A few days back I read this post about AdWords’ Attribution Modeling being released within the UI. It is a great feature to have in AdWords, but as mentioned in the post, this information does not show us the whole story. In this article I will compare Attribution Modeling in AdWords and Analytics. What are the main differences in how Attribution Modeling works in AdWords and … [Read more...] about Better Attribution Modeling – AdWords or Analytics?
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4 Google Analytics Reports Every PPC Manager Should Use
It’s important to utilize Google Analytics when running an AdWords campaign. Google Analytics allows you to understand how the traffic your paid search campaign generates behaves when it reaches your website. This is crucial in improving and understanding conversion rates. Google Analytics provides lots of different reports and tools to help you do this. Below I have listed 4 … [Read more...] about 4 Google Analytics Reports Every PPC Manager Should Use
Non-Converting Cost %: Illuminating Trends in Your Account
I'd like to start off this post with a big hat tip to Kevin Klein, a fellow account manager at Hanapin, for his thoughts, feedback, and assistance. All of which were all essential for bringing this post together. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. “Taken out of context, I must seem so strange.” – Ani DiFranco Early this month we stressed the importance of … [Read more...] about Non-Converting Cost %: Illuminating Trends in Your Account
Turn A Lazy AdWords Report Into A Money Making Tool
As PPC Heroes, we like to think we’ve got all sorts of magic stuffed up our sleeves. Truth be told, there are plenty of approaches we use that may be less common to the outside world. That’s why this week’s *Series Topic* is just that: Underutilized Reports. This week we’ll go over reports we use in AdWords, Bing, Facebook, and Analytics that we find to be particularly useful … [Read more...] about Turn A Lazy AdWords Report Into A Money Making Tool
Google Trends: Why You Can’t Ignore The Wave Of Change Anymore
As PPC Heroes, we like to think we’ve got all sorts of magic stuffed up our sleeves. Truth be told, there are plenty of approaches we use that may be less common to the outside world. That’s why this week’s *Series Topic* is just that: Underutilized Reports. This week we’ll go over reports we use in AdWords, Bing, Facebook, and Analytics that we find to be particularly useful … [Read more...] about Google Trends: Why You Can’t Ignore The Wave Of Change Anymore
A Crash Course in Excel URL Generation
Generating destination URLs can be a pain. Depending on your tracking requirements, a destination URL can be as simple as copying your display URL... or it can stretch on in an unending parade of UTM parameters, category IDs, and referral identifiers. Today, we're going to talk about a few easy tricks you can use to streamline your own URL generation efforts. This is a pretty … [Read more...] about A Crash Course in Excel URL Generation
Pleading the Case for Conversion Rate Optimization
PPC Hero’s February series will be focused on arming you, the PPC account manager, with all the necessary ammunition to make a strong argument for adding new focus areas in your paid search campaigns to your client. That client can be your direct supervisor or executives if you’re managing in-house, or a client in the traditional sense if you’re working in an agency on several … [Read more...] about Pleading the Case for Conversion Rate Optimization
7 Steps to ‘Translate’ a PPC Campaign
If you’re killing it with an English-language pay per click campaign, your next step might be to expand to other languages. While there’s ample room for growth, ‘translating’ a pay per click campaign can be trickier than you might think. After advising over a hundred businesses on how to launch a pay per click campaign in China, my best advice is to localize the campaign from … [Read more...] about 7 Steps to ‘Translate’ a PPC Campaign
Landing Page Tips That Should Be Set In Stone [Infographic]
For this month's infographic, we wanted to emphasize landing page tips that are key to conversion rate optimization (CRO) to go along with this month's CRO Toolkit, which can still be found over at our CRO Toolkit page on the Hanapin Marketing site. Below is a transcript of the copy included in the above infographic image. Enjoy! Landing Page Tips That Should Be Set in … [Read more...] about Landing Page Tips That Should Be Set In Stone [Infographic]
Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
“We’ve worked really hard on improving CTR, but Quality Scores are actually going down. How is that possible?” Back in October I wrote a post about how you can improve your account’s CTR and recently I’ve started to feel a little guilty about all that advice. I spent the entire article talking about how to increase click-through rates knowing full well that many advertisers … [Read more...] about Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
Master the Art of Conversion Rate Optimization – New Toolkit!
So much of the attention in digital advertising goes to what happens before the click: Optimizing bids and timing, ad testing, and beyond. But one of the most valuable ways to spend your time is by optimizing what a user sees and does at the end of their click journey--making sure your landing page is engaging and relevant, and creating a cohesive message from your ad to the … [Read more...] about Master the Art of Conversion Rate Optimization – New Toolkit!
5 Metrics I Use to Measure Account Success
The most fundamental question I always ask myself when managing an account is what metrics should I be looking at and analyzing. The answer I always arrive at is ‘everything’. Even the slightest, most mundane piece of information might hold the key to the next level of account performance. There are so many data points to look at in a paid search account and each one offers a … [Read more...] about 5 Metrics I Use to Measure Account Success
