One common thing I hear from clients during the onboarding process when they've just come from another agency or freelancer managing their accounts is that they didn't feel they were being innovative enough. My favorite type of client totally gets how most things in PPC need to be tested before it can be determined if it was a success or not. The are super happy to allow … [Read more...] about 5 ROI-Improving Campaign Types You’ve Never Tried
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Is Your Agency Throwing Out These Red Flags?
Working with an agency can be a scary thing. It’s not always easy to know if the business relationship is working in a favorable manner. Transparency and good communication are virtues in any relationship, but especially for a business relationship. When you work with an agency, there are certain things you should keep an eye on. Take notes and evaluate whether your agency is … [Read more...] about Is Your Agency Throwing Out These Red Flags?
Start RLSA On The Right Foot
RLSA (Remarketing Lists For Search Ads) works similarly to traditional retargeting. RLSA shows ads to previous website visitors that are now searching on Google or Google’s Search Partners for your targeted keywords. In direct response accounts, building brand awareness is a side benefit of advertising. Direct response accounts want revenue and lead numbers. Brand awareness … [Read more...] about Start RLSA On The Right Foot
Living In The Micro-Moment: Rethinking PPC Strategy
On May 5th, Google introduced Micro-Moments. “Mobile has forever changed the way we live, and it’s forever changed what we expect of brands. It’s fractured the consumer journey into hundreds of real-time, intent-driven micro-moments. Each one is a critical opportunity for brands to shape our decisions and preferences.” – Google As smartphone searches are on the rise, Google is … [Read more...] about Living In The Micro-Moment: Rethinking PPC Strategy
How Policy Updates Helped Increase Conversions by 34% – The Importance Of PPC Diversification
PPC advertising policy changes are not new and, unfortunately, they don’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Even if you do follow all the policies and attempt to comply, sometimes a feature or channel that once was a PPC profit center can become discontinued, severely impacting a businesses’ bottom line. However, if you have a diversified PPC strategy and are quick to adapt … [Read more...] about How Policy Updates Helped Increase Conversions by 34% – The Importance Of PPC Diversification
Twitter Unveils Product And Place Pages
Millions of people Tweet about what they love and what they are doing every day. However, it can be challenging to find and engage with the most relevant Tweets about products and places when you’re searching. Beginning this week, Twitter will start testing two different ways to make it simpler for you to discover relevant content about products and places on Twitter, along … [Read more...] about Twitter Unveils Product And Place Pages
[New Toolkit!] Get all the essentials you need to find the best PPC agency for you
Working with an agency that specializes in all things paid search marketing can give your business the edge you need to succeed. Choosing an agency that can maintain, as well as expand your account over time based on your company's goals, is vital to your success in the digital marketing world. That's why we, along with our own technology partners, have compiled this toolkit … [Read more...] about [New Toolkit!] Get all the essentials you need to find the best PPC agency for you
PPC Hero Interviews Search Engine Land Author, Ginny Marvin
If you are reading about PPC updates on Search Engine Land or Marketing Land, chances are the author is Ginny Marvin. Ginny is the paid media reporter for Third Door Media and breaks all the latest paid search news. She has been in marketing for more than 15 years and has held in-house and agency positions. Ginny is one of our top industry heroes and has graciously agreed to an … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Interviews Search Engine Land Author, Ginny Marvin
Why We Need To Fail In Order To Move Forward
I usually don’t gain insight or motivation from quotes, but one has stuck with me over the years, which has helped to put my career into perspective. In the movie Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne has seemingly been defeated, but his butler, Alfred, gives Bruce the motivation he needs to continue. Alfred says, “Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.” I’m a … [Read more...] about Why We Need To Fail In Order To Move Forward
Analyzing The Results Of Various LinkedIn Targeting Techniques
LinkedIn offers many ways to target users based on the demographic information they provide on their profile pages. Choice is great, right? With so many options to target, we should be able to pick out the exact targeting we need for the perfect audience. Well, maybe in the perfect PPC world (not ours). What it really means is that it’s up to you to figure out the proper … [Read more...] about Analyzing The Results Of Various LinkedIn Targeting Techniques
Build And Sustain Successful PPC Relationships
While landing a new client can sometimes be viewed as the biggest hurdle in any marketing relationship, keeping the client happy and having a successful relationship is even more important. Sure, landing a client is a difficult task. You have to offer all the services they expect or need, have a pricing structure they’re comfortable with, and you’re usually up against stiff … [Read more...] about Build And Sustain Successful PPC Relationships
3 Tips You Need To Know Before Creating Bing Shopping Campaigns
Bing recently announced the release of the Bing Shopping Campaign (BSC) beta to a limited number of advertisers. Bing Product Ads have been around for a while and work great for ecommerce accounts. As we’ve seen with Google Shopping campaigns, the benefit of the new shopping format allows for easier management, share of voice reporting for benchmark CPCs and segmentation … [Read more...] about 3 Tips You Need To Know Before Creating Bing Shopping Campaigns