At this point in the ever-changing digital marketing world, most of us have either worked on programmatic display campaigns for our company and/or clients or have at least heard about how programmatic is a strong marketing channel. To understand the power of programmatic, you must first educate yourself on the various targeting options and “data sources” provided by the … [Read more...] about How Programmatic Display Can Give Your Clients The Boost They Need
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How Does Match Type Impact Performance?
One of the first lessons you learn in PPC is the different keyword match types. They are the building block of query matching, but we don’t often evaluate them as a group. Some don’t even bother with multiple match types and sway to only using one match type or the other. They may use exact match exclusively and have extremely large keyword lists (because specificity breeds … [Read more...] about How Does Match Type Impact Performance?
Are Multi-Channel Efforts Undermining Your PPC?
We all know the classic saying, “Teamwork makes the dream work” and it couldn’t be truer for marketing. Ensuring that your marketing channels are cooperating to create a cohesive message is one of the cornerstones of effective branding for your business. PPC marketing is fraught with reminders that congruence is key. These reminders vary from Quality Score (a metric that … [Read more...] about Are Multi-Channel Efforts Undermining Your PPC?
Why Dynamic Search Ads Are The Perfect Solution For Internal Paid Search Cannibalization
Working with an advertiser has its perks. Sometimes everything is fine as you are managing the entire business in your country and you have an eye on almost everything related to Paid Search. Sometimes (most of the time to be honest) you don’t control as much as you want and even worse, you don’t have any visibility on what is going outside of your scope. In the worst case … [Read more...] about Why Dynamic Search Ads Are The Perfect Solution For Internal Paid Search Cannibalization
Strategic Tools Your PPC Agency Should Be Providing – Part 2
Recently, Hanapin did a focus group to find out what key elements marketing managers wanted from their PPC agencies. While they all said performance was important, the other piece managers wanted to get from their PPC agency was centered on strategy and insights. This feedback was taken seriously and we have now implemented new processes to create additional value for our … [Read more...] about Strategic Tools Your PPC Agency Should Be Providing – Part 2
Next Day Delivery: 17 Minutes Left!
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf London Guest Post Giveaway. Based on a combination of pageviews, shares and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today’s post comes to us from Jelle Wieggers (@Jelle_Wie), Acquisition Marketeer at Kato Group B.V. Delivery duration is one … [Read more...] about Next Day Delivery: 17 Minutes Left!
[New Whitepaper!] 16 Surefire Tactics That Will Stand The Test of Time
With the PPC world always evolving, it can seem like there are industry changes occurring every day. There is so much information available; how does one keep track of new platforms, strategies, and opportunities for their accounts? More importantly, how do we know which ones will move the needle and improve performance? While it may be tempting to want to implement every new … [Read more...] about [New Whitepaper!] 16 Surefire Tactics That Will Stand The Test of Time
PPC Facepalm: 7 Reasons Your Ads Aren’t Working
Although Paid Search advertising is something that can be learned over time, there are always areas of performance that need further guidance. One example of this is your ad copy. Now, we’ve given you example after example of why to test, what to test, and all the elements of ad copy that you need to utilize in your PPC account. But there are still things, very basic things, … [Read more...] about PPC Facepalm: 7 Reasons Your Ads Aren’t Working
How To Optimize Twitter Ads for Business
Twitter can be a force for good if handled in the correct way. In this post, I’ll share my take on how to optimize Twitter ads for business by ensuring your targeting is taking the right path. In the example below, we are using a “website clicks and conversions." We’ll be addressing three areas of the campaign. Ensuring your campaigns are targeting the right … [Read more...] about How To Optimize Twitter Ads for Business
Increase User Engagement For PPC Traffic
For most PPC accounts, our focus is to gain revenue or leads. This gives us a (somewhat) clear idea of what kinds of optimizations to make and how we should run the account. However, for one account, the strategy shifted to boosting the quality of site visitors and user engagement. Using Google Analytics we came up with an action plan. The Challenge This particular client, … [Read more...] about Increase User Engagement For PPC Traffic
The Greatest PPC Excel Function You’ve Never Heard Of
A little while ago, I wrote about the importance of understanding the difference between causation and correlation, and how the failure to do so could potentially be problematic for the management of your PPC accounts. Sometimes when having the causation versus correlation conversation, the erroneous takeaway is this: correlating relationships are not actionable, only causal … [Read more...] about The Greatest PPC Excel Function You’ve Never Heard Of
6 Strategic Tools Your PPC Agency Should Be Providing
While performance and optimizations are a big part of the relationship between a PPC agency and the client, there is one piece that can provide value beyond just the numbers - communicating strategy and account insights. Below we will cover 6 strategic tools that we feel help provide value to clients beyond performance. Recently, Hanapin did a focus group to find out what … [Read more...] about 6 Strategic Tools Your PPC Agency Should Be Providing