The sticking point on a pitch -- you know, the part that might kill the deal or that drives some customers away -- that part doesn’t go away when you ignore it. This is obvious in face to face sales because if you try to ignore it, the customer will bring it up as an “objection.” That’s why sales training specifically addresses “objection handling.” But in PPC copywriting … [Read more...] about Ignoring It Won’t Make It Go Away
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Two Tips to Make the Most of Google’s Latest Results Page Change
The SEM world has been set aflame by some of the recent changes seen on Google’s Search Engine Results Page. First observed by Dr. Pete over at SEOmoz and later elaborated on at length by Larry Kim over at Wordstream, the main takeaway for all of you intrepid PPC Account Managers out there is this: On many searches, Google has been showing only seven organic search listings … [Read more...] about Two Tips to Make the Most of Google’s Latest Results Page Change
Using AdWords’ Recent Remarketing Changes To Improve Your Account
Last week Google made a couple of very important changes to their current remarketing set up. The first was enabling you to manage your remarketing lists within Analytics, which will mean you can start to develop really honed ads and offers to entice your users back. The other, is that you can now place a remarketing code for your entire site, rather than placing specific codes … [Read more...] about Using AdWords’ Recent Remarketing Changes To Improve Your Account
Calculating Adjusted ROAS to Measure Account Performance
As sad as it may be to whomever Google’s version of Thomas Jefferson is, all leads are not created equal. Account-wide CPL goals are a great way to measure overall performance, but true profitability for lead generation relies on back-end data. Only through detailed analysis over an entire sales cycle can you really get a good grip on PPC’s effects. Lead generation doesn’t … [Read more...] about Calculating Adjusted ROAS to Measure Account Performance
5 Ways adCenter beats AdWords
Microsoft adCenter is often dismissed in PPC circles as a much more cumbersome, AdWords lite. However, we’re here today to dispel some myths! While adCenter certainly used to be painfully slow to use, the latest iteration of the interface is a million times faster and more pleasurable to navigate. Sure, there are a few ways it still lags behind AdWords (which we’ll come onto in … [Read more...] about 5 Ways adCenter beats AdWords
Christmas in July: Considerations for Holiday Planning
The holidays loom for retail marketers, making July the time to start thinking about paid search campaign planning if you want to ensure your efforts are a success. Yes, it might be painful thinking about Black Friday keywords and holiday themed landing pages when the air conditioner is blasting, but it’s important to catch the holiday wave early. Analyzing your … [Read more...] about Christmas in July: Considerations for Holiday Planning
Suspended Motion: How to Get Your PPC Account Reactivated
It happens. It’s terrible (every time). You followed all the guidelines or rules for the search engine in question, yet somehow…you’ve been suspended. I’ll tell you flat out that my initial reaction anytime I’ve been first-hand involved in an account suspension is to throw up my hands and attempt not to scream. I’ll also tell you that reaction gets me nowhere. So what can you … [Read more...] about Suspended Motion: How to Get Your PPC Account Reactivated
Using PPC Desktop Editors To Save Time & Streamline Your Workflow
In the fifth and final post of our automation and timesaving series this month, it’s all about the desktop editors and how they can work to your advantage. As pay-per-click account managers, we’re often pressed for time juggling several campaigns at any given time. Fortunately, the AdWords Editor and adCenter Desktop are here to help, enabling you to make bulk changes much more … [Read more...] about Using PPC Desktop Editors To Save Time & Streamline Your Workflow
Closing the Credibility Gap
Given the attention-grabbing challenges that Facebook ads face, some companies go with the straightforward strategy of making a deal that’s simply too good to ignore. Unfortunately, if a deals too good to ignore, it’s assumed to be too good to be true, and (paradoxically) ends up ignored. Here’s an example: Now Oakley is a premium brand of sports sunglasses, and usually … [Read more...] about Closing the Credibility Gap
165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
In early January we wrote 145 tips for 2012. It’s been a whirlwind year in the land of PPC so this is an update to that post with an additional 20 tips. These new PPC tips come from conferences, tests, failures and new Google services and features that have been rolled out of the past 5-6 months. The new tips are at the tope and numbered 146-165 and below them you will find … [Read more...] about 165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
Give Your In-House Team a Little Breather!
Not every company needs to employ an agency full-time to manage paid search. Yup, I said it and I work for an agency. Shhhh…no one tell! The truth is that sometimes keeping either a single individual or a small in-house team for PPC management fits certain corporate level business models much better than hiring an entire agency. But what happens when Google releases a new … [Read more...] about Give Your In-House Team a Little Breather!
Whaddya’know Wednesdays: The Where and How of Conversion Tracking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75YvncdUyPA&feature=youtu.be PPC Account Manager Shirin Faares Miller shows you the basics of Bing, AdWords, Analytics, and Analytics e-commerce tracking. All you need to know to get started with the basics of tracking to optimize for ROAS and ROI. … [Read more...] about Whaddya’know Wednesdays: The Where and How of Conversion Tracking
