Bid strategy is often lost in all the talk about keywords, structure, and ad copy. At its core, AdWords has always been an auction. Bids ultimately have a major impact on the success of an account. Bid strategy should always be under evaluation. At no point should you settle on “well that is what the bids have always been set to”. This attitude will either lead you to … [Read more...] about The Necessity of Regular Bid Changes
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Google AdWords Introduces Website Call Conversions
Have you been having a rough time tracking your calls that come in from your Google AdWords advertisements? Or have you been able to track the amount of calls that came through the AdWords ad to website path through another source, but it only tracks the amount of calls and not what keyword or ad the call came from? Conversion tracking when someone calls the website … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Introduces Website Call Conversions
The Real Impact of AdWords Close Variant Changes
Last week AdWords announced it would be removing the option to select whether we include or exclude close variants in our campaign settings. The justification is that those typing in search queries aren't perfect spellers. The intent behind a misspelled and correctly spelled keyword is the same. This is the same logic Google uses to tell us Tablet and Desktop are the same thing … [Read more...] about The Real Impact of AdWords Close Variant Changes
Why It’s Crucial To Audit PPC Accounts Ahead of Management
This month’s blog series is all about why we do what we do in paid search. We’re always talking about best practices, methodologies and strategies we utilize, but why are those methods the standard? Why do those methods and strategies work? We’ll discuss anything and everything – ad copy, mobile, account structure, projections, bid changes, keyword match types, conversions and … [Read more...] about Why It’s Crucial To Audit PPC Accounts Ahead of Management
5 Common AdWords Script Mistakes
Despite its technical reputation, coding is a creative endeavor and offers a wealth of flexibility in solving problems. On the other hand, the language adheres to certain standards. Since a machine interprets code, you must follow certain protocols or risk non-working code. Even minor errors and typos can throw everything off and leave your code inoperable. Thankfully these are … [Read more...] about 5 Common AdWords Script Mistakes
Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
In the spirit of last week’s blog series, I’d like to take our readers back to school with a revisited paid search alphabet. I published a similar post back in August 2012, but I mainly focused on general and/or beginner-level terms. This time around I’ll uncover some more advanced PPC terminology and concepts to keep in mind as you manage your paid search campaigns. Class is … [Read more...] about Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
Back To School PPC: Get In The Bus Driver’s Seat
This week we’ve been discussing the Back To School season, arguably the biggest thing to hit e-comm since the winter holidays! There are many details to consider when approaching your first Back To School campaign, or when simply evaluating when and how to set this year’s BTS efforts live. Today we’ll cover the first steps of not only knowing your own traffic, but also … [Read more...] about Back To School PPC: Get In The Bus Driver’s Seat
A Guide to AdWords Bid Adjustments
Bid adjustments are a fundamental part of PPC. It’s important that you have a firm grasp of what your bid strategy is and what options you have in terms of actually changing those bids. While there are many bid management software options (Acquisio, Marin, etc.), we’ll go over the native features in the AdWords interface and the pros and cons of each. Manual Bidding If you … [Read more...] about A Guide to AdWords Bid Adjustments
4 Negative Tactics To Save Money
We tend to think of our PPC accounts in terms of how we can grow volume. There are always keywords to add, new sites to target with your Display ads, different ad copy to test, etc. However, there are many ways to save money by thinking negatively about your account management. What should you be excluding? What are you targeting that you shouldn’t be? Taking advantage of these … [Read more...] about 4 Negative Tactics To Save Money
Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
Search ads are no longer just about headlines, description lines and display URLs. Ad Extensions now also play a huge part in the appearance and success of our ads. Take a look at this ad from Walmart I saw the other day. Notice how more than 50% of the space taken up by this ad comes from extensions of various types. Why Are Ad Extensions Important? There’s Lots … [Read more...] about Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
Roundtable: The eCommerce Feature Producing Great Results
With eCommerce week coming to a close we wanted to glean more information from our authors as all have a vast and diverse history working with eCommerce PPC campaigns. Hopefully, they provided good insight this week that you can test in your campaigns! Without further ado, here's the question: What is one eCommerce PPC feature/campaign type that has produced great results … [Read more...] about Roundtable: The eCommerce Feature Producing Great Results
Get Ready for Google Shopping
Google Shopping campaigns offer an intuitive way to advertise your products. Shopping has been out of beta for a few months now and I’ve had great success on the platform. If you haven’t heard, Shopping campaigns will completely replace PLAs in August. As a result, it is important that you are both prepared to transition as well as manage the new campaigns. Many of the … [Read more...] about Get Ready for Google Shopping
