A theme that I’ve been harping on over the past few months is that people are spending more time online than ever before and visiting an ever growing number of online destinations before making the decision to convert. This shift in user behavior means we must expand our reach beyond Google and Bing. If people are spending their time on other platforms and online sources, then … [Read more...] about Expand Your Reach With These 3 PPC Ad Platforms
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Mastering PPC & Its Impact On Your Overall Marketing Strategy [PPC Hero Live Summit Session!]
With the PPC world growing and evolving by the minute, it’s important to keep your finger on the pulse of the latest developments and advanced strategies that are emerging. Gone are the days where accounts simply run on Google and Bing and nowhere else. In today’s PPC world, there is so much more to take advantage of and so many other platforms where a user can learn about your … [Read more...] about Mastering PPC & Its Impact On Your Overall Marketing Strategy [PPC Hero Live Summit Session!]
When Efficiency Becomes The Enemy
Here’s the situation: a poorly managed account lands in your lap. You crack your knuckles and go to work, grabbing all of that sweet low-hanging fruit along the way. You sit back, prop your feet on your desk and watch the conversions roll in. You improve account performance. You cut CPA in half. You double your leads. All of this is fantastic, so what is the catch? Budget. … [Read more...] about When Efficiency Becomes The Enemy
Initial Strategies For DoubleClick Bid Manager
If you haven’t decided if DoubleClick Bid Manager is right for your accounts or need some basic information, read this article first. It gives an overview of what the platform offers, account organization, the creative approval process, pixel set up and basic targeting options. In this post, we will identify a few strategies to get started or expand in the platform. We’re … [Read more...] about Initial Strategies For DoubleClick Bid Manager
Sidebar Ads – My Conspiracy Theory
The best, and sometimes worst, thing about paid search is that while everything changes…it all stays the same. I’m specifically talking about the ever-dynamic world that is Google AdWords. There are always small tweaks and adjustments, and usually, the wide-sweeping changes are few and far between. The latest and greatest of these changes has been the removal of sidebar … [Read more...] about Sidebar Ads – My Conspiracy Theory
AdWords Self-Optimizing Accounts Are Live (And Already Among Us)
AdWords is clearly moving towards higher automation, even if a fully automatic long-lasting optimization is still to come. It is possible to create accounts which automatically react to competitors’ activities and maintain performance for long times without manual activities. Since I created my first campaign (more than 12 years ago) I have always been striving toward better … [Read more...] about AdWords Self-Optimizing Accounts Are Live (And Already Among Us)
5 Things Ruining Your Shopping Feed
Shopping campaigns have not just made a splash in paid search advertising, they’ve changed the tides entirely. Three years ago we were focusing on how we would bid on a keyword so that our ad with product extensions would appear. Just reflect on those first beautiful Product Listing Ads, when competition was so much lower and things were simple: But those days … [Read more...] about 5 Things Ruining Your Shopping Feed
The AdWords Script To Create Ads In Bulk
This month I’d like to share a script I originally built 3 years ago to help with ad text optimization in AdWords. It’s intended to make sure all ad groups have enough experiments running, and can also be used to create new ads across many ad groups in bulk. It could also be used to clean up the worst performing ad in each ad group. AdWords Script For Bulk Ad Creation The … [Read more...] about The AdWords Script To Create Ads In Bulk
Maximizing Impression Share: How To Use AdWords Competitive Metrics
Competitive metrics in the AdWords interface can give you insight into the impression potential that your Search and Display campaigns have. Not only will you get a high-level measurement of the impression share you are capturing, but you’ll also see metrics describing how much of that impression share you are losing due to low bids or low budgets. In today's post, we'll define … [Read more...] about Maximizing Impression Share: How To Use AdWords Competitive Metrics
Why Facebook And Google Analytics Conversions Don’t Add Up
This question has come up a lot lately with PPC accounts that are expanding into Facebook Ads. “Why are my Facebook conversions higher than Google Analytics?” The problem is we are trying to compare Facebook conversions similar to how we track AdWords and Bing traffic, but it’s not the same. When it comes to comparing conversions, it’s not that Facebook is necessarily over … [Read more...] about Why Facebook And Google Analytics Conversions Don’t Add Up
How To Use Multi-Channel Funnels To Improve Your PPC
A successful digital marketing program is based upon a solid understanding of how individual channels interact with each other. Therefore, paid search must be looked at holistically as well. Simply measuring performance in a silo-based solely on direct performance undercuts the full value of PPC. Failure to understand paid search’s contribution to the entire digital marketing … [Read more...] about How To Use Multi-Channel Funnels To Improve Your PPC
Amazing Automated PPC Rules You Must Use
Google and Bing allow you to create automatic rules that can run at scheduled times to make your PPC life easier. You are able to make changes to ad status, bids, budget, keywords, and more. These automated rules can help you save time and money and help you achieve account goals. For the purpose of this post, we're going to look at AdWords rules, but know that we can setup … [Read more...] about Amazing Automated PPC Rules You Must Use
