Do you ever get frustrated with Google Analytics reporting for not having exactly what you want? I know the feeling. You want a column for cost and for each type of goal you have set up, but these don’t come in your standard reports in the interface. Or maybe you’re just ready to step up your analytics game to the next level (and subsequently expose your inner analytics … [Read more...] about Use Google Analytics Custom Reports To Make Your PPC Life Easier
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Showcase PPC’s Holistic Value With AdWords New Store Visits Metric
32% of offline consumers say that location-based search ads have led them to visit a store or make a purchase, according to a Google study. Last month Bri wrote about the Google announcement of “Store Visits” being added to the Estimated Conversion Tool belt, which already includes phone calls, in-store purchases and cross device conversions. Before seeing if Store Visits … [Read more...] about Showcase PPC’s Holistic Value With AdWords New Store Visits Metric
Simple Tips To Enhance Your Excel Spreadsheets
Every now and then you stumble across an Excel tip or trick that blows your mind. However, this won’t always be the case and as your skills progress these insights are harder and harder to discover or take more effort than they are worth. Rather than going bigger, it is often much easier to take a step back and recognize little tricks you could try, or actions that lead to … [Read more...] about Simple Tips To Enhance Your Excel Spreadsheets
The 2015 Google Analytics Exam & What You Need To Know
In the past few months, I have provided exam guides for destroying the Advanced Display Exam, acing the Advanced Search Exam, succeeding into the Search Fundamentals Exam, and even beating the Bing Ads accreditation process. And now we’re ready for the big one: Google Analytics Individual Qualification exam, or GAIQ test. As the motherload of Google exams, the Analytics test … [Read more...] about The 2015 Google Analytics Exam & What You Need To Know
Determining PPC Budget Growth In 2015 – The State Of Paid Search
If you are new to PPC or a veteran you know that projections are part of the game. It only makes sense to make predictions on what will happen with the PPC market as we enter a new year. To make conclusions and predictions about where the market will be heading we look to The State of Paid Search survey. Going into a new year, account managers draw conclusions from the … [Read more...] about Determining PPC Budget Growth In 2015 – The State Of Paid Search
How To Better Connect With Your Client
As account managers, we can literally spend several hours a day on the phone speaking to our clients about their accounts. Remembering that these clients have placed their trust in us to manage their PPC spend, it's incredibly important to create a relationship that runs deeper than their last weekly report. But how do you achieve that personal connection with your client that … [Read more...] about How To Better Connect With Your Client
How To Create Google Analytics Custom Attribution Models
It’s the time of year where advertisers are planning New Year resolutions for PPC accounts. However, if you are using a last click attribution model as part of your PPC strategy you could be doing more harm than good. A few months back we discussed the multi-channel attribution templates available in AdWords and Google Analytics. If you’ve taken the time to understand and … [Read more...] about How To Create Google Analytics Custom Attribution Models
Discover The Gold Mine Of Remarketing Lists Using Google Analytics
Digital analytics is entirely about discovery. As data analysts we are pursuing fresh insights we can turn into actionable business improvements. Campaign optimizations such as improving the click-through rate of your ads, or reducing cost-per-click are great places to start. Today I am going to cover a fantastic way to focus on your customers using Google Analytics … [Read more...] about Discover The Gold Mine Of Remarketing Lists Using Google Analytics
5 Ways Location Targeting Delivers Big Results [Webinar]
If your company is based in a certain area or you have branches of your company that service a number of geographic locations, it’s only logical that you want to advertise to the area you service. Search engines have a pretty wide array of targeting options so its easy to make the mistake of advertising to too many locations or ones that are not even serviced by your company. … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Location Targeting Delivers Big Results [Webinar]
Determining The Most Impactful Ad Types
With 2015 quickly approaching, it’s the perfect time to look back at what happened this past year. There is valuable information we can take from 2014 that we should be aware of for implementation in the coming year. In this 2014 State of Paid Search survey, the most popular industries for PPC consist of retail, lifestyle and education. What ads are most important to those … [Read more...] about Determining The Most Impactful Ad Types
Canceling eCommerce Summit, What We’ve Learned + Two Requests for Hero Conf
It’s best to just rip the Band-Aid off… Unfortunately, I’m announcing that we’re canceling Hero Conf eCommerce Summit. We’ve already taken a number of steps towards this, one of them being that we’ve removed the eCommerce Summit pages from heroconf.com. Registration is closed, and our sponsors, speakers, and attendees know too. This public announcement is one of the last … [Read more...] about Canceling eCommerce Summit, What We’ve Learned + Two Requests for Hero Conf
2015 Prediction: The Year of Bid and Budget Automation
2014 is winding down and I’ve begun contemplating the future of PPC. I believe 2015 will be the ‘year of bid and budget automation’. As the business of PPC grows in complexity and the amount of levers that need to be monitored and pulled within accounts increases, it's not only a need, but also a necessity to automate these two critical areas. After all, if budgets are not … [Read more...] about 2015 Prediction: The Year of Bid and Budget Automation
