At some point while managing your PPC program you may be faced with this problem – you need more revenue and/or conversions NOW! It’s not a terrible problem to have. In fact, your program is probably performing so well that you are expected to just throw more money at your PPC, press the magic button, and viola – greater activity at the same ROI or CPA! Wouldn’t it be great … [Read more...] about Looking For More Revenue? 7 Ways To Profitably Expand PPC Reach
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Day 2 Opening Keynote with Andrew Goodman
The final schedule for Hero Conf 2015, April 27-29 in Portland, OR is coming together quickly. Day 2 opens with an in-depth keynote session from PPC luminary, Andrew Goodman. PPC is not only a significant driver of company growth; some companies have grown fundamentally dependent on the channel. If PPC is the air your company breathes, then small-ball execution isn’t … [Read more...] about Day 2 Opening Keynote with Andrew Goodman
What The Google Trusted Store Announcement Means For Merchants
Google made a big announcement on Tuesday that went relatively under the radar in the PPC world. Starting immediately, the process for online merchants to become Google Trusted Stores has become much easier. What Is A Google Trusted Store? A Google Trusted Store is a direct endorsement from Google. According to the big G, for merchants to have the Google Trusted Store badge … [Read more...] about What The Google Trusted Store Announcement Means For Merchants
Reassessing My 2014 PPC Suggestions And Looking To 2015
2014 has been an amazing year in paid search. AdWords and Bing Ads made some great strides with their features and interfaces (my personal favorite being AdWords ad customizers). Social platforms began experimenting with new features, including Twitter allowing the ability to make purchases directly from the interface. Finally, and maybe most importantly, the PPC community … [Read more...] about Reassessing My 2014 PPC Suggestions And Looking To 2015
Day Trading And Pay-Per-Click
Recently, I was at the BIAKelsey conference in the ever-colorful and precarious city of New Orleans. I bring this fact up because I learned of an analogy that will forever change my views regarding Search Engine Marketing. There we were, in a meeting with a prospective client on the top floor of the Hyatt Regency with a beautiful view of the SuperDome. In our discussions, … [Read more...] about Day Trading And Pay-Per-Click
Morning Clicks: Facebook becoming a Threat to YouTube? Twitter Becoming a Store?
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Google's new AdWords policy will finally be in effect this month. What differences will we see? [Search Engine Land] Speaking of difference-makers … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Facebook becoming a Threat to YouTube? Twitter Becoming a Store?
How To Turn Competitive Analysis Into Actionable PPC Gains
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu – The Art of War PPC Let’s face it – managing a PPC account doesn't happen in a vacuum. We tend to … [Read more...] about How To Turn Competitive Analysis Into Actionable PPC Gains
Morning Clicks: Advertisers are Butt of Jokes from Adobe/HBO, and More.
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Wherein Adobe unveils an humorous ad, and oblivious marketers are the butt of the joke. [Digital Buzz Blog] Look's like Time Inc's digital advertising … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Advertisers are Butt of Jokes from Adobe/HBO, and More.
Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
Search ads are no longer just about headlines, description lines and display URLs. Ad Extensions now also play a huge part in the appearance and success of our ads. Take a look at this ad from Walmart I saw the other day. Notice how more than 50% of the space taken up by this ad comes from extensions of various types. Why Are Ad Extensions Important? There’s Lots … [Read more...] about Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
5 Tips For Better PPC Lead Quality
Lead generation can be a tricky game when it comes to PPC. In eCommerce, someone purchases a product and revenue is immediately generated from that conversion or sale. When focusing on lead gen, the initial conversions can be deceiving because while you may generate 20 leads, maybe only 2 convert into revenue, sale or whatever your final action may be. Below are 5 tips that … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Better PPC Lead Quality
Why You’re Looking at CTR All Wrong
A good click-through rate is one of the most fundamentally important parts of any paid search account. It's the primary metric Google uses to judge us, determine our quality scores and set our cost-per-click (CPC) in the auction. However, loads of us still make the mistake of treating every click equally. We're taking a lazy approach with our ads and accepting aggregate data … [Read more...] about Why You’re Looking at CTR All Wrong
What You’re Missing in the Bing Report Center
As part of this month's PPC Hero series, we're diving in to the little known, oft-neglected, and unknown reports that you can use to turbocharge your PPC performance. I don't know about you, but "little known", "oft-neglected", and "unknown" definitely sounds like the Bing Report Center to me. But I'll caution you: ignore this resource at your peril. You can make up for 99% of … [Read more...] about What You’re Missing in the Bing Report Center
