If you are feeling the surge toward automated bidding but are unsure of where to begin, you are in good company. Whether it’s a client’s uncertainty or your own, handing over the reins of power is unsettling. However, don’t let feelings of doubt hold you back. AdWords experiments provide an opportunity to test new (and old) features. While there are many ways to utilize AdWords … [Read more...] about Testing New Bidding Strategies Through AdWords Experiments
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How I Increased Non-Brand PPC Profits by 650%
The ultimate goal of most companies is to grow. How do we grow our brands? We increase the profitability of the company and strategically reinvest those profits into the company. That means our #1 question as digital marketers should be, "How do I increase the profitability of our PPC campaigns?" We often forget to step back and ask that question directly. However, we spend … [Read more...] about How I Increased Non-Brand PPC Profits by 650%
New and Improved Bing Ads Audience Targeting Reports
Bing recently announced the launch of Audience Segmentation, a new addition to the Segmentation feature to help advertisers get deeper insights into audiences from Remarketing for search, In-market Audiences, and Custom Audiences. Before we jump in to reporting, let’s walk through a quick recap of those three available audiences. Remarketing for search audience let you … [Read more...] about New and Improved Bing Ads Audience Targeting Reports
How to Visualize Last Year’s PPC Data – and Learn From It
As a PPC professional, you hold yourself accountable for developing smart strategies and delivering optimized results. It’s critical to know how your Google AdWords campaigns performed last year and what you can do differently this year to improve. With all the reports available, it should be easy, right? Sadly, there’s a catch. But Orbiter PPC Data Visualizations can … [Read more...] about How to Visualize Last Year’s PPC Data – and Learn From It
4 Ways to Connect Your Paid Search & Shopping Campaign Efforts
Paid Search and Shopping campaigns in Google AdWords are sometimes looked at as separate entities and in other circumstances users don't even realize the difference in targeting tactics between the two. They do run quite a bit differently on the same network, which can cause confusion. Sometimes, as online advertisers, we get questions such as, “which keywords are we targeting … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Connect Your Paid Search & Shopping Campaign Efforts
Why Digital Marketing: Traditions Aren’t Always the Best
Down the straight and narrow. Right? Right. Not right. Think outside the box. Too outside the box? Yes. No. I don’t know. Tasks vs. Strategy The business world is all about balancing task-driving and strategy-driving. Marketing is no exception. Tasks and strategies go hand in hand, but it’s important to have every task point toward an overarching strategy or a strategic goal. … [Read more...] about Why Digital Marketing: Traditions Aren’t Always the Best
6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
"It depends". In my 2+ years at Hanapin Marketing, I've come to learn that this is a universal truth across the industry. There is no shared magic number for ROI or CPA. There is no perfect CTR or CVR. And there most certainly isn't a singular strategic approach that can navigate across all industries and account types. That said, I do think there is a handful of search … [Read more...] about 6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
The Ultimate Guide to PPC Marketing
Download The Ultimate Guide to PPC as a PDF What is PPC? Introduction by Roger Cooney "PPC" - which stands for Pay-Per-Click - is a digital marketing channel whereby an advertiser pays only after their advertisements are clicked, sending either a visit to their website or a piece of data of value. Historically, the term PPC has been used interchangeably with Search … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to PPC Marketing
Projecting Future Trends In Your PPC Account
Projecting an account’s trajectory is a vital skill for every account team. You can’t escape it. It comes up when performance is great and it comes up when performance is poor. Despite the demand for these skills and insights, it can be one of the scarier tasks. The uncertainty of accounting for everything makes it easy to doubt any method. While there is no perfect … [Read more...] about Projecting Future Trends In Your PPC Account
Work Habits & Resources for the Stressed-Out PPC Manager
I don't think I need to remind anyone that having good work habits are important during the stressful holiday season. As online marketers, the holiday season is often the busiest time of the year with promotions, holiday sales, and pressure to close the gap as the fiscal year ends. Meanwhile, the days get shorter and colder and we find ourselves sitting in pitch dark rooms, … [Read more...] about Work Habits & Resources for the Stressed-Out PPC Manager
A Closer Look at AdWords Smart Bidding
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, Hanukah, Festivus; the list of sale opportunities doesn’t end at this point of the year. If you’re managing an eCommerce account right now, time management is fast becoming your most utilized skill. But, what if I told you there was a way to free up some time by giving into our machine overlords? Moving from manual bidding to trusting … [Read more...] about A Closer Look at AdWords Smart Bidding
A Guide to Remarketing in the SteelHouse Advertising Suite
As digital marketers, we have a strong understanding of remarketing’s value. Our most successful competitors are taking advantage of remarketing opportunities in AdWords, DoubleClick, AdRoll or Criteo. But what happens when your site’s unique monthly visitor total is too low for Criteo campaigns to be successful? How about when Google or AdRoll policies become a roadblock? … [Read more...] about A Guide to Remarketing in the SteelHouse Advertising Suite
