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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

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

5 Reports You Need For Understanding Dynamic Contextual Ads

Often new products come through Google and Bing and suddenly the PPC blogosphere is ablaze with chatter. Enhanced campaigns, extended sitelinks, Search Companions, Remarketing Lists for Search Ads, and scores more have been the subject of conversations over the past few years. A shortcoming however, is the follow up to these features. We know how to set them up, and why you may … [Read more...] about 5 Reports You Need For Understanding Dynamic Contextual Ads

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

PPC Roundtable: Ideal Client Workload

PPC Specialists are constantly in demand as the paid search landscape is so vast and continues to grow. With the increase in demand comes a discussion of how many accounts one individual specialist should manage at any given time. Thus, we asked the team their thoughts by posing this question: How many accounts should one PPC Specialist be managing at one time? … [Read more...] about PPC Roundtable: Ideal Client Workload

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

AdWords Dynamic Remarketing – Oh The Possibilities

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of AdWords Dynamic Remarketing as I’ve seen this type of campaign produce amazing results for my clients. The ability to showcase the products visitors viewed as they traverse Google’s Display Network is powerful. In trying to capitalize even further, I’ve put together a list of Dynamic Remarketing audience combinations I’d like to try. … [Read more...] about AdWords Dynamic Remarketing – Oh The Possibilities

How To Find eCommerce Success With Dynamic Search Ads

I’ve written about Dynamic Search Ads in the past. I told you about how you can set them up and gave some basic best practices for how to optimize them. When I wrote this article, I was only using them in one of my accounts that was basically a lead generation account. I was just using the “all pages” target while constantly adding negative keywords. This worked great, and I am … [Read more...] about How To Find eCommerce Success With Dynamic Search Ads

Be Even More Liked With This Guide: The Five Laws of Great Social Ads

PPC marketers aren't the only ones who are often tempted to conclude "if this strategy worked over here, it should work just as well over there," but we might be the ones who need to be most skeptical of that thought process. Our PPC ads are finely tuned, tested, and optimized marketing machines, and in the land of search engine marketing, we like to stick with a good thing … [Read more...] about Be Even More Liked With This Guide: The Five Laws of Great Social Ads

4 Examples to Refresh Your Ad Copy

With all the optimization work that goes into PPC, sometimes we lose sight of the actual ad copy. Even though it is the only thing the searcher sees, ad copy often stagnates as the ad testing plan winds down and the enthusiasm brought about by a new project subsides into the steady hum of routine tasks. This is especially true for long running tests with clear-cut winners. As … [Read more...] about 4 Examples to Refresh Your Ad Copy

How To Pitch YouTube Video Ads As A New PPC Initiative

PPC Hero’s February series will be focused on arming you, the PPC account manager, with all the necessary ammunition to make a strong argument for adding new focus areas in your paid search campaigns to your client. That client can be your direct supervisor or executives if you’re managing in-house, or a client in the traditional sense if you’re working in an agency on several … [Read more...] about How To Pitch YouTube Video Ads As A New PPC Initiative