You’re an ecommerce advertiser and you’re allocating significant media spend towards driving potential buyers to your website through Search, Display and Social. But you keep hearing that even when visitors land on your website, 70% of them are abandoning their online shopping carts. How do you take advantage of all that great traffic to fast track the path to purchase? If … [Read more...] about Why You Should Do Dynamic Retargeting on Facebook
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Understanding Causation and Correlation in Paid Search
As account managers we spend much of our time surrounded by data— percentages, rate stats, averages, raw numbers spilling around us like the cascading binary from The Matrix. And through sheer exposure to this sea of numerical information, we develop a foundational understanding of how PPC works. However, the data that surrounds us isn’t comprised only of results. It holds … [Read more...] about Understanding Causation and Correlation in Paid Search
Need to Get Under the Hood? 6 Tips For Performing An Effective PPC Account Audit
Over the last few weeks, I have spent quite a bit of time auditing PPC accounts in order to identify opportunities and provide specific recommendations to help keep accounts moving towards their goals. The biggest issue I face when starting an audit is where to begin and what direction to take. There are so many moving parts to a paid search account that it’s easy to get … [Read more...] about Need to Get Under the Hood? 6 Tips For Performing An Effective PPC Account Audit
Use AdWords Similar Audiences To Reach Your Uncovered Audience
Hopefully there comes a time when you (the advertiser) have hit your goals and maybe even that mysterious point of diminishing return, and you ask yourself, "Now what?" It’s time to grow but you’ve maxed out your return within your current targeting. Something has to change. Search is a ‘pull’ vehicle. Users search for answers after becoming aware of a need. How your … [Read more...] about Use AdWords Similar Audiences To Reach Your Uncovered Audience
Choose Future Hero Conf Summit Topics!
If you haven't heard yet, Hero Conf is tackling conversion in a brand new event coming up in October of this year. Hero Conf Conversion Summit will be held October 14-15 at the NCAA Hall of Champions in Indianapolis. Along with the deep, actionable education you’ve come to expect from the Hero Conf brand, the Summit will focus specifically on conversion with two tracks, Science … [Read more...] about Choose Future Hero Conf Summit Topics!
Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
Search ads are no longer just about headlines, description lines and display URLs. Ad Extensions now also play a huge part in the appearance and success of our ads. Take a look at this ad from Walmart I saw the other day. Notice how more than 50% of the space taken up by this ad comes from extensions of various types. Why Are Ad Extensions Important? There’s Lots … [Read more...] about Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
Performing Competitive Analysis – How to Stay Ahead of Your Competition
A few months ago, the Hanapin team conducted a thorough competitive analysis for one of our largest clients. This particular client wanted to know how they fared against their competition in the Google marketplace when showing in the same auction. Today, we’ll discuss both how the analysis was conducted and how we used it to drive strategy. Pulling the Data: The Auction … [Read more...] about Performing Competitive Analysis – How to Stay Ahead of Your Competition
5 Options to Ensure Accurate PPC Conversion Tracking
Conversion tracking is arguably the most important piece of running successful PPC campaigns. That being said, it’s crucial that you make sure your conversion tracking tags are placed correctly. You might be prompted to check conversion tags because your numbers seem a bit off (either too high or too low compared to backend data). I would recommend getting in the habit of … [Read more...] about 5 Options to Ensure Accurate PPC Conversion Tracking
6 Factors to Assigning the Right PPC Account Manager
New client account assignments are not a task to be taken lightly. In fact I would say this might be one of the most crucial steps in onboarding new business. Account Managers (AMs) can’t be assigned like used car lot salespeople (“Whose turn is it?”). Why is that? Because just as any account has multiple facets of need, Account Managers have different experiences and focus … [Read more...] about 6 Factors to Assigning the Right PPC Account Manager
A Client’s Introductory Guide to Pay Per Click Marketing
If you’re planning on running a pay per click (PPC) campaign, and you’d like to hire an agency this guide is for you. I hope to show you how pay per click marketing works, and how you can contribute to the relationship in a way that will help you make the most money. I’ve broken this post into three parts: 1. What is Pay Per Click Marketing? 2. What is the Key to Winning at … [Read more...] about A Client’s Introductory Guide to Pay Per Click Marketing
Google Updates: Brand in Analytics, Powerful Location Segmenting, and AdMob
It’s been a busy week for the developers over at Google AdWords and Analytics, as they’ve rolled out a bevy of new functionality items over the past few days. Automating Branded Segmenting in Analytics Recognizing the ubiquity of the commonplace best practice to segment Brand traffic out from the rest, Google Analytics can now automatically do this for you. Analytics is able … [Read more...] about Google Updates: Brand in Analytics, Powerful Location Segmenting, and AdMob
Get Ready for Google Shopping
Google Shopping campaigns offer an intuitive way to advertise your products. Shopping has been out of beta for a few months now and I’ve had great success on the platform. If you haven’t heard, Shopping campaigns will completely replace PLAs in August. As a result, it is important that you are both prepared to transition as well as manage the new campaigns. Many of the … [Read more...] about Get Ready for Google Shopping