If you are a consistent reader of PPC Hero, then you've read up on in-depth bidding strategies for the Search Network in Google and Bing. But what are the best strategies to utilize on other platforms? How should we be bidding on the traffic being received from our ever growing Facebook budget? How about managing the money in Pinterest? Or what are best practices for bidding on … [Read more...] about Bidding Methods For Platforms Outside Of Google
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Are Your Match Types Functioning The Way You Think They Are?
We all know that in AdWords there are three main match types: broad, phrase, and exact. Broad can be further narrowed down to regular broad match and modified broad – signified by “+” markers. When we analyze our accounts we often look at match type performance and search query reports, but one thing is often overlooked - queries can “exact match” to broad match keywords. What … [Read more...] about Are Your Match Types Functioning The Way You Think They Are?
Google Rolls Out RLSA To AdWords Shopping Campaigns
With the holiday season fast approaching, paid search advertisers received an early gift as Google introduced RLSA to AdWords Shopping Campaigns. Although advertisers have long since enjoyed the many benefits of Remarketing Lists for Search Ads, this update effectively extends their application to both Shopping ads (PLAs) and Local Inventory ads (LIAs). The increased reach … [Read more...] about Google Rolls Out RLSA To AdWords Shopping Campaigns
Workflow and Campaign Performance Are High Priorities In New Bing Updates
Bing Ads recently announced a number of improvements to Universal Event Tracking (UET), the fairly new conversion and goal tracking, that will also soon power retargeting on search. If you haven’t yet implemented UET, there is now a simplified workflow and documentation that will make it easier to get started and understand how it works. Likewise, if you are still using … [Read more...] about Workflow and Campaign Performance Are High Priorities In New Bing Updates
Determining The When And How Of Cross-Channel Budget Allocation
Google’s global search market share is 67%. That volume combined with the decent quality of traffic Google provides is the reason why so many PPC advertisers spend 75% of their PPC budget with the engine. But how do you know when it’s time to branch out? Are You Budget Constrained And Running Only (Or Mostly) In Google? Break your campaigns and/or keywords into buckets. … [Read more...] about Determining The When And How Of Cross-Channel Budget Allocation
Diminishing Returns in PPC – When Doubling Your Budget Doesn’t Mean Doubling Your Profits
“We’ve been cleared for double the budget per month for PPC next year…” That’s music to an Account Manager’s ears, right? Well, it would be – except it’s generally followed by: “…and we’ve set goals for twice the revenue to match.” Oh boy. That could be possible, but it’s also more than likely highly improbable. Most PPC accounts have the bulk of their spend in Google or … [Read more...] about Diminishing Returns in PPC – When Doubling Your Budget Doesn’t Mean Doubling Your Profits
[New Whitepaper!] 5 Ways to Improve Facebook ROI with Audience Targeting
Facebook recently updated how cost per clicks (CPC) are measured for advertisers. This change is exciting, as it will help advertisers align their campaigns more with business goals by giving a more accurate picture of how their ads are performing against their objectives. Plus, we can actually compare Facebook ad clicks to other ad platform clicks to get a better understanding … [Read more...] about [New Whitepaper!] 5 Ways to Improve Facebook ROI with Audience Targeting
The Pre-Holiday Planning Guide You Can’t Afford To Miss
Although you may still be recovering from your banner Back to School year, I regret to inform you that it’s not time to relax just yet. That’s right, it’s time to prep for your 2015 Holiday Season! Any seasoned ecommerce vet will tell you that if you’re not ready by September, you’re already getting left behind. Although we’re midway into September, I’m going to give you a … [Read more...] about The Pre-Holiday Planning Guide You Can’t Afford To Miss
When Are Flexible Bidding Strategies Right For You?
Flexible bidding strategies are ways to automate rules around specific areas of your campaigns, ad groups, and keywords. These bidding strategies can help you improve conversion rates, boost keyword performance, and/or improve your return on ad spend. In the past, you had to choose between manual or automation, but now you have the flexibility to blend automation with manual … [Read more...] about When Are Flexible Bidding Strategies Right For You?
There Is No Perfect Keyword
Whenever you first heard of PPC, it was most likely followed by “it is so great because of how targeted it is.” Of course, that is part of the appeal. It means no worries about attempting to reverse engineer organic listings or the paranoia that an algorithm is out to get you. At face value it is simple compared to other channels - you choose the keywords, you set bids, and you … [Read more...] about There Is No Perfect Keyword
The One Metric We All Should Be Using in Our Bidding Strategies
Back in April, I wrote a post on why top v other bidding methods are better than using average position. This article stated that using impression share when changing bids is extremely important and average position does not take impression share into account. I ended this article by hinting that a formula was in the works on how to bid based on top v other v lost IS. That … [Read more...] about The One Metric We All Should Be Using in Our Bidding Strategies
Keyword Expansion For Venture-Backed Companies
Last week we touched on market expansion for venture-backed companies. Today, we're going to focus on keyword expansion. Keyword Expansion When Revenue Goals Trump ROAS Goals Many times, if growth in revenue is trailing behind due to ROAS goals holding bids back, you need to find other ways to grow revenue in order to show investors the month-over-month growth the company … [Read more...] about Keyword Expansion For Venture-Backed Companies
