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
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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
PPC For Venture-Backed Companies
Venture Capital firms invested an astonishing $47.3 billion dollars into 3,617 budding companies in 2014 (2014 Venture Capital Report), and 2015 is on track to exceed that figure. In fact, VC funding is expected to reach levels not seen since the Dot-com boom. As a young company either seeking VC funding or presently answering to venture capitalists, it’s vital you become web … [Read more...] about PPC For Venture-Backed Companies
Don’t Let the Competition Steal Your Revenue. Bid On Your Brand Terms!
"Why would I bid on my own brand terms? We will receive that traffic organically anyways." We all have heard this argument many times as account managers. "You just want the credit for the revenue coming in on these brand terms, and that is why the recommendation is made to bid on them, right?" As paid search managers, we do not tell you to bid on brand terms to inflate … [Read more...] about Don’t Let the Competition Steal Your Revenue. Bid On Your Brand Terms!
5 Ways To Improve Facebook ROI With Audience Targeting
A few weeks ago, Facebook updated how cost per clicks (CPC) are measured for advertisers. In essence, Facebook is excluding engagement clicks (likes, comments, shares) from link clicks and is only charging advertisers for link clicks. Depending on your campaign objective, link clicks may include clicks to websites, call-to-action clicks, clicks to install an app, etc. You can … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Improve Facebook ROI With Audience Targeting
