Today is part 2 of our week long series on Advanced PPC Strategies. When I solicited for feedback a few weeks ago, one of the best comments I received was a request for tips on managing PPC for business-to-business (B2B) clients. Through my experiences with B2B pay-per-click campaigns I understand why this is such an important topic. There are vast differences between … [Read more...] about PPC for B2B: Real World Recommendations You Can Use
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Google Reminds Advertisers to Verify the Link Between AdWords and Analytics
Late last week, several of my PPC clients received emails from Google concerning the relationship between their AdWords and Analytics accounts. According to the opening lines of the message, my clients' accounts were not properly linked and I had until March 5th to fix the problem. It's come to our attention that your AdWords account has not been properly linked with your … [Read more...] about Google Reminds Advertisers to Verify the Link Between AdWords and Analytics
How to Set Up Conversion Funnels in Google Analytics
What is a conversion funnel? A conversion funnel is the path a customer takes from entering your site through the checkout process and finally the end goal being the purchase or signup confirmation page. The conversion funnel shows the first page with the most visitors, then each page thereafter the funnel will show less and less visitors as they drop off throughout the … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Conversion Funnels in Google Analytics
PPC News Roundup for January 30, 2008
Now you can get simple Google analytics help through WebmasterWorld forums! Search Engine Roundtable posts that an analytics advisor has volunteered to help people out with the Google analytics questions from time to time. Apparently he knows analytics inside and out, and also knows how to listen to users. Andy Komack from KoMarketing Associates has a great post discussing 5 … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 30, 2008
Generate More Qualified Leads Through Your Ad Text for B2B PPC Campaigns
Andy Komack over at KoMarketing.com talks about Keyword Strategies for B2B PPC Campaigns. I'd like to append to his list 3 ad text strategies for B2B PPC campaigns. Andy focuses more on targeting qualified traffic and generating only good leads through long-tail PPC keywords. It's incredibly important to have the correct keywords in your PPC campaign in order to generate … [Read more...] about Generate More Qualified Leads Through Your Ad Text for B2B PPC Campaigns
Learn the Basics of Testing Ad Copy: A PPC Primer
One of the best features of pay-per-click advertising is the ability to test. There are numerous tools and options in AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing and adCenter that allow PPC advertisers to test nearly every piece of their account. But, admittedly, this barrage of bells and whistles could make the average-Joe-PPC-beginner go crazy - or worse yet, abandon PPC altogether! I … [Read more...] about Learn the Basics of Testing Ad Copy: A PPC Primer
How to Fit General Keywords into a Profitable Campaign
As mile 4 in our ‘Walk a Mile in a Searchers Shoes’ series we’ll focus on how to fit general keywords into a profitable campaign. General keywords can at times get a bad rap in the PPC world. They don’t convert as well as specific or long tail keywords, and they typically cost more since they drive large amounts of possibly untargeted traffic. However, … [Read more...] about How to Fit General Keywords into a Profitable Campaign
How to Use Analytics and Reports to Get to Know Your Customers Better
We've been walking in searchers' shoes all week, and today is mile 3 of our journey to think and search like our customers! Search marketers have a wide array of tools at their disposal, many of which are powerful assets in understanding search behavior. More specifically, the PPC search engines all offer invaluable reporting features detailing ad and keyword performance, but … [Read more...] about How to Use Analytics and Reports to Get to Know Your Customers Better
How to Predict When Your Traffic Will Drop and Ways to Prevent It
As part 2 of our 'Walk a Mile in a Searcher's Shoes' Series, today is mile 2! Now that the major holidays are over, I look back at what I could have done differently to maximize traffic and revenue for my clients through PPC. It’s actually very obvious, if I were to have just looked at the past year performance of my PPC account, I would have known which keywords increased in … [Read more...] about How to Predict When Your Traffic Will Drop and Ways to Prevent It
PPC News Roundup for January 16, 2008
Over at optimizeandprophesize.com, Jonathon Mendez has a list of the top 10 multivariate & A/B testing results from 2007. Most of the A/B split testing goes into detail on landing pages and conversion data. Some tests include a single product converting better over a choice of three, long scroll text and different calls to action on your landing page, which could also be … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 16, 2008
Our Top 10 PPC Hero Blog Posts of 2007
2007 saw the birth of PPC Hero! He fights for truth, justice, higher click-through rates, lower cost-per-clicks, enhanced conversion rates, better quality scores, and the American way. This week we are doing some reviewing and summarization of the past year; and I think PPC Hero definitely leaped a few buildings in a single bound as well as outran some speeding trains (IMO). … [Read more...] about Our Top 10 PPC Hero Blog Posts of 2007
Top 5 PPC Developments That Made News in 2007
The year of the boar, otherwise known as 2007, was a year to remember. Whether you followed the dilly-dallying of Britney Spears, the screen writer's strike or the feud between 50 Cent and Kanye West, 2007 offered something for everyone! All entertainment gossip aside, this past year was also huge for PPC. All three of the major search engines made strides in advancing their … [Read more...] about Top 5 PPC Developments That Made News in 2007
