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?
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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
How Effective Is Your Ecommerce Campaign?
Are you getting the most bang for your buck? PPC management for ecommerce campaigns tests the skills and bidding strategies of even the most seasoned expert. You may be thinking "my campaign is doing ok right now," but take a step back - Is it as effective as it can be? Is it efficient and structured in a way that isn't a chaotic mess? Are you continuously enhancing your … [Read more...] about How Effective Is Your Ecommerce Campaign?
Are You Ready To Go Back To School?
I went to elementary school in the 90s. To me, going back to school meant trying to talk my mom into Lisa Frank notebooks rather than the boring college rule blue. In 2015, as a PPC specialist, back-to-school shopping now means revenue and return-on-ad-spend. However, this year is turning out tougher than expected for commerce. Once considered the second biggest shopping … [Read more...] about Are You Ready To Go Back To School?
Calculating Expected Lag Revenue
Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Usually, people tend to count on something before it happens, or they "count their chickens before they hatch." In paid search we do the opposite. Our phrase needs to be "Don't optimize before all your revenue is counted." But most accounts have lagging revenue and at the same time we need to optimize based on the most recent date … [Read more...] about Calculating Expected Lag Revenue
Nail Down A Mobile Strategy In 5 Simple Steps
Question: Do you have a solid mobile strategy in place for your PPC efforts? If not, you should carve out some time to think about it and nail down an action plan to capture this ever-growing market in the PPC space. We’ve talked about micro-moments and what that means for advertisers, but we didn’t really talk about the specifics of putting together an overall strategy. … [Read more...] about Nail Down A Mobile Strategy In 5 Simple Steps
When And How To End Your Ad Tests
It is easy to get started testing ads. Just add two ads to an ad group (hopefully by device type) and suddenly you’re testing ads. However, you won’t see long term improvements in your account until you pause your losing ads. Often determining which ads are losers and when to end ad tests is where the tricky part of testing comes into play. In this article, we’ll examine how to … [Read more...] about When And How To End Your Ad Tests