Here at PPC Hero, we let our readers decide their favorite articles! That is, we let the pageviews do the talking. Below you will find a list of our most-read blog posts. As our readership grows, the PPC industry changes and the tastes of our readers becomes more refined, we'll keep this list up-to-date. Enjoy! Yahoo Is Going to Automatically Optimize Your PPC Account … [Read more...] about Reader’s Favorites
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Take a First Look at the adCenter Desktop Beta and Share Your Thoughts
If you're anything like me, you have a touch of the "ooh, shiny!" complex. By that I mean, each and every new product offering from my favorite search engines carries with it a certain appeal. I get excited at the prospect of trying something new and possibly finding my next favorite resource along the way. This month, Microsoft unleashed their adCenter Desktop Beta on us. … [Read more...] about Take a First Look at the adCenter Desktop Beta and Share Your Thoughts
Getting PPC Advice from Yahoo!? Take the Good with the Bad
Reading search marketing blogs is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you're gonna get. Today I was scrolling through my blog reader quickly reviewing the "big three" blogs. When I got to the YSM Blog, I was greeted with this headline: "Writing Effective Ads." With a smile I clicked through and began reading. Very soon into this excerpt from Yahoo!'s Smart Start … [Read more...] about Getting PPC Advice from Yahoo!? Take the Good with the Bad
Use Demographics To Geographically Target Your PPC Ads
A number of my PPC campaigns are geographically targeted, as I'm sure many of your PPC campaigns are as well. For these campaigns I adhere to my list of best PPC practices: ad text testing, bid management, keyword research, content optimization, and the list goes on and on. Every month I strive to expand my campaigns' reach, but within a prescribed geographic radius. Recently, … [Read more...] about Use Demographics To Geographically Target Your PPC Ads
The Benefits of Using Benefit-Driven Ad Texts: What’s in Your Tackle Box?
Let us not forget the fundamental root of search engine marketing: search. The term 'search' also comprises these terms: query, hunt, seek, look for, ferret, chase, rummage. Users rummage through search query results looking for a service, a product, a piece-of-information, an answer. Search engine results pages (SERP) are filled with possible answers to a users' query, but the … [Read more...] about The Benefits of Using Benefit-Driven Ad Texts: What’s in Your Tackle Box?
The 6 Next Steps After Your AdWords Content Optimization
Once you've launched your Google AdWords content optimization resulting in greater impressions, clicks and conversions, what is the next step to expand your account? Good question! Now you need to take what is working and make it work better and more often! Here are 6 steps you can take after you've settled into your content-optimized account. Run a placement performance … [Read more...] about The 6 Next Steps After Your AdWords Content Optimization
5 Things to Consider When Inheriting a Google AdWords Account
If you're a professional SEM, chances are you've inherited your fair share of pay-per-click accounts from clients seeking a helping hand. Taking on these clients who have tried their hand at PPC and failed can be a great opportunity for you to prove the value of your services. The downside, however, is that these accounts are undoubtedly in shambles. When you add the wild … [Read more...] about 5 Things to Consider When Inheriting a Google AdWords Account
Dissecting a Taboo: Phone Numbers in PPC Ads
Creating relevant and effective ad text is one of the most difficult, yet influential things you must do as a PPC advertiser. Within this daily management duty are a myriad of sub-tasks or "flavors" that can affect the outcome of your click-through-rates and conversion rates. Along with this wide world of ad text possibility also comes a flurry of disagreement on tactics. Today … [Read more...] about Dissecting a Taboo: Phone Numbers in PPC Ads
9 Mistakes When Creating Ad Text
Set it and forget it doesn’t work when it comes to ad text. Whether in Google Adwords, Yahoo! Or MSN Adcenter, creating attention getting and effective ad text is critical to the success and growth of your account. Below I’ve listed the top 9 common mistakes advertisers can make when it comes to writing ad text. No call to action: Never leave the customer hanging! Its … [Read more...] about 9 Mistakes When Creating Ad Text
Let Google Write Your Ad Texts! Now in Beta.
Google AdWords has a new feature in the tools section for ad text ideas, under 'Ad Text Ideas (beta)'. This is currently in beta so not everyone may have this feature yet. The idea is for you to describe your product or service in as much detail as possible, and AdWords will give you suggestions for your ad text. People who are new to Google Adwords may find this useful when … [Read more...] about Let Google Write Your Ad Texts! Now in Beta.
How to Improve Your AdWords Quality Score
The survey results I posted on Monday ranked the importance of 12 AdWords Quality Score attributes. At the top of the survey rankings were click-through rate, ad text/keyword relevance, historical performance and landing page keyword relevance. Search relevancy is the core that binds the quality score together, and our survey reflects this idea. Also, these survey results are … [Read more...] about How to Improve Your AdWords Quality Score
Two Paths to Lead Generation: Part Two – Slow & Steady
In my last post we discussed how to churn and burn: generating as many leads/conversions as possible, and sorting them out in the sales process (the chain restaurant theory). Now, we'll review the alternative approach to lead generation which does not focus on quantity, but the quality of highly-targeted, qualified leads in lesser numbers: slow and steady - the high-class night … [Read more...] about Two Paths to Lead Generation: Part Two – Slow & Steady
