Google’s new promotion extension is on its way to becoming one of the most effective ad extensions in an ecommerce PPC advertiser’s toolbox. It boasts a simple, quick setup and quality results. In fact, it has become the first thing I look at when new promotions roll in. While it may not always garner direct clicks (see below), it can help improve overall CTR with a more … [Read more...] about Promotion Extensions: A Quick And Easy Boost For Ecommerce PPC Campaigns
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How To Use The AdWords Keyword Planner
Building a new PPC campaign from scratch can be challenging. You can easily miss keywords or add keywords without search volume. Plus, even if you have a great list of keywords, it can be challenging to organize them into tightly themed groups. Using AdWords Keyword Planner can be an excellent way to get started in building out your next campaigns. Where to Find the Keyword … [Read more...] about How To Use The AdWords Keyword Planner
The New AdWords Report That Will Change Your PPC Plans
AdWords Search once openly offered a report that showed the volume of users you interacted with as well as how many interactions you conducted prior to a click or conversion. Much to my chagrin, this feature was rescinded back in 2015 and hasn’t been its old self since. Following these changes, many of us have adapted to what we can’t see, to the fact that frequency caps are … [Read more...] about The New AdWords Report That Will Change Your PPC Plans
How To Better Organize Your Shopping Campaigns: A Tiered PLA Structure
There are multiple approaches and strategies to organizing Shopping campaigns for PPC. All of these will vary greatly depending on the brand, the number of products, the price of products, the type of products, feed organization, and the list keeps going. However, I have narrowed account-wide Shopping structures down to two options. Again, these aren’t the only two options, but … [Read more...] about How To Better Organize Your Shopping Campaigns: A Tiered PLA Structure
Ad Experiments You Can Start Running Today
All of the recent changes happening in AdWords, from the Interface-lift , to the New Ad Rotation options to the Daily Budget Changes has me feeling like Google is having a mid-life crisis, and I’m wondering “what’s it going to do next, buy a leather jacket?” When you’re faced with these, or any other uncertainties in your accounts, consider running Experiments. The beauty of … [Read more...] about Ad Experiments You Can Start Running Today
Geo Targeting on Facebook
Geo Targeting. It’s something us marketers hear about all of the time in regards to search. Whether it’s tailoring your ads for high performing cities, adjusting for products only available in certain markets or just singling out North Dakota for no reason; I’m sure you’re well versed in how to apply it to your search campaigns. If not, I recommend Discovering 3 Levels of Geo … [Read more...] about Geo Targeting on Facebook
Bring Some Organization to Your PPC Account Audits
So, you got an account to audit. Where do you begin? There are a lot of details to research and discover in an Adwords account alone that you need to dive into to help the client reach their goals. But how do we get to the point where we have our laundry list of suggestions? Step 1: Ask the current manager of the account the right questions Current Manager of Account: Can … [Read more...] about Bring Some Organization to Your PPC Account Audits
Facebook Ads For B2B: Presenting The Right Content At The Right Time
According to Hanapin’s new State of Paid Social 2017, 72% of marketers are spending less than 15% of their budget on social ads. When I first saw this statistic I was surprised, but quickly found myself nodding my head. Well, yes. Of course, that’s true. There are many reasons why marketers shy away from social advertising on Facebook, especially those working in the business … [Read more...] about Facebook Ads For B2B: Presenting The Right Content At The Right Time
PPC’s Future: Machine Learning And How To Adapt To This New Dynamic
I recently conducted a webinar with Marc Poirier, CEO of Acquisio. In that webinar, we discussed the impact of machine learning on paid search campaigns. Since then, Google has announced the roll out of new ‘smart’ features such as in market audiences for search and enhanced its ‘smart bidding’ functionality by rolling out a new bid strategy called ‘maximize conversions.’ … [Read more...] about PPC’s Future: Machine Learning And How To Adapt To This New Dynamic
Why You Need To Be Applying Negative Bid Modifiers
Adding negative keywords is one of the most important things needed in every PPC account. Oftentimes, we focus on increasing or decreasing keyword bids to gain more conversions. When we add negative keywords to the account, this helps the platforms shift our budget into what is working and avoids our ads showing for terms that aren't relevant. This tactic is one piece of the … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Be Applying Negative Bid Modifiers
How To View Bing Spend In Google Analytics
Using Google Analytics data to track performance and find optimization opportunities is crucial for successful PPC campaigns. Getting Bing data to import into GA is simple with Bing’s auto-tagging. Bing campaign spend, however, does not automatically import into GA. If you are using cost per conversion or ROAS data to analyze performance in GA, you’ll need to get the spend data … [Read more...] about How To View Bing Spend In Google Analytics
The Complete Google AdWords Shopping Campaign Settings Breakdown
When it comes to paid advertising, Shopping can be one of the most intimidating and complex initiatives to tackle. It has multiple moving pieces with the setup, management, and continued optimizations. Plus, you not only have to manage your campaign on AdWords, but you also have to manage your feed, which can be especially tedious if you have a large, diverse inventory of … [Read more...] about The Complete Google AdWords Shopping Campaign Settings Breakdown
