In the world of expertise, where you focus on honing your skills in one facet of digital marketing, sometimes you’re required to perform outside of that facet. Digital marketing is an environment affected by a myriad of variables both controllable and erratic. We can be insanely brilliant PPC gurus but when it comes to optimizing the post-click experience CRO can become a … [Read more...] about Breaking CRO Best Practices: You Can Do It!
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New Features In Bing Ads To Get Excited About
Last week, I presented a Bing updates webinar in partnership with Purna Virji, Senior Manager of Global Engagement at Microsoft. There were so many new features to be excited about that I had to share with our entire PPC Hero community as well. Here’s what we talked about: New Automated Bidding Strategies In addition to eCPC bidding, Bing has added a few more options to their … [Read more...] about New Features In Bing Ads To Get Excited About
New Yahoo Gemini Power Editor Features And More
Back in October, the new Yahoo Gemini Power editor beta was released and I could not have been more excited. Yahoo finally released an editor that allows for bulk uploads and easier control over all Yahoo Gemini campaigns. This post is going to walk you through the features of the new power editor and how it can save you valuable time that could be better spent sending gifs and … [Read more...] about New Yahoo Gemini Power Editor Features And More
Facebook Ad Placement Best Practices
We’ve all seen the Facebook Detailed Placements update made last year, but do you really understand how each placement works and how it can help improve the performance of your campaigns? Depending on your campaign objective, you have the option to select between many placements. It’s recommended to opt into as many placements as possible to help Facebook’s algorithm … [Read more...] about Facebook Ad Placement Best Practices
How to Visualize Last Year’s PPC Data – and Learn From It
As a PPC professional, you hold yourself accountable for developing smart strategies and delivering optimized results. It’s critical to know how your Google AdWords campaigns performed last year and what you can do differently this year to improve. With all the reports available, it should be easy, right? Sadly, there’s a catch. But Orbiter PPC Data Visualizations can … [Read more...] about How to Visualize Last Year’s PPC Data – and Learn From It
4 Ways to Connect Your Paid Search & Shopping Campaign Efforts
Paid Search and Shopping campaigns in Google AdWords are sometimes looked at as separate entities and in other circumstances users don't even realize the difference in targeting tactics between the two. They do run quite a bit differently on the same network, which can cause confusion. Sometimes, as online advertisers, we get questions such as, “which keywords are we targeting … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Connect Your Paid Search & Shopping Campaign Efforts
Automating Bidding with Google Sheets and AdWords Scripts
Bid changes are vital in steering your account towards performance goals. While the process is important, making the changes and implementing them adds little value. In this article, we’ll cover setting up an automated bidding system using both Google Sheets and AdWords scripts. Specifically, we’ll utilize the bulk upload functionality to format and post the changes directly … [Read more...] about Automating Bidding with Google Sheets and AdWords Scripts
AdWords Grant Policy Changes
In case you haven’t heard the news, there are new policies in effect that will govern the use of Adwords grant money. These new policies went into effect on January 1st and effect all accounts that use grant money. There are several changes that happened which everyone needs to be prepared for. I will go into those changes and some tips to deal with them but it seems like … [Read more...] about AdWords Grant Policy Changes
Top 3 AdWords Updates of 2017
Google had a lot of AdWords updates in 2017, and there were several that had a huge impact on how can we optimize and change our strategy. For some runner-up examples, custom intent for display, smart display including life events, sharing negative lists across accounts, view-through conversions for Gmail Ads, and much more. This post could have easily been 5 or even 10 top … [Read more...] about Top 3 AdWords Updates of 2017
Getting The Ball Rolling – Account Analysis
The hardest step to take is the first one. PPC account analysis is the same way. A request for an account analysis sends me into analysis paralysis. The necessity of an account deep dive can manifest for a variety of reasons. Before you succumb to analysis paralysis, read through these simple account analysis steps to help get the analysis ball rolling. Review Account … [Read more...] about Getting The Ball Rolling – Account Analysis
How To Setup A Campaign In Quora Ads
The hunt for higher conversion volume at a lower cost is the eternal struggle for everyone in digital marketing. Like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, digital marketers are constantly fighting an uphill battle to increase conversions while lowering CPCs. This challenge forces savvy digital marketers to look beyond the crowded auctions of Facebook and Google to find new … [Read more...] about How To Setup A Campaign In Quora Ads
6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
"It depends". In my 2+ years at Hanapin Marketing, I've come to learn that this is a universal truth across the industry. There is no shared magic number for ROI or CPA. There is no perfect CTR or CVR. And there most certainly isn't a singular strategic approach that can navigate across all industries and account types. That said, I do think there is a handful of search … [Read more...] about 6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
