This is my sixth 'letter from the CEO,' and I'm having a bit of writer's block coming up with a thematic topic or creative spin like I have in previous letters. So, I'll just do my best Joe Friday impression and just tell you what we're working on! (Depending on your age, that's either Colonel Potter from M*A*S*H* or Ray from Ghostbusters. :-)) We're now at the 150-day mark of … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Just the facts, ma’am.”
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5 AdWords PPC Areas I ‘Take With a Grain of Salt’
I’ve noticed a lot of PPC discussions lately where ‘take it with a grain of salt’ seems to be the answer. As search engines continue to expand ideas and opportunities for PPC marketers to use, it’s important that we realize, not everything is going to work the best and sometimes there’s no real way around an issue other than to get down to the nitty-gritty fundamentals. The … [Read more...] about 5 AdWords PPC Areas I ‘Take With a Grain of Salt’
Ticker Tuesday: Organizing PPC Campaigns For Fun And Profit
Increasing your Quality Score is fun, right? And, hey, profit's pretty okay too. But to achieve an enjoyable and lucrative PPC account, it's important to ensure that your campaign structure is organized to bring you in the highest Quality Score as possible. In this episode of Ticker Tuesday, we walk you through the different ways you can organize your PPC account, from … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Organizing PPC Campaigns For Fun And Profit
Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
A couple of days ago, Jessica’s latest episode of Ticker Tuesday focused on an issue that’s of pretty substantial interest to search marketers of late: adCenter quality score. Since Yahoo and MSN became one, many paid search advertisers have noticed substantial differences in their performance that are difficult to account for. Given the amount of time we’ve had to adjust our … [Read more...] about Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
News Update: Google for Agencies—Resources Streamlined!
In an attempt to make the lives of marketing agency representatives just a little bit easier, Google launched Google for Agencies. This new site’s intentions are to “inspire creative ideas and provide access to the programs, tools and resources to bring these ideas to life—all in a single location,” according the Google blog post . From this site, agency reps can see examples … [Read more...] about News Update: Google for Agencies—Resources Streamlined!
Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Event Tracking & Virtual Pageviews
This is the third in our series of collaborative PPC Hero/SEO Boy series which aims to coves the most important aspects of the IQ Test and prepare you to earn a high score. Steve started us off with Cookies in Google Analytics and Erin continued with Google Analytics Ecommerce Tracking. Why should we care about event tracking? Because. Event tracking can give you lots of … [Read more...] about Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Event Tracking & Virtual Pageviews
PPC Hero Knows 4 Ways To Increase Your Display Traffic
Remember when we asked you to show us your PPC villains? PPC Hero heard your cries and came rushing to the rescue! This month’s culprit: declining Google display traffic, submitted by erikalynneparke. A worthy opponent indeed! Question: I have seen a 30% decline in traffic from February to March in my placement campaign. What can I do to address this issue? Check out PPC … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Knows 4 Ways To Increase Your Display Traffic
PPC Hero Video Blog #3: The Contextual Targeting Tool
If you've chosen contextual targeting as your approach to the Google Display Network, Google's Contextual Targeting Tool is your new best friend! This tool makes recommendations on how to structure a display network campaign and what keywords to target. Most importantly, this tool gives you insight into how Google identifies themes for ad groups in display network campaigns. … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Video Blog #3: The Contextual Targeting Tool
Case Study: Bid Changes
As a PPC account manager, I have the pleasure of new and exciting challenges with each new client I take on. Recently, I took on a client that was the pace setter for their PPC industry. What I mean by pace setter, is that their average ad position was 1.1 for their primary search terms. While I’ve certainly taken some keywords to top position as a strategy, I had never run … [Read more...] about Case Study: Bid Changes
Case Study: Refining Mobile Campaigns
Last month, our team compiled a review of PPC in 2010 and what we expect this year. Mobile marketing is definitely something we couldn’t overlook. Over 80% of the US population currently carries mobile phones (according to Punchkick Interactive), and Google’s mobile searches increased fivefold in the last two years. If you haven’t considered launching a mobile campaign for your … [Read more...] about Case Study: Refining Mobile Campaigns
Our Greatest Hits For December 2010
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from December. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. For the second month in a row, Jen has taken first place! This time, her post discusses how to utilize Google's product … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits For December 2010
Too Much of A Good Thing: Dealing With Duplicate Keywords
Let’s face it: PPC management is an ever-changing business. Managers and agencies come and go, accounts expand and shrink, and before you know it seven different people have had a hand in the evolution of an account. How many of the accounts that you currently manage did you begin? How many of your little PPC babies, whose campaigns and ad groups and keywords you lovingly … [Read more...] about Too Much of A Good Thing: Dealing With Duplicate Keywords
