Running an ecommerce PPC account, as you would imagine, can be quite different than running a lead generation account. In these instances, we are particularly interested in what the user is doing on the site, which products they’re looking at, and what they are purchasing. In this post, we'll review 6 ways you can make use of Google Analytics in order to improve your PPC … [Read more...] about Get More Bang For Your Buck – 6 Ways To Use Google Analytics for Ecommerce
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One Way To Become A Remarketing Jedi: Use the Analytics Force
Generally speaking, your remarketing audience is going to be pretty qualified. They came to your site after all, right? Well, you’re not wrong, but it’s easy to improve on this notion of pre-qualifying. We're going to remarket with an approach easily compared to the way in which Luke Skywalker approaches the systematic demise of the Empire. First, use analytics to get a … [Read more...] about One Way To Become A Remarketing Jedi: Use the Analytics Force
Uncovering Conversion Landmines Through Mystery Shopping
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) has been quite the hot topic lately. Sadly, I was not able to attend this year’s Hero Conference, but I did follow it closely on Twitter and CRO was all over the place! While optimizing parts of your account to maximize quality conversions is essential, it got me thinking about another aspect of conversion optimization that happens outside … [Read more...] about Uncovering Conversion Landmines Through Mystery Shopping
How PPC Conferences Recharged My Accounts And My Career
Being in the PPC industry for over 12 years, I’ve attended my share of conferences. Throughout that time, I’ve encountered many differing opinions as to the value of conferences. In one instance, I heard that conferences hold little value because the same information can be found in a book or blog post. However, I’m a firm believer that nothing can replace the value of … [Read more...] about How PPC Conferences Recharged My Accounts And My Career
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 Monkey & The Cat: When To Ignore CTR
Click-thru-rate (CTR) is a basic concept of paid search. It is defined as clicks divided by impressions and is a measure of people that see an ad and actually click through to the website. CTR can give insights to ad copy relevance and it holds some influence over quality score. CTR has its hands in all parts of paid search because of the relationship between the search query … [Read more...] about The Monkey & The Cat: When To Ignore CTR
Two Reasons Why I Don’t Buy Into The Quality Score Hype
I’ve never really understood the hype and over the top attention afforded to quality score. I understand why search engines need to have an algorithm that determines bid prices and ad rank. However, what I can’t wrap my head around is why so many marketers are overly fixated on a metric that ultimately doesn’t have much bearing on the performance of an account from a business … [Read more...] about Two Reasons Why I Don’t Buy Into The Quality Score Hype
[New Webinar with Peep Laja!] The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
With a variety of easy-to-use tools available, A/B testing is something that every business can and should be doing. However, there’s more to A/B testing than just setting up the test. So many companies waste time and money by making simple and easy to avoid mistakes. Join conversion rate expert and guest presenter, Peep Laja, as he discusses 11 of the biggest testing mistakes … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with Peep Laja!] The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
One Excel Trick To Nail Your Budget Projections
As a PPC account manager, the most critical eye— Sauron’s eye— is often cast on your ability to analyze and optimize; to study data and extract actionable insights that make the top line metrics like cost per click, cost per acquisition, or return on ad spend, trend towards a marketing goal. With these types of demands, and the pressure that comes in tandem, it can be easy … [Read more...] about One Excel Trick To Nail Your Budget Projections
Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
This week Google is introducing a new feature called TrueView for shopping that makes it easy for viewers to get more information on products and also click to buy them. Video ads in TrueView for shopping, give merchants a platform to showcase product details and images, as well as give consumers the ability to click to purchase from a retail site. TrueView … [Read more...] about Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
Use Remarketing To Think Like A Direct Marketer
Historically digital marketing has been focused on new customer acquisition. When considering paid search we generally try to find new users who have the intent to buy our products or services. However, this sentiment is changing. New innovations in paid search are allowing us to use the channel for repeat customer acquisition. Email as a channel was the first branch into … [Read more...] about Use Remarketing To Think Like A Direct Marketer
Nurture Social Paid Search Traffic With Remarketing
Social is great at driving traffic, but many times not so great for direct response conversions. While Social requires a different approach, PPC can play a key role in capitalizing on traffic that may seem like wasted spend otherwise. An integration of strategies allows you to focus on optimizing Social for its strengths instead of trying to force it into a sales-oriented … [Read more...] about Nurture Social Paid Search Traffic With Remarketing
