This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts about how to grow your agency. Jeff Allen and I are hosting Agency Growth workshops in Portland and London. Learn all about how we've grown Hanapin from a $2000 investment to an Inc 5000 company and an Indiana Best Places to Work honoree. For more info, read the About page and our FAQ. Make sure to check out the previous … [Read more...] about Should You Specialize To Grow Your Agency? And, An Introduction To VINS.
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Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
Two questions that we get asked frequently are: How much more should I spend for our PPC account? How many more conversions can I expect to get from the increase in spend? When asked these questions the first thing I look at is what campaigns are performing well and how much impression share is being lost. However, analyzing impression share can be a bit cumbersome and … [Read more...] about Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
Bidding Strategies: A Pair of Case Studies
Sometimes, I think there is one single mantra that runs through the mind of every PPCer, “Let’s test that.” Ad testing and conversion rate optimization get a lot of the testing hype, but what about bidding strategies? At intervals, experimenting with bidding strategies gets sprinkled into the testing mix, but not enough. How do we spend money in paid search? The answer is … [Read more...] about Bidding Strategies: A Pair of Case Studies
7 Areas Where Your PPC Account Is Broken
Sometimes in the weeds of your own PPC account, it’s hard to see what’s really going on. Regularly auditing your account can help prevent you from slowly bleeding money or missing out on opportunities for growth or new features. However, regular audits can be hard to do when you are the only one in your account day in and day out. As a Sr. Digital Specialist I spend about … [Read more...] about 7 Areas Where Your PPC Account Is Broken
Webinar: 11 Excel Tricks To Improve Your PPC Life
More about this Webinar PPC and excel are like peanut butter and jelly or macaroni and cheese, you really can't have one without the other (or at least its not as good a combination!). By becoming super savvy with excel, you'll save a lot of precious time doing your PPC tasks and overall, become better at analyzing account performance. We cover a variety of tricks that can … [Read more...] about Webinar: 11 Excel Tricks To Improve Your PPC Life
Forget Quick-Wins! Build Towards and Then Sustain Great Performance!
In an industry where success is often defined by “quick wins” and other idioms for capitalizing on what we perceive to be egregious in-account oversights, it can be easy to forget that there’s another (more reliable) way to achieve performance growth: A Systematic and Sustained Maintenance of the Account With the Super Bowl match-up set (much to the joy of our peerless … [Read more...] about Forget Quick-Wins! Build Towards and Then Sustain Great Performance!
Buy Now, Free, On Sale, Cheap, Hurry! – Understanding Your PPC Audience Motive
If the title of this blog post caused the bile to rise in your throat, than this post is for you. On the other hand, if you do your best to put one of those "alerts" in every text ad you ever run, then this post is even MORE for you. Being a PPC expert, you undoubtedly realize that different people respond to different text and call to actions and you've probably even run … [Read more...] about Buy Now, Free, On Sale, Cheap, Hurry! – Understanding Your PPC Audience Motive
Top 5 PPC Fails
In 2014, companies plan to spend $55.7 billion on search ads or 46% of total internet advertising dollars according to a recent tech crunch article. Given the massive amounts of money spent on search, I repeatedly encounter the same costly mistakes when I audit paid search campaigns. I’ve put together a list of the top 5 mistakes (FAILS) that I frequently encounter in paid … [Read more...] about Top 5 PPC Fails
Tips for Getting Results with an Inherited PPC Account
I’ve been assigned to a series of new clients recently as we shepherd them through their first 90 days with Hanapin. Additionally, I have been auditing accounts for prospects through our pre-sales process. In every instance, the accounts are pre-existing and have or would become an ‘inherited account’ situation. These accounts are currently not meeting goals and have a previous … [Read more...] about Tips for Getting Results with an Inherited PPC Account
9 Hacks For Custom Automation [Webinar Recording]
Automating some of your PPC workload not only makes it easier on you, but puts those mundane and tedious tasks in their place. You've probably already done some automation with your account(s), but chances are, you haven't discovered all of these automation tricks! In the recording, Marc Poirier from Acquisio and Jeff Baum from Hanapin Marketing list out 9 hacks to customize … [Read more...] about 9 Hacks For Custom Automation [Webinar Recording]
9 Hacks For Custom Automation [New Webinar with Acquisio!]
"I wish I could spend all my time doing bid changes and pulling reports!" said NO ACCOUNT MANAGER EVER. Automating some of your PPC workload not only makes it easier on you, but puts those mundane and tedious tasks in their place. You've probably already done some automation with your account(s), but chances are, you haven't discovered all of these automation tricks! Join Marc … [Read more...] about 9 Hacks For Custom Automation [New Webinar with Acquisio!]
Turn Traffic Into Results With This Ulitmate CRO Toolkit!
So much of the attention in digital advertising goes to what happens before the click: Optimizing bids and timing, ad testing, and beyond. But one of the most valuable ways to spend your time is by optimizing what a user sees and does at the end of their click journey, making sure your landing page is engaging and relevant, and creating a cohesive message from your ad to the … [Read more...] about Turn Traffic Into Results With This Ulitmate CRO Toolkit!
