The decision to segment Search campaigns or ad groups by match type can be tricky. More campaigns can often mean more needed management. On the other hand, including all match types within the same ad group will result in extra campaign management time as well. Typically, segmenting match types at the ad group level is best practice, however, we recently tested going an extra … [Read more...] about How We Increased Conversion Rate by 24% Through Campaign Match Type Segmentation
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How to Organize a Successful PPC Audit
Over the years, a lot has changed about PPC. Clients expect us to be more integrated with their overall business strategy and goals, and not just work in a silo. In particular, I have noticed a shift in our audit clients and what sort of presentation resonates the best. Gone are the days when we can just poke through an account’s settings, list high CPL keywords, recommend some … [Read more...] about How to Organize a Successful PPC Audit
PPC Investigative Report: What Are APIs?
Today’s investigative report takes a look into the million-dollar question: What is an API? For those unsure what an investigative report is (other than a fantastic song from GZA’s Liquid Swords album), an investigative report can clarify your thinking and even uncover additional questions that provide new insights into a case. I chose to define this because this blog post … [Read more...] about PPC Investigative Report: What Are APIs?
Ways to Reduce PPC Spend Without Turning Out the Lights
Working in Paid Search, you are always aware that you are spending money and at times your promised budget changes. Sometimes you are given more money to help meet new goals such as lead acquisition or ROI but other times your budget is reduced without a lot of notice. Here are a few ways for you to take action in your account to reduce your PPC spend without having to turn out … [Read more...] about Ways to Reduce PPC Spend Without Turning Out the Lights
How We Train PPC Experts
I work with a team full of lifelong learners. It is a requirement to work at Hanapin. Gotta have that thirst for knowledge. Something happens, though, when you have a diverse team with varying depths of PPC knowledge: one-size-fits-all training doesn’t work. One-size-fits-most doesn’t work. This is a problem I ran into when I sat down with my colleague to construct our training … [Read more...] about How We Train PPC Experts
Surfing the Waves of Creative Destruction
This post is shared with you from Anders Hjorth, Digital Marketing Strategist at Innovell & speaker at Hero Conf London. AI is disrupting the Search Industry It is only fair that I start with a confession: Facebook thinks I am German. So they serve me German language advertising. I am many things, Danish national, French resident, Estonian e-resident. I also speak several … [Read more...] about Surfing the Waves of Creative Destruction
Quora Ads: How to Reach Your Target Audience at Key Moments
Quora is a unique, high-intent advertising platform, ideally suited to reach customers as they evaluate and research a product or service. People come to Quora to ask questions, and to read and share insightful answers. This includes people looking for reliable information about your company, products, competitors, and industry. This provides advertisers the opportunity to … [Read more...] about Quora Ads: How to Reach Your Target Audience at Key Moments
How to Best Use Facebook’s Campaign Budget Optimization Feature
Facebook has continued to release the campaign budget optimization option to advertiser accounts. If you cannot find this setting during the campaign set up process, you’ll likely have to wait a bit longer for the feature to be available in your account. Campaign budget optimization is another automated tool in Facebook that allows advertisers to set a goal result and budget at … [Read more...] about How to Best Use Facebook’s Campaign Budget Optimization Feature
Coding for Marketers – Where to Start
It feels like someone is always telling you to learn to code. That’s crazy talk but coding can open new opportunities. Code helps users optimize their workflows and makes dealing with data more manageable. I often receive questions about where to start or what someone in my role uses. It’s not always clear where to start with coding if you work in a marketing role. This … [Read more...] about Coding for Marketers – Where to Start
Top Tips for Building Your Digital Marketing Team
Spoiler alert – I’ll be sharing how to hire, train, and retain your team at my Hero Conf London session: Building Your Team Shouldn’t Be a Side Project. Tickets are sold out for this event, but you can grab your pass for our Philadelphia event next April today! Where has all the talent gone?! While hiring is only one part of building your team, hiring the right candidates to … [Read more...] about Top Tips for Building Your Digital Marketing Team
Keeping Up in the Digital World
A theme has been consistently popping up in my day to day conversations regarding the rapid pace of the digital marketing world. These discussions have gone on to expand upon how difficult it is to keep up. Today, the Twittersphere was abuzz sharing an ebook titled, "It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work," published by the Founder & CEO at Basecamp. I'm curious... How many … [Read more...] about Keeping Up in the Digital World
Dynamic Search Ads for Advanced Users
In a previous article Dynamic Search Ads for Beginners, Shannon discussed different reasons you might want to use Dynamic search ads (DSA) and how to set them up in your account. In this post, I am going to discuss some advanced ways to use Dynamic Search Ads in your account. Why Use Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) As previously mentioned, DSA are great for catching additional … [Read more...] about Dynamic Search Ads for Advanced Users
