Every business has to decide at one time or another if PPC is still a viable channel for them. It may be that new channels have proven to be more profitable or that PPC profits have shrunk as demand has shifted or eroded. The worst-case scenario is when conversion rates and search queries are decreasing while CPCs are increasing and you do not have the resources to fight it. … [Read more...] about When Is It Time To Stop Doing PPC?
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2013 Benchmarks for Your PPC Performance: New Webinar!
It's not always easy to tell when you're doing well. Counterintuitive as that seems, we get questions about it and discuss new measurement tactics each and every day. And now that we're halfway through the year, it's time to share some of our latest and greatest best practices for PPC performance grading. John Hanapin Marketing experts Eric Couch and Jacob Fairclough as they … [Read more...] about 2013 Benchmarks for Your PPC Performance: New Webinar!
How To Deal With Client Tracking Issues
Working at a PPC agency has provided me experience with clients ranging in tech-savviness and web development resources. It's not uncommon for tracking issues to develop, and it's not uncommon for me to be the one that has to sort them out. Unfortunately, I'm no web developer, and my own skills and knowledge on this subject are pretty subpar. However, I am resourceful, and … [Read more...] about How To Deal With Client Tracking Issues
6 Quick Metrics For Empowering The CMO
Account Managers don’t always see behind the curtain to the CMO controlling their budget and helping set their goals. But they can arm their contact/boss and the CMO of the client/company with metrics to help them set priorities, budgets and the targets which they will be measured against. One common mistake that account managers make is only focusing on lagging indicators of … [Read more...] about 6 Quick Metrics For Empowering The CMO
Acquisio’s PPC Management Software: How and Why We Use It
When it comes to automating your PPC workload, there exists a wealth of tools out there on the market. The past few years have seen a real growth in the quality of these tools, and as generally most companies will be using either no tools, or just one (particularly as changing often requires re-training), we wanted to take some time to review Acquisio for you and explain why we … [Read more...] about Acquisio’s PPC Management Software: How and Why We Use It
Using the Ever-Mysterious Beta to Grow Your Account
There’s money to be had on the Internet and we want all of it. In this month’s series, PPC Hero will be talking about ways to grow your account to increase its reach while maximizing profits. We can’t have it all, but we can try and try to get ever more of it. As Star Trek tells us, space is the final frontier. As working in AdWords and BingAds tells us, betas are the final … [Read more...] about Using the Ever-Mysterious Beta to Grow Your Account
Product Listing Ads & PPC Interplay
Today’s Post is from PPC Hero Ally Alexander Dao. Alexander is a Senior Manager at DataPop.com. You can follow him @the_dao_jones. -- In a recent study by Adobe, Product Listing Ads (PLA) accounted for over 14.7%* of total paid search spend in December 2012. To put it in perspective, that is more spend than the entire Yahoo-Bing network (13.5%). The percent of PLA spend … [Read more...] about Product Listing Ads & PPC Interplay
Spring Clean Your Display Campaigns
The unending wisdom of Martha Stewart tells us that "there are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual clean." In that spirit, PPC Hero's April series will cover some aspects of your accounts that are worth a good cleaning. Structure, ads, negatives and more will all be covered. Many accounts are focused on Search, because it normally performs better than … [Read more...] about Spring Clean Your Display Campaigns
Bid Management: From Basic To Advanced
For this month's series PPC Hero decided to go back to the basics, but with a twist. We'll be tackling all of the standard best practices for bids, ads, and keywords. But we'll also share some of our personal insights about what works, what doesn't, and what you can apply to your own accounts. One of the first things you learn about PPC is bid management. It's built into the … [Read more...] about Bid Management: From Basic To Advanced
10 People Who Should Go to Hero Conf
Sometimes we get questions about who, exactly, should be going to a search marketing conference like Hero Conf. And while we tend to think it would be an awesome experience for everyone, we figured that making a list of who should DEFINITELY go would be fun. Where do you fit in below? Already know it’s for you? REGISTER NOW » The specialist who wants to be even more … [Read more...] about 10 People Who Should Go to Hero Conf
The Seven Best PPC Lessons from February 2013
So what it was a short month? Having two fewer calendar days doesn't mean that the staff of PPC Hero didn't come away with life changing lessons and insights. We now present to you the best things that we began implementing in our accounts this month in hopes that it'll make February that much more meaningful for you. Amanda West-Bookwalter This month was all about betas … [Read more...] about The Seven Best PPC Lessons from February 2013
2 Display Tactics To Increase Sales Volume For Direct Response
Display is a big, scary ocean of impressions. Like this: For an account that's measured on direct response, and probably ROAS: that's terrifying. How are you going to sail your way through the choppy waters and avoid Cthulhu monsters to find your conversions while maintaining ROAS? Here's three tactics for your Display efforts that will help! 1. Dynamic Display … [Read more...] about 2 Display Tactics To Increase Sales Volume For Direct Response
