Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later
Are You Hurting Your Keywords’ Performance? Without a Great Account Structure You Just Might Be!
Now that you’ve completed your keyword research it’s time to put all of your hard work together into one very relevant and targeted pay-per-click account. As the last post in our series on keyword research, one must know that great keyword research is a critical part in starting up a new pay-per-click campaign, but how you group and organize all those keywords can be even … [Read more...] about Are You Hurting Your Keywords’ Performance? Without a Great Account Structure You Just Might Be!
Do You Only Use Broad Match? Jump Start Your ROI by Utilizing Match Types and Negative Keywords
This just in! You've happened upon day 4 of our week-long series on keyword research! Alright, on to the important stuff now. This post is almost a retrospective on a slew of PPC mistakes I've made as an advertiser and a bright red flag in the face for broad match neophytes. Let me ask you a question: Do you only use broad match? If so, chances are you're bleeding money … [Read more...] about Do You Only Use Broad Match? Jump Start Your ROI by Utilizing Match Types and Negative Keywords
Need More Traffic? Stop thinking so hard and review your website for new keywords
This week we are discussing how to build a great keyword research strategy. On Monday, John showed us how to layout a clear strategy before you even look up your first keyword. Once you have your strategy in place, Amber revealed six free keyword tools that will help you expand your list. After you have laid the strategy ground work, expanded your keyword list with every … [Read more...] about Need More Traffic? Stop thinking so hard and review your website for new keywords
Expand Your Keyword List For Free: 6 Keyword Tools You Should Be Using (but probably aren’t).
As part 2 of our keyword research blog series, I’d like to dive right into the topic of free keyword research tools. One of the first things I think of when someone says keyword research is all the free keyword research tools that are available. From the number of searches, to the number of potential clicks per month, clicks per day, to average cost-per-click and ad position, … [Read more...] about Expand Your Keyword List For Free: 6 Keyword Tools You Should Be Using (but probably aren’t).