If you haven't been paying attention, Bing Ads has recently released a slew of updates. Many of these updates follow the AdWords train and should be welcome by PPC professionals. In this post, I'll go over these 4 crucial updates. Expanded Device Targeting Bing Ads is now giving us more control in setting bid adjustments by device so we can more effectively manage campaigns … [Read more...] about Be In The Know About The 4 Latest Bing Ads Updates
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The Top Ten Tips For Effective Dayparting
Over the past year, I've started to truly embrace a new life motto: if it takes less than ten minutes to do, do it now. When it comes to optimizing a PPC account, ten minutes is a drop in the bucket. As digital marketers, we are left forever seeking those 0.01% incremental gains in hopes that soon enough they will amount to radical improvements. With that said, determining … [Read more...] about The Top Ten Tips For Effective Dayparting
Discover 3 Levels Of Geo Targeting For Beginners, Intermediates, & Experts
In paid search, setting geographic targets is day one. Whether it’s to exclude places you cannot sell or serve or to specifically target your primary customer base, the implementation of geo-targets is on the must-do list for a proper PPC campaign. Having cleared that up, we’re now onto the next layer of questions: Intro: How to I create this kind of targeting? … [Read more...] about Discover 3 Levels Of Geo Targeting For Beginners, Intermediates, & Experts
Be In The Know About Upcoming Improvements To AdWords Automated Bidding
Last week, Google announced Smart Bidding for AdWords and DoubleClick Search as the new name for automated bidding. Smart Bidding is considered auction-time bidding since bids are decided on an auction by auction basis. If you are using any of the bidding strategies listed below, you are already taking advantage of Smart Bidding. Target CPA Target ROAS Enhanced … [Read more...] about Be In The Know About Upcoming Improvements To AdWords Automated Bidding
Leveraging Analytics For Remarketing: Picking The Ripest Fruit
Remarketing represents the low hanging fruit of the digital marketing world. This cliche or some analogous iteration is parroted throughout the paid search community to no end. It's a safe assumption that this mentality has either been repeated or embraced by nearly every account manager, myself included. And while the frequency becomes repetitive, its prevalence is well … [Read more...] about Leveraging Analytics For Remarketing: Picking The Ripest Fruit
4 Common Questions Prospects Ask Me During The Sales Process
We’re now more than half way through the year and already there have been many changes within digital marketing. Google’s Performance Summit yielded many updates, including: Expanded text ads Bid adjustments by device Demographics for Search Ads Pinterest has turned the advertising corner, growing into a strong player within the market and Programmatic continues to … [Read more...] about 4 Common Questions Prospects Ask Me During The Sales Process
On Demand Webinar: 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
More about this Webinar Have you ever heard someone say that they love filling out a form? Didn’t think so! However, lead forms are an essential in marketing. Facebook Lead Gen ads have made it much easier for users to get more information about your business or products on their mobile phone, without ever having to leave Facebook. With 1.65 billion monthly active users and 90% … [Read more...] about On Demand Webinar: 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
The Art Of Paid Search Promotional Copy
Most businesses have a love/hate relationship with promotions. Often a promotion implies that you as the seller are offering some good or service at a more convenient rate for the buyer, even if it causes you a dip in profit. Whether it’s a discount on the cost of your product, perhaps a free trial, or simply a package deal on your usual offer, promos mean 2 things: … [Read more...] about The Art Of Paid Search Promotional Copy
Prepare Powerful PPC Client Presentations That Make An Impact
As PPC marketers, we spend a great deal of time in our accounts working toward goals and focusing on account growth and expansion. Since that’s the core of our role, it’s exactly what we should be doing with our time. However, clients frequently ask us to showcase our work in presentations. We sometimes get hung up figuring out what needs to be presented and how it should be … [Read more...] about Prepare Powerful PPC Client Presentations That Make An Impact
Reimagining The Client/Agency Relationship Model
I was recently in a one-on-one with our very own Jeff Allen. In that conversation, we began digging into some of the things we’re running into with new or existing prospects. I alluded to the beginnings of this shift (at least, the beginning of seeing it directly illustrated in our own sales funnel) back in January in my post about the increase we were experiencing in … [Read more...] about Reimagining The Client/Agency Relationship Model
How I Cut Costs By 20% Using Monthly Bid Schedules
I recently found myself in a situation that most PPC-ers will experience at some point. I needed to decrease spend in order to hit a cost-per-lead goal and I did not know where to start. Of course, I asked myself one important question, “Where do I decrease spend in the account in a way that least impacts conversions?” In an account that’s relatively new or in an account … [Read more...] about How I Cut Costs By 20% Using Monthly Bid Schedules
Treat Bing Like A Special And Unique Snowflake
When it comes to paid search there is simply no denying that Google is the big man on campus. For many clients, it represents the focal point of strategy while acting as the main driver of their digital marketing efforts. Despite this, savvy account managers do not shy away from capitalizing on the role players that compete within the search marketplace. Often times the … [Read more...] about Treat Bing Like A Special And Unique Snowflake
