A major focus over at the Google headquarters in 2017 has been to increase automated bid offering within the AdWords platform. They have refined existing methods and added new capabilities. Approached with a unique situation earlier in the year, our client team decided to place our personal experiences and hesitancy with machine learning aside and give it a whirl. The … [Read more...] about Google Target Outranking Share Bid Strategy Success
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A PPC Account Manager’s Checklist
Whether you’re the most novice paid advertiser or a seasoned vet, the question “what do I do now” has likely come up numerous times. Maybe you feel that you’ve done all you can do and are stuck. Maybe you’ve been so busy driving strategy that daily/weekly account maintenance has fallen by the wayside. Maybe you’re working through the learning curves of managing your first PPC … [Read more...] about A PPC Account Manager’s Checklist
Prioritizing Your PPC Platform Needs
The right PPC platforms can make a huge difference for agencies or in-house teams. However, picking one can be overwhelming. You can minimize the burden and confusion by asking your team a few questions. Once you have answers, you can continue your research using the Best PPC Platforms for PPC Management. Ask the Right Questions There are different platforms for all of your … [Read more...] about Prioritizing Your PPC Platform Needs
Deciding Between CPM & CPC Bidding on Facebook
In a previous blog post, fellow PPC Hero Kelsey gave everyone 3 Facebook Optimizations You Can Make Today. I wanted to expand upon her suggestion of testing out different bidding strategies and how I made a change from CPM to CPC bidding in one of my Facebook accounts. If you're managing a Facebook account that gets very few leads or conversions over a month, this will be extra … [Read more...] about Deciding Between CPM & CPC Bidding on Facebook
Google For Jobs: How Does This Affect Me?
Google for Jobs is a new initiative launched by Google allowing users to receive job search results directly on the Google Search page. A separate box appears after PPC results and before organic results solely containing job search results pertaining to the search query the user typed in. The results are jobs pulled in from third party job posting sites and company job … [Read more...] about Google For Jobs: How Does This Affect Me?
Using A Reverse Classroom Approach To Training
The reverse or flipped classroom approach is becoming a more commonly used strategy in the education world. The concept of this approach is to take the lecture setting out of the classroom and onto a student's computer - and projects and "homework" away from home and into the classroom. In a fairly recent blog post on Training the New Generation I included a chart from the … [Read more...] about Using A Reverse Classroom Approach To Training
Pinterest’s Audience Reach Is More Diverse Than Ever
If you don’t stop believing that Pinterest is just for brides planning their weddings, you’re going to miss out on a huge advertising opportunity for your business. Pinterest is ALSO for the maids of honor. Joking. Pinterest is for anyone that’s planning for future life events, no matter how significant or mundane. With over 175M active users, it’s time that advertisers … [Read more...] about Pinterest’s Audience Reach Is More Diverse Than Ever
Capitalize on the Mobile Movement with Next-Level Strategies
Are you rocking that B2B advertising? How about B2C? No matter what area you’re targeting, we’ve seen mobile searches leapfrog over desktop and tablet. What does this mean? It means you need a killer strategy for your mobile marketing in order to take advantage of all of those mobile searches. In this webinar, Directive Consulting’s Garrett Mehrguth will walk you through … [Read more...] about Capitalize on the Mobile Movement with Next-Level Strategies
Why I Tested A Facebook Audience With Zero Targeting Restrictions
When it comes to success with Facebook Advertising, audience targeting is the name of the game. While other factors like quality of ad creative should not be overlooked, performance in social is largely contingent on audience creation. The options for targeting within Facebook are seemingly endless, providing an incredible combination of both scale and accuracy. We've … [Read more...] about Why I Tested A Facebook Audience With Zero Targeting Restrictions
Google Releases New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding Strategy
Optimizing bids can be the bane of many PPC’ers. We use bid sheets, formulas, macros, and other fun strategies to ensure we are winning the auction and garnering conversions. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could set up our AdWords campaigns to automatically optimize for conversions or a conversion value without having to do manual adjustments? That is what Google is attempting to … [Read more...] about Google Releases New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding Strategy
Tips For Using Facebook Lookalike Audiences
Lookalike audiences have been a standard tool for digital marketers for quite some time, but they don’t always get top marks for performance. While having an audience created for you is great, it can be difficult to understand exactly what you should be doing to optimize them. While there is a lot of automation in the creation of lookalikes, you as a marketer do have a fair … [Read more...] about Tips For Using Facebook Lookalike Audiences
The Complete PPC Account Audit Guide
11/12/2019 Your PPC account is never perfect. Hopefully, that doesn’t come as a surprise to you. The truth of the matter is that no matter how hard you work on building an account and optimizing it according to best practices, you will probably miss something. An even truer statement is that the longer you work in an account, the easier it is for things to slip past … [Read more...] about The Complete PPC Account Audit Guide
