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What Is A Good Click Through Rate (CTR)?
What is a good click-through rate? It’s the age-old question asked by PPC managers and clients alike. Though we can agree that higher is better, much debate remains as to what constitutes a good vs. subpar account CTR. Below, I’ll give a definitive answer, though I acknowledge that many factors are at play. Additionally, I’ll be answering this question only regarding Google … [Read more...] about What Is A Good Click Through Rate (CTR)?
How I Lowered Brand CPA By 90% While Increasing Conversions
At this point, keyword targeting can seem a little antiquated and probably the most univocal part of account management. I tend to view keywords as more supplemental to a mixed bag of strategies, campaign types, audience targeting, and more. However, while they may seem straightforward on the surface, we must still remain vigilant as match type evolution can cause some … [Read more...] about How I Lowered Brand CPA By 90% While Increasing Conversions
Multi-Brand Strategy for Education: Google Ads
Several of my clients are in the Education vertical with their main goal of driving more leads to their admissions until finally, a user enrolls as a student. While the goal might sound simple, some of my clients make the task a bit harder by have multiple brands targeting the same keywords or target audiences. Below I am going to walk through one situation with my client where … [Read more...] about Multi-Brand Strategy for Education: Google Ads
Google Recommendations: Are they Helping or Hurting my Paid Search Strategy?
Let’s face it. There are plenty of rabbit holes to dig into when going through your Google Ads account. Collecting data, recognizing the trends for optimization and other paid search strategy efforts often do not come as quickly as we’d like. The problem? As digital marketers, time is not always on our side. We are expected to bring in results in a timely manner but some … [Read more...] about Google Recommendations: Are they Helping or Hurting my Paid Search Strategy?
Google Remarketing Strategies That’ll Work Every Single Time
So, let’s say you set up killer search campaigns on Google Ads. You’re bringing in the most qualified traffic, your click-through-rate (CTR) is through the roof, your conversion rate is 30%, your boss is happy, and you are feeling pretty good. Sure, the other 70% of your visitors left without converting. However, according to Invesp CRO, the average conversion rate in the … [Read more...] about Google Remarketing Strategies That’ll Work Every Single Time
PPC Conversion Tracking
Did you know that nearly 70% of all PPC traffic isn’t properly tracked? Shocking, right? Actually, I made that up. But could you imagine if that was true? It’s thoughts like that which keep me up at night. Now that I may or may not have your undivided attention, I would like to take a moment to talk about the always important, yet often frustrating, conversion tracking. To be … [Read more...] about PPC Conversion Tracking
The #1 Way to Take Your PPC Strategy from Average to Expert
While doing a Google search for lists of common characteristics in highly effective PPC specialists, I noticed there is one trait in particular that often gets overlooked, which should be considered foundational. This is curiosity for human behavior. While your campaigns should be proactive, decisive, and organized, remember that data comes from real interactions and being … [Read more...] about The #1 Way to Take Your PPC Strategy from Average to Expert
60-Minute Masterclass: Audience Targeting Strategies for Google Ads
Ahh, Valentine’s Day. The day of love and relationships. So, how fitting for us to spend that day talking about marketing relationships: the do’s and don’ts of building relationships through audience targeting. Here’s a sneak peek: don’t just talk about yourself, and don’t be a creepy stalker. But in all seriousness, we’re about to hit you with some major tips on using … [Read more...] about 60-Minute Masterclass: Audience Targeting Strategies for Google Ads
Curate Your Audience to Get Better Results from Your Digital Campaigns
Knowing your audience is an important part of your marketing strategy. You need to know and understand who you need to target to reach your goals and objectives. Effectively targeting your potential users can lead to decreased costs through personalized content and messaging, user segmentation, and better-qualified leads. Of course, the first step is to find who to target and … [Read more...] about Curate Your Audience to Get Better Results from Your Digital Campaigns
Increase Conversions In Facebook And Decrease Cost Per Conversion
One of the most common pain points I have experienced with clients is this question: How can we increase the overall number conversions/purchases/leads/subscribers but not increase how much we are paying to acquire these customers? Logic would tell you that if you want to chase a higher number of conversions, your cost per conversion would raise as well. That doesn't always … [Read more...] about Increase Conversions In Facebook And Decrease Cost Per Conversion
New Year, New You(Tube): Creating a Robust YouTube Ad Strategy for 2019
Looking for a new PPC strategy? This blog, plus the momentum of the New Year, can help you launch your first YouTube video ad campaign. If you are already a YouTube marketing pro and clicked on this article to enhance your current strategy, I recommend reading through the Campaign Specifics and Audience Targeting sections. This post is not meant to be your typical “how-to … [Read more...] about New Year, New You(Tube): Creating a Robust YouTube Ad Strategy for 2019
