2008 was a great year for PPC Hero! We continued to fight for truth, justice, higher click-through rates, lower cost-per-clicks, enhanced conversion rates, better quality scores, and the American way. In 2008, I think PPC Hero definitely leaped a few buildings in a single bound as well as outran some speeding trains (IMO). I'd like to highlight some of our accomplishments by … [Read more...] about Our Top 10 Blog Posts for 2008!
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Interview with Tim Ash – Author of Landing Page Optimization
Think you know how to test landing pages? Put your knowledge to the test and see if you're on the right track with Tim Ash, author of Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions, and President of Sitetuners.com. Tim is an entrepreneur, internet marketing leader and co-founder of several internet related start-ups. Currently Tim is the … [Read more...] about Interview with Tim Ash – Author of Landing Page Optimization
Improve Your Content Network Campaigns with Demographic Bidding in Google
Demographic targeting is a relatively new feature for Google. It's the process of targeting your PPC ads and keywords to a specific age range and gender type. The purpose of demographic targeting is to really drill down on your target audience by writing extremely specific ads to a very specific audience, which in theory will help qualify your traffic and ultimately increase … [Read more...] about Improve Your Content Network Campaigns with Demographic Bidding in Google
PPC News Roundup For November 21st, 2008
Google has created a US search based keyword tool. Over at search engine round table they have posted a screen shot and the new features which includes keywords that you may not be advertising on that would possibly bring in a good ROI. Search Engine Land write that Microsoft says it's open to search-only deal with Yahoo!. The deal would consist of Yahoo outsourcing search … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup For November 21st, 2008
How to Analyze the Most Important PPC Reports
Of all the reasons to love pay-per-click advertising, the reporting capabilities have to be number one! All of the major (and minor) PPC search engines offer reporting so that you can make smart, informed decisions about your advertising. That being said, reports are only capable of providing the best data when they're analyzed correctly. So, today's PPC Basics lesson is … [Read more...] about How to Analyze the Most Important PPC Reports
Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know and Use
Get your pencils, paper and book bags ready, we're getting back to PPC basics with our week-long blog series. We get so consumed with writing about advanced PPC topics that we forget there are numerous beginner PPC advertisers out there. So, whether you're are a beginner PPC'er who hasn't started your campaigns yet or perhaps you have a Google Adwords, Yahoo! or MSN account up … [Read more...] about Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know and Use
Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know & Use
Get your pencils, paper and book bags ready, we're getting back to PPC basics with our week-long blog series. We get so consumed with writing about advanced PPC topics that we forget there are numerous beginner PPC advertisers out there. So, whether you're are a beginner PPC'er who hasn't started your campaigns yet or perhaps you have a Google Adwords, Yahoo! or MSN account up … [Read more...] about Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know & Use
PPC News Roundup for October 10, 2008
Google announces another update for Adwords Editor 6.5. The new version has a new calendar picker for performance stats and horizontal scrolling in the data view plus auto-sizing columns. It also has a new keyword tool that allows users to generate new keyword ideas from words or phrases, which is a nice touch. Current users will be prompted to download automatically, but if … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 10, 2008
What Not to Do When Managing PPC Campaigns
A few weeks ago I read a short and sweet article from the Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog about "what not to do" with your PPC account. They covered some of the basics like not bidding on keywords for which your site doesn't have content for, don't write misleading ad copy, don't submit irrelevant landing page URLs and on top of all of that - don't send your PPC traffic to low … [Read more...] about What Not to Do When Managing PPC Campaigns
PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast: 411taxrelief.com
We thought we would wrap up our landing page optimization series by posting a brand new landing page critique podcast! The goal of these podcasts is to give feedback on readers’ landing pages in order to help you make them better! Don’t forget, if you’d like to submit your landing page for our podcast series, you can read the details on how to submit right here. Today, we are … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast: 411taxrelief.com
Using the Same Landing Page In Google and Yahoo May Be Hindering Your Campaign
Our landing page optimization series continues! On Monday, John discussed elements of your landing page design that can enhance user interaction and increase conversions. Yesterday, Amber focused on the using the one-two combo of a simple contact form and a strong call-to-action. Both of these articles emphasize the need to continually test the various elements of your landing … [Read more...] about Using the Same Landing Page In Google and Yahoo May Be Hindering Your Campaign
Get Your Free Copy of “Always Be Testing” by Bryan Eisenberg
Update: Thanks for everyone who participated in the book give away. All of the copies have been claimed and will be shipped out soon. The kind folks over at the Google Website Optimizer Blog dropped us a line to say that they are looking forward to this week's blog series on landing pages. In fact, they would like to offer some additional information on landing page testing as … [Read more...] about Get Your Free Copy of “Always Be Testing” by Bryan Eisenberg
