Marketing a local service business used to be a lot less complicated. In the old days, you could just put an ad in the Yellow Pages, put some flyers on mailboxes in target neighborhoods and rely on word of mouth referrals. Fast-forward to today’s landscape and it seems like it keeps getting harder and harder for local businesses to get and maintain traction in search … [Read more...] about PPC & Local Service Area Businesses – A Perfect Fit
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7 Must Have Reports To Create In AdWords Report Editor
Your PPC dreams have finally come true – data visualization is now available in the AdWords Report Editor! You now have the ability create your very own data masterpiece by dragging and dropping data to create pivot tables, graphs and charts directly in the AdWords interface. Last week AdWords announced the release of the AdWords Report Editor that will be rolled out across … [Read more...] about 7 Must Have Reports To Create In AdWords Report Editor
Flash Series: How PPC Ad Extensions Can Make Your User’s Experience More Personal
More about this 20-Minute Webinar Join us for our brand new webinar series, where you'll get actionable tips on a certain topic in 20 minutes! In this event, Hanapin Marketing experts go through a number of ad extensions that will enhance your ad's real estate and increase your click-through-rate. We'll point out the quick basics of where each extension is located and then go … [Read more...] about Flash Series: How PPC Ad Extensions Can Make Your User’s Experience More Personal
Amazon Text Ads Are Here – What Does It Mean For You?
In a surprising move last week, Amazon announced that Product Ads would be discontinued effective this October 31st. The actual announcement is only viewable to those who have Seller Accounts, however, here is a screenshot of the messaging. The move is surprising since many merchants are seeing good results from Product Ads. Merchants can show their ads on Amazon and … [Read more...] about Amazon Text Ads Are Here – What Does It Mean For You?
Reviewing The Latest Bing Ads Enhancements
Bing Ads is constantly rolling out new features based on customer feedback and also to keep up with Google AdWords enhancements. It can be difficult to keep track of all the new features so here are the newest ones available. New Accounts And Billing Features Account and billing management isn't something you should have to spend a lot of time on. Bing recently rolled out a … [Read more...] about Reviewing The Latest Bing Ads Enhancements
Designing A Basic End-To-End Facebook Ecommerce Strategy
Facebook can be a great place for ecommerce companies to advertise products and build awareness for their brands. The amount of users on Facebook is massive, with the most recent earnings report indicating that 1.49 billion monthly active users and 1.31 billion mobile monthly active users are on the site. That’s a lot of users that likely includes your current customers and … [Read more...] about Designing A Basic End-To-End Facebook Ecommerce Strategy
10 Steps To Strategic Account Management
As PPC marketers, we often have to-do lists that run a mile long and take up most of our day. This, of course, is a good thing because it means that we are getting tasks done within the account that should improve day-to-day performance. However, we are sometimes so focused on the tactical that we forget to look at the bigger picture and create strategic plans toward account … [Read more...] about 10 Steps To Strategic Account Management
Building A Team By Sharing The Good
I haven’t slept much in a few days. No reason, really. It’s not because of stress, although things aren’t perfect, and it’s not because I’m on a bender, although family will be in town the next two weeks and I make no promises then. I just haven’t slept. Which has led to a lot of time to read and think. The biggest realization is how often I focus on the bad and how rarely I … [Read more...] about Building A Team By Sharing The Good
What We’ve Learned From 1 Year’s Worth Of Hourly PPC Data
Working in an agency, I find myself benefiting from the volume of accounts and experiences to which I’m privy. In the Paid Search industry, we often discuss trends that surface across industries, platforms and so on. Having dozens of accounts at my fingertips allows me to dig into these trends and discover insights from actual data, not just large-scale surveys and … [Read more...] about What We’ve Learned From 1 Year’s Worth Of Hourly PPC Data
Two Advanced Ways To Build Strong Client Relationships
We're seeing a common theme develop over the last few months here at Hanapin. Clients are demanding more from us in terms of strategy and account growth. Furthermore, clients are citing our performance in these two areas as determining factors as to whether or not they’re happy with our services. Many of our prospects as well are citing these very same reasons for moving on … [Read more...] about Two Advanced Ways To Build Strong Client Relationships
5 Ways To Improve Facebook ROI With Audience Targeting
A few weeks ago, Facebook updated how cost per clicks (CPC) are measured for advertisers. In essence, Facebook is excluding engagement clicks (likes, comments, shares) from link clicks and is only charging advertisers for link clicks. Depending on your campaign objective, link clicks may include clicks to websites, call-to-action clicks, clicks to install an app, etc. You can … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Improve Facebook ROI With Audience Targeting
Testing, Testing… User Testing?
When we're running a PPC account, it's a necessity to take data into consideration when making changes or updates to a process or standard procedure. When we move to CRO, we look to data to call a winning test over the variation or to tell if something is statistically significant. But what we often don’t think about is any type of data or themes before we decide what to … [Read more...] about Testing, Testing… User Testing?
