Should you be in-house, agency, freelance or some combination of the above, you have probably managed paid search accounts of various sizes. I’m not talking about just budget-wise; number of keywords, ad groups, campaigns, accounts in an MCC…you name it! How do you manage your accounts based on the size of the business they belong to, though? There are a lot of layers within … [Read more...] about Proving the Value of PPC to C-Level Management
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PPC Gone Viral – Turn A Big News Story Into PPC Success
I believe that every PPC marketer has come across some strange search queries before that either made you laugh or just shake your head in disbelief. Here are just a few of weird search queries that we have shared with you before. I dare say that search marketers come across these types of terms on a daily basis and they definitely need to be addressed for the sake of your … [Read more...] about PPC Gone Viral – Turn A Big News Story Into PPC Success
Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords
The unending wisdom of Martha Stewart tells us that "there are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual clean." In that spirit, PPC Hero's April series will cover some aspects of your accounts that are worth a good cleaning. Structure, ads, negatives and more will all be covered. There are tons of reasons to pause things within our PPC accounts. Poor … [Read more...] about Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords
Heroview: An In-depth Look At Remarketing
On last week's Heroview we had Cassie Oumedian (@Cass_Oumedian) on to chat in-depth about remarketing. Cassie is an Account Manager with Hanapin Marketing with over four years of online marketing experience combined with a background of ten years of traditional marketing. Cassie has worked with a variety of business-to-business and business-to-consumer verticals in ecommerce … [Read more...] about Heroview: An In-depth Look At Remarketing
Finalist: Optimizing and Targeting for User Behavior
Editorial note: This guest post is a finalist in our Hero Conf scholarship event. Jeremy Estes currently works on the paid search team at Standing Dog Interactive in Dallas, Texas. When I first started building PPC campaigns, 7 or 8 years ago, I remember getting all the “pro tips” like putting the keyword in the title, using numbers or special characters, title casing, … [Read more...] about Finalist: Optimizing and Targeting for User Behavior
Finalist: The Secret PPC Matrix Before the Click
Editorial note: This guest post is a finalist in our Hero Conf scholarship event. Raymond Smit is Co-Owner of Nico’s Kitchens in South Africa. Many Adwords users are trapped inside a matrix they don’t yet know exists. They choose keywords, write their ads and pay Google. That’s the blue pill. Playing inside the Adwords interface and being unaware or blind to what is really … [Read more...] about Finalist: The Secret PPC Matrix Before the Click
6 Approaches To Improving Your PPC Conversion Rate
When it comes to PPC, generally clients want me to do two things for them: Increase Conversions Reduce Cost Per Conversion Achieving these two goals requires more than just good luck. I want to discuss six different approaches you can take to measuring and improving your conversion rate. 1. Set Goals The first thing I always look at when I start off trying to improve my … [Read more...] about 6 Approaches To Improving Your PPC Conversion Rate
Measuring & Improving Lost Impression Share
With impression share reporting changing a bit this week, there’s no better time than now to revisit the ins and outs of the metric and how it works! Odds are pretty good that your PPC accounts are not reaching their entire potential audience, but how do you know how much you’re missing? More important than that, how do you increase the pool you’re reaching? The key here is … [Read more...] about Measuring & Improving Lost Impression Share
Invest 1% of Your Annual Budget and Increase PPC ROI
With our last early bird discount-pricing deadline fast approaching (Friday, February 8th!), the PPC Hero team wants to make sure you know all the facts about what to expect when it comes to the workshop portion of Hero Conf. For those of you who have missed it, Hero Conf 2013 will be taking place in Austin, TX on April 8-10. It’s a 3-day event this year, up from 2 last year, … [Read more...] about Invest 1% of Your Annual Budget and Increase PPC ROI
11 Important Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your Google Display Campaigns
For the final part of our January series – Things to test in your account in 2013 – I’m going to be diving into the wonderful world of the Google Display Network, or GDN for those of us who love pointless acronyms! Anyway, acronyms aside, there are plenty of things you want to be testing in your display campaigns this year. I’d wager that the majority of us in PPC land tend … [Read more...] about 11 Important Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your Google Display Campaigns
Neil Sorenson: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Neil Sorenson, who will be speaking about Enterprise PPC, Competitive Verticals, and International PPC at Hero Conf 2013. Neil Sorenson is the Head of Pay per Click at ZAGG.com. Previously he spent four years working for search marketing agencies like OrangeSoda and SEO.com. During that time Neil managed hundreds of accounts across dozens of … [Read more...] about Neil Sorenson: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
Heroview: Randomness, Black Swans and Fragility and How they Affect SEM
Yesterday we had an amazing opportunity to talk to Andrew Goodman who talked about Randomness, Black Swans and Fragility & How They Affect SEM. ________________________________________ PPC Hero: Could you start by telling us a little bit about your background in PPC? Andrew: It's nearly as simple as having tinkered with AdWords Select in Mar 2002 & being blown away by … [Read more...] about Heroview: Randomness, Black Swans and Fragility and How they Affect SEM
