Last week, Google announced Smart Bidding for AdWords and DoubleClick Search as the new name for automated bidding. Smart Bidding is considered auction-time bidding since bids are decided on an auction by auction basis. If you are using any of the bidding strategies listed below, you are already taking advantage of Smart Bidding. Target CPA Target ROAS Enhanced … [Read more...] about Be In The Know About Upcoming Improvements To AdWords Automated Bidding
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How Should You Use Display Advertising?
Working at an agency, we hear similar questions from clients on a regular basis, especially those who are new to PPC and the paid advertising world. One question we hear often is “How do your other clients use Display Advertising?” and is usually followed by “What kind of results can we expect?” Display advertising is the closest thing to traditional advertising online. … [Read more...] about How Should You Use Display Advertising?
Bidding Farewell to Adwords Converted Clicks: Don’t Panic
The PPC world was recently informed by Google that the “Converted Clicks” metric in AdWords will soon be retired within the platform. In its stead will remain the now-customizable “Conversions” metric, which is generally capable of delivering the same information after a few minor adjustments. Although the platform change should have little to no negative impact for members … [Read more...] about Bidding Farewell to Adwords Converted Clicks: Don’t Panic
Leveraging Analytics For Remarketing: Picking The Ripest Fruit
Remarketing represents the low hanging fruit of the digital marketing world. This cliche or some analogous iteration is parroted throughout the paid search community to no end. It's a safe assumption that this mentality has either been repeated or embraced by nearly every account manager, myself included. And while the frequency becomes repetitive, its prevalence is well … [Read more...] about Leveraging Analytics For Remarketing: Picking The Ripest Fruit
How To Analyze Time-Of-Day Performance For Luxury Products
Time of day analysis and bid adjustments are not new in the PPC world. However, the importance of ad schedules varies across industries, services, and products. For ecommerce companies that sell luxury goods, ad schedules are more crucial. Why? Online shoppers still want to talk to a salesperson when making a relatively expensive purchase. They want to double check the … [Read more...] about How To Analyze Time-Of-Day Performance For Luxury Products
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Mobile Price Extensions Rolling Out In AdWords
Google seems to be celebrating an unofficial “Christmas in July” this year. On Monday, the official AdWords blog announced another new addition to the mobile marketer’s tool chest: the long-awaited price extensions! As more and more users turn to mobile for research and purchase decision help, the need to qualify clicks grows ever more significant. Google’s new price extensions … [Read more...] about Mobile Price Extensions Rolling Out In AdWords
The 2016 Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts
The time has come again Heroes! After a month of voting, rigorous research and data analysis, we are excited to announce the wildly anticipated list of the Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts for 2016. We release our newest edition of the Top 25 every summer—it’s a nice way to honor some of the hardest workers in our tight-knit community. We also included the Top Rising … [Read more...] about The 2016 Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts
Where You Should Focus Your Facebook Brand Awareness Efforts
When you launch a new product you often need to build awareness. Many types of marketing channels, both organic and paid, can serve a purpose in generating awareness, but social platforms (generally) and Facebook (specifically) are tailor made to spread content from person to person. It can, however, be hard to measure how well you are building your brand and generating … [Read more...] about Where You Should Focus Your Facebook Brand Awareness Efforts
How To Use AdWords Attribution Models
There are more ways than ever to track and measure where your audience is coming from and how they are converting. However, are you tracking all performance fairly? In this post, we’ll discuss the recently introduced AdWords attribution models and how you can give the right amount of credit to each ad, click or keyword that led to a conversion. With all the information … [Read more...] about How To Use AdWords Attribution Models
Treat Bing Like A Special And Unique Snowflake
When it comes to paid search there is simply no denying that Google is the big man on campus. For many clients, it represents the focal point of strategy while acting as the main driver of their digital marketing efforts. Despite this, savvy account managers do not shy away from capitalizing on the role players that compete within the search marketplace. Often times the … [Read more...] about Treat Bing Like A Special And Unique Snowflake
The 4 Mobile App Campaign Types You Need To Know
In a day and age where mobile traffic continues to increase, taking advantage of all that mobile has to offer becomes more vital. It means utilizing everything from mobile specific ads to call extensions to call-only ads. However, let us go beyond taking users to your site or driving them to call but actually getting them to download your app, which could stay on their mobile … [Read more...] about The 4 Mobile App Campaign Types You Need To Know
