2016 was a great year for PPC. I know that's an odd way of beginning an article about 2016 since let's be honest, 2016 was pretty much a terrible year in many aspects. Perhaps there is some yin-yang action happening behind the scenes connecting PPC to the real world? Whatever it might be, digital marketing in 2016 grew overall in terms of spend, social media advertising … [Read more...] about Reflections Of A PPCer At The End Of The World…Errr, 2016
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Thank You Notes: Acknowledging The Most Significant PPC Updates Of 2016
It’s that time of year when we all get a little bit retrospective. Maybe it is the changing of the seasons. Maybe it is the prospect of returning to one’s home for the holidays. The snow. The spirit. We look fondly (or maybe begrudgingly) upon the past year and pat ourselves on the back for getting through it in one piece. Before we set sights on what is to come in 2017, let us … [Read more...] about Thank You Notes: Acknowledging The Most Significant PPC Updates Of 2016
Stop Making These 14 Facebook Ad Mistakes In 2017
Facebook advertising is growing and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. In Q3, Kenshoo reported a 45% YoY increase in spending while Merkle reported a 63% YoY increase in client spend. Even though advertisers keep pumping money into Facebook ads, I still account managers making the same mistakes. These common mistakes can lead to a decrease in overall campaign … [Read more...] about Stop Making These 14 Facebook Ad Mistakes In 2017
CRO for PPC: Back to the Basics
Whether you’re completely new to the PPC industry or you’re an expert, there are always questions around what CRO is and why it’s important. I’ll walk you through what CRO is, what kind of testing you can do to optimize and why this is so important to your PPC account. What is CRO? CRO stands for conversion rate optimization. Yes, we want to optimize for conversion … [Read more...] about CRO for PPC: Back to the Basics
Create Remarketing Audiences Without Users Ever Leaving Facebook
We, as marketers, often create remarketing campaigns as if we’re following a recipe. Create ads and target an audience. Create audiences based on the website behavior of those who clicked on the ads from step 1. Show different ads to the people who clicked on the ads, but didn’t convert. Hopefully, the people come back and convert. This is remarketing 101 and … [Read more...] about Create Remarketing Audiences Without Users Ever Leaving Facebook
Why You Need To Segment Your Data By Device When Reviewing Landing Page Performance
I’m sure everyone has gotten out their smartphone to look something up within the last 24 hours. Most of us have our phones on us all day, every day. They’re easy to carry around, they’re convenient, they give us access to so much information, they’re convenient, they keep us in contact with our friends and family, they’re convenient. Okay, you get my point. We’ve heard it said … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Segment Your Data By Device When Reviewing Landing Page Performance
How AI Is Shaping The Future Of PPC – Hero Conf London Takeaways
Last week's Hero Conf London event showcased dozens of excellent speakers who all made thought-provoking points. However, the most memorable moments for me were when the speakers gave their best prediction of the future. Sophie Newton of Brainlabs spoke on the future automation of PPC during her opening keynote. Various other speakers then followed up with more … [Read more...] about How AI Is Shaping The Future Of PPC – Hero Conf London Takeaways
How To Leverage PPC For Your B2B Accounts
PPC marketing is a channel that has a great track record of helping businesses reach their goals, whether it is additional sales, leads, or other actions. However, if you’ve ever tried to tackle B2B PPC marketing, you probably know that it’s a totally different game than B2C. It presents challenges in finding the right audience and getting them to complete an action that … [Read more...] about How To Leverage PPC For Your B2B Accounts
4 New Pinterest Targeting Options Marketers Should Be Using
Pinterest is growing up and marketers should take note. Pinterest, still in its infancy, is just learning to walk, as the cool-guy teenager, Facebook, reports record profits. Facebook is running at full speed searching for more ways to place ads as they reach max ad capacity. In contrast, Pinterest just released a new conversion pixel as well as the ability to remarket to … [Read more...] about 4 New Pinterest Targeting Options Marketers Should Be Using
My Experience With Landing Page Best Practices And The Failures That Ensued
Hopefully, you're well aware that taking best practices with a grain of salt is a best practice in and of itself. Best practices are great guidelines, right? But that's it. They're guidelines. Best practices are not absolute. They don't always work in every situation. And this is why we (join me in this one, let's say it audibly) always test everything. But if you are not … [Read more...] about My Experience With Landing Page Best Practices And The Failures That Ensued
Down The Rabbit Hole – Optimizing Programmatic Campaigns
Programmatic advertising has many definitions including, “automated media buying," “tech assisted buying,” and “ai driven media buying.” To many marketers, programmatic is the holy grail of ad buying. Technology that will find their perfect audience and optimize every part of their campaign. Sounds perfect, right? To a certain extent, this is true. Adtech as an industry is … [Read more...] about Down The Rabbit Hole – Optimizing Programmatic Campaigns
3 Steps For A Stress-Free Vacation From PPC
You work hard and don’t often miss work. Sometimes you need a vacation or time off for whatever reason. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that when you are away the person watching your account is taking care of it just like you would? They would have everything they need to make decisions for the best of the account. Taking away the stress that happens when you leave your account … [Read more...] about 3 Steps For A Stress-Free Vacation From PPC